530 Tracing Enquiries
For loved ones separated by war or natural disaster, the Tracing Service is often their only hope to find each other.

284 Branches
Every year our 9,200 loyal branch members raise vital funds for Red Cross work.

35 Clubs
Club member’s support of Red Cross focuses on the delivery goodwill by having good times.

32 Community Service Programs
Supporting vulnerable members of our New South Wales community.

3200 Emergency Service Volunteers
These trained volunteers are on call 24 hours a day and are ready serve your community when disaster hits.

240 Voluntary Aids
Our first aid volunteers support sporting and community events all year round.

^* This figure does not include approximately 25,000 volunteers who assist each year with the Red Cross Calling Appeal.


Did you know?

Red Cross is well-known for some of its more high profile activities, but did you know that in the last 12 months Australian Red Cross NSW:

• served over 120,000 breakfasts to school children who would otherwise go hungry;
• helped 91 young homeless mothers and their babies
• made over 91,000 visits to long term patients, providing emotional support and companionship through the Cosmetic Care program;
• has 3200 trained volunteers on standby ready to assist local communities in a disaster;
• made 540,000 reassuring and comforting phone calls to the elderly, isolated and medically dependent;
• helped to reunite families who have lost contact through war or natural disaster;
• found loving homes for over 50,000 knitted Trauma Teddies, given to people of all ages suffering a trauma or other crisis.

Footnote: The above statistics are based on the 2003/2004 financial year. Some variation in numbers occurs throughout the year.