Funds raised from the Qld and NSW Floods Appeal 2022 will help enable Australian Red Cross to provide humanitarian support to people and communities in Queensland and New South Wales affected by the 2022 floods.

Based on ongoing needs assessment in Queensland and NSW and amount raised, that support may include: 

• Enabling volunteers and staff to help with evacuation and relief centres and outreach service 
• Supporting people and communities to recover and to build resilience to disasters 
• Cash assistance grants to help a household whose primary residence has been flooded and to support next-of-kin of those who died during the floods.

Donations above $2 are tax-deductible in Australia. You will receive a receipt in your name in an email when you donate online.

To run an appeal and deliver support to those who need it, there are essential support costs such as collecting and processing donations, setting up a dedicated cash assistance team, casework support for grant applicants, IT costs and fraud protection.

No more than 10c in the dollar will be used for essential support costs. We do everything we can to keep these costs low, including seeking pro bono support.

Any interest earned on donations will be invested back into the appeal.

For information on how funds raised are being distributed, please see https://www.redcross.org.au/telethon

Applications for grants are now open. The process is simple, with a few basic checks. Visit redcross.org.au/grants 

Thank you! We welcome volunteers any time, but we can only send people who are trained in Red Cross procedures to this emergency. Visit  https://www.redcross.org.au/volunteer to see what roles we have now and get yourself on the list for future emergencies. 

We really appreciate the generosity but we’re unable to accept or distribute donated goods.

Our experience with emergencies shows that donations of money, where possible, help affected communities recover sooner. This is because people can make their own choices – including purchasing the goods they need for their own families.

If you have collected goods already, we’d gratefully accept donations of clothing at our retail stores, to on-sell and raise funds to support our work. Find out how you can donate.

The Australian Red Cross Society is a humanitarian aid and community services charity in Australia.  For further information please see https://www.redcross.org.au/about/. 

Australian Red Cross is an endorsed Public Benevolent Institution and is required to observe the legal obligations of this endorsement. For further information please see https://www.redcross.org.au/governance/ 

In response to communities affected by the Queensland and NSW Floods, Australian Red Cross is providing urgent humanitarian support. This includes psychosocial support, registering people through our reunification service Register.Find.Reunite so their loved ones know they are safe and providing essential support and assistance at evacuation and relief centres. We are also distributing cash assistance grants to help a household whose primary residence has been flooded and to support next-of-kin of those who died during the floods. 

We are using the money donated during the bushfires to help those directly affected by the fires – including those who lost loved ones or homes, and those who were injured. We won’t and can’t use those funds for any other purpose.

As of 31 December 2021, 96% of the funds raised for the bushfires have been disbursed or spent. We know from our work after other disasters that recovery takes years, not months. This is why we are still supporting bushfire affected communities and will continue to do so. Red Cross is actively supporting the ongoing bushfire recovery efforts in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. The remaining funds are allocated for this ongoing recovery support, across a 3-year program. This work includes psychosocial support, capacity building, community recovery and advocacy. For more information visit redcross.org.au/bushfirereport.