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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Peter Hannam

An ‘avalanche of demand’: Australians’ need for charity rises just as donations drop

Homeless man with a shopping trolley and sign asking for help
Australia’s charities have been forced to reduce the amount they give to recipients, in a bid to help me more people. Photograph: Saeed Khan/AFP/Getty Images

Every Monday, more than 250 emergency relief sites run by the Salvation Army receive a weekly allocation of funds that are typically exhausted by Tuesday, so great is the need for help.

Vouchers for $100, distributed at the charity’s sites nationwide, don’t buy their recipients as much as they used to because of inflation and even these have been trimmed, the Salvos’ general manager of policy and advocacy, Jennifer Kirkaldy, says.

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