Information: BAC (Born Again Cycles) is an initiative to get local people cycling by recycling bikes back into the community. There is also an opportunity to donate time and skills to make the bikes roadworthy, or learn skills by spending time with us. If you have unused bikes, time or skills, please call Anne or Mark at South Port UnitingCare.
Contact details
Address: 319-329 Dorcas St, South Melbourne, VIC 3205
Website: www.bacycles.wordpress.com
Email: bac.bikes@southportuniting.org.au
Information: The Brigidine Asylum Seeker Project is seeking good condition men's clothing for asylum seekers. The types of men's clothing being sought is shirts, t-shirts, pants and shoes.
All clothing goes to asylum seekers living in the community.
IMPORTANT - Please call before you drop of donated goods.
Contact details
Address: 52 Beaconsfield Pde, Albert Park.
Phone: 9696 2107
Email: bssc@cyperspace.net.au
Information: If you have any clothing which you feel is too good to simply throw away - bring it to your nearest Salvos Store!
Your donation will assist the community by providing reasonably-priced, good-quality used goods and provide free goods to families referred by a welfare officer of The Salvation Army Family Support Services.
Contact details
Address: 116-118 Carlisle St, St Kilda
Phone: 9534 3514
Information: Open seven days a week, from 10am to 4pm, the Op Shops are always on the lookout for donations of saleable stock. A pick-up service is also available, please call the Op shop to arrange.
Our Op Shops rely totally on donated goods and serve three vital purposes. People in need of clothing and other basic items can visit our Crisis Support service and obtain vouchers, at no charge, which can be redeemed at the Op Shops. The income generated by the Op Shops help to fund other Mission services for needy people, particularly Sacred Heart Central, which provides a free, three course lunch to around 400 people every day of the year. People on limited incomes can purchase household goods, clothing and other basic essentials at better than bargain basement prices.
Contact details
Address: 87A Grey St, St Kilda and 415 Inkerman St, St Kilda East
Phone: 9536 8437
Email: opshop@sacredheartmission.org
Information: After clearing out your cupboards and wardrobe, why not drop off your unwanted items at a Brotherhood bin, or to your local Brotherhood store during normal trading hours?
The stores sell donated goods, new goods and furniture and are both a destination for the 'bargain hunter' and a valuable community resource where families and individuals can purchase low cost clothing and household items.
For the fashion conscious, the Hunter Gatherer stores stock handpicked vintage garments and our own 'No SweatShop' fashion label, Hunter Gatherer.
All the stores help raise vital funds for the organisation and offer numerous services to the community. These include: Microfinance programs in conjunction with the Bendigo Bank, stocking affordable reconditioned computers from Green PC and a partnership with Moreland Energy Foundation to recondition donated fridges.
Through shopping with us you are also doing your bit for the environment by buying recycled products that would most likely end up in landfill.
Contact details
Address: (Hunter Gatherer) 82A Acland St, St Kilda
Phone: 9593 8168
Information: The St Kilda Drop In Centre is seeking new or good condition:
Your donation will go to individuals in the local community living with psychiatric disability.
Contact details
Address: 101 Carlisle St, St Kilda 3182
Phone: 9525 5478
Email: dropin@skpm.org.au
Information: The Brigidine Asylum Seeker Project is seeking good condition household furniture. The types of furniture being sought is tables, chairs, good bedding (single), chest of drawers, bedside table, fridge (small) or a washing machine.
All furniture goes to asylum seekers living in the community.
IMPORTANT - Please call before you drop of donated goods.
Contact details
Address: 52 Beaconsfield Pde, Albert Park.
Phone: 9696 2107
Email: bssc@cyperspace.net.au
Information: If you have any furniture or household goods which you feel is too good to simply throw away - bring it to your nearest Salvos Store!
Your donation will assist the community by providing reasonably-priced, good-quality used goods and provide free goods to families referred by a welfare officer of The Salvation Army Family Support Services.
Contact details
Address: 116-118 Carlisle St, St Kilda
Phone: 9534 3514
Information: Open seven days a week, from 10am to 4pm, the Op Shops are always on the lookout for donations of saleable stock. A pick-up service is also available, please call the Op shop to arrange.
Our Op Shops rely totally on donated goods and serve three vital purposes. People in need of clothing and other basic items can visit our Crisis Support service and obtain vouchers, at no charge, which can be redeemed at the Op Shops. The income generated by the Op Shops help to fund other Mission services for needy people, particularly Sacred Heart Central, which provides a free, three course lunch to around 400 people every day of the year. People on limited incomes can purchase household goods, clothing and other basic essentials at better than bargain basement prices.
Contact details
Address: 87A Grey St, St Kilda and 415 Inkerman St, St Kilda East
Phone: 9536 8437
Email: opshop@sacredheartmission.org
Information: There are over 12 million mobile phones sitting around in homes and offices not be used. Over 90% of the material in these mobiles and batteries, ie metals and plastics can be extracted and made into new products. MobileMuster is the official recycling program of the mobile phone industry and is a free service to customers and retailers. Mobile Muster recycles all mobile phones, batteries and accessories.
Locations: Recycle your mobile phone by dropping it off at the following locations in Port Phillip:
Contact details
Phone: 02 8920 3555
Email: mobilemuster@amta.org.au
Website: www.mobilemuster.com.au
Information: The Computerbank project was founded and auspiced by the former Computerbank Victoria Inc, now known as Computerbank Australia. It is all about people getting together to form or support organisations that share a common purpose. Organisations and associations resulting from the Computerbank Project aim to collect and then redistribute older donated computer hardware to people who can't otherwise afford the costs associated with computing.
Computerbank branches across Australia are now providing help to low income individuals, families and under-resourced community groups and schools, especially with obtaining computer hardware and training in how to use it.
Eligibility: Residents of Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia and Queensland
Contact details:
Address: 483 Victoria St, West Melbourne, VIC, 3003
Phone: 9600 9161
Email: computerbank@mbox.com.au
Website: www.computerbank.org.au
Information: The B2C Recyclers Project accepts all forms of IT equipment and IT peripherals regardless of age, specification or working condition and work to prevent these items from entering landfill. B2C Recyclers re-use as much of the materials donated as possible, integrating PC components into refurbished computers. Any donated equipment that cannot be re-used is dismantled into its constituent parts and sent for processing by one of B2C Recyclers' responsible waste partners.
Eligibility: Through the B2C Recyclers "Op Shop" refurbished systems are supplied to both individuals and local communities "in need"
Contact details
Phone: 03 9465 6300
Email: b2c@b2recyclers.com.au
Website: www.b2crecyclers.com.au
Information: ERNInc is a project based in Maroondah and recycles equipment, including computers, and distributes them to people with disabilities, particularly children, at a nominal cost.
Eligibility: To qualify for a computer the applicant must provide a letter from a doctor, physiotherapist etc. stating the nature of the disability and the benefits which would be attained from access to computing equipment.
Contact details
Phone: 03 9876 5211
Email: erni@erni.asn.au
Website: www.erni.asn.au
Information: Computers are donated by companies and members of the general public, refurbished by participants of this Work for the Dole project and then donated to economically disadvantaged groups or individuals in the community. Mission Australia will deliver the computers, assist in the installation and provide basic instruction in how to get started.
Eligibility: The project is targeted at community groups, disadvantaged families and individuals.
Contact details
Address: 2nd Floor, 398 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne 3000
Phone: 03 8615 2214
Email: milick@mission.com.au
Website: www.mission.com.au
Information: Green PC is about refurbishing and recycling some of the 200,000 PC's that are no longer useful to government and the private sector each year and providing them to individuals and communities that otherwise will be left behind in the information age. To do this Green PC work in partnership with organisations so the solution is inexpensive and simple. It is environmentally responsible, it has the potential to create hundreds of jobs and skill those who would otherwise be left unemployed, and it bridges the divide that exists between the information rich and information poor.
Green PC is part of "Infoxchange", Australia's strategy to bridge the digital divide. This strategy has a number of community building elements including, empowerment through access to the new technologies, providing sustainable employment and educational opportunities for the longterm unemployed while also addressing
Eligibility: Green PC's computers are made available to low-income communities, community organisations and individuals with eligibility based on: holding a current Health Care Card or ability to verify low income status or being a registered not-for-profit community organisation.Contact details
Address: 375 Johnston Street, Abbottsford VIC 3067
Phone: 03 9486 9355
Email: info@greenpc.com.au
Website: www.greenpc.com.au
Information: The Computer Technologies for Schools Project provides surplus Commonwealth Government and private sector computers and ICT equipment to schools across Australia to enable students and teachers to better understand new technologies. State and Territory government and non - government school authority committees decide the placement of equipment according to needs based formulas. The Project is managed by a National Project Manager. Contributors make computers and other ICT equipment available through the National Project Manager who arranges for the equipment to be collected and stored until a receiving authority is able to take them.
Eligibility: Catholic, Independent and State/Territory schools across Australia.
Contact details
Email: ctfs@edna.edu.au
Website: www.ctfs.edna.edu.au
Information: Port Phillip is proud to now offer its residents an opportunity to recycle their unwanted electronic goods at the South Melbourne transfer station. Working with Beyond Waste recycling, a local company, the city of Port Phillip is now accepting unwanted electronic goods for recycling into new products.
The new service is free of charge to residents and will accept the following materials:
This service is yet another important step towards a 'Zero Waste' community. It will ensure that Port Phillip dramatically reduces the amount of potentially hazards, electronic wastes going to landfill.
Eligibility: Residents of the City of Port Phillip.
Contact details
Address: Located on the corner of White and Boundary Streets, South Melbourne (Melway map: 2E/Ref: F11
Phone: 03 9209 6686
Website: www.portphillip.vic.gov.au/transfer_station.html
