Reconstruction
Reconstruction
AgForce has collected useful information about local recovery efforts across Queensland:
› Volunteer recovery groups
Aussie Helpers
Aussie Helpers is available to help those in need rebuild their businesses after Queensland floods.
To apply for volunteer assistance, complete this form.
AgForce and Aussie Helpers are also looking for people who can donate time and expertise to help producers across Queensland rebuild their businesses. If you have a few spare hours, contact Aussie Helpers and they will put you in touch with someone who may need fences put up or other infrastructure repaired.
Click here to visit the Aussie Helpers site to sign up or call 1300 665 232 to find out more.
Local NRM groups
Want to find out more about what your local NRM group is doing on-ground to help producers?
Visit the Regional Groups Collective website (www.rgc.org.au/) to locate your local NRM group.
Inland Burnett
The Burnett Inland Economic Development Organisation (BIEDO) are offering services from helping to filling out recovery and grant forms, to matching those who need help to those who are offering to volunteer.
To find out more, visit www.biedo.org.au/article/37/floodsupport or contact Belinda on 4169 7851; email.
› Other ways you can help:
› Useful contacts
› Tell us your story
As recovery continues, AgForce invites its members to share their stories and photos from their own experiences with natural disasters
To share your story, email Agforce.
AgForce has collected useful information about local recovery efforts across Queensland:
- Volunteer recovery groups
- Road freight recovery and other transport information
- Identifying and returning displaced livestock
› Volunteer recovery groups
Aussie Helpers
Aussie Helpers is available to help those in need rebuild their businesses after Queensland floods.
To apply for volunteer assistance, complete this form.
AgForce and Aussie Helpers are also looking for people who can donate time and expertise to help producers across Queensland rebuild their businesses. If you have a few spare hours, contact Aussie Helpers and they will put you in touch with someone who may need fences put up or other infrastructure repaired.
Click here to visit the Aussie Helpers site to sign up or call 1300 665 232 to find out more.
Local NRM groups
Want to find out more about what your local NRM group is doing on-ground to help producers?
Visit the Regional Groups Collective website (www.rgc.org.au/) to locate your local NRM group.
Inland Burnett
The Burnett Inland Economic Development Organisation (BIEDO) are offering services from helping to filling out recovery and grant forms, to matching those who need help to those who are offering to volunteer.
To find out more, visit www.biedo.org.au/article/37/floodsupport or contact Belinda on 4169 7851; email.
› Other ways you can help:
- Queensland Farmers Flood Appeal
AgForce has established the Queensland Farmers Flood Appeal and partnered with Aussie Helpers to reach out to those who are starting the long road to recovery from the floodwaters that devastated Queensland.
The Queensland Farmers Flood Appeal will help those who need a hand getting their businesses back up and running.Donations to the Aussie Helpers Queensland Farmers Flood Appeal can be made to:
‘Flood Appeal – Suncorp’, BSB: 484 799, account number 015147867.
Aussie Helpers postal address: PO Box 405, Charleville Qld 4470. - Volunteering Queensland are looking for volunteers to help now and in the long weeks to come. Click here to read more.
- Visit www.floodaid.com.au to register any help you can offer or to find out where help is needed.
- Volunteers for Isolated Student Education (VISE) provide educational assistance to families and students in rural Australia, as well as domestic and personal support in the case of emergencies or when respite is necessary. To help, visit www.vise.org.au or email Lyn French.
- An emergency national housing drive to connect empty beds with flood affected Australians who could use a place to stay while their homes are repaired or rebuilt has been launched at http://www.OzFloodHelp.org.au. You can post your offer of housing (a spare room or an extra bed) and search for available housing.
› Useful contacts
- Workplace Health and Safety Queensland hotline (offers general workplace health and safety matters): 1800 177 717
- Free legal advice: Flood Legal Help on 1300 65 11 88
- CPA free disaster recovery toolkit
› Tell us your story
As recovery continues, AgForce invites its members to share their stories and photos from their own experiences with natural disasters
To share your story, email Agforce.