Help Good360 to assist COVID affected communities
Every $5 donated can deliver $100 of brand new goods to a person affected by disaster
An ongoing global pandemic
COVID-19
The global COVID-19 pandemic has lurched people into a state of ongoing uncertainty creating a new vulnerable community. People who would not normally ask for assistance are now jobless, struggling to support themselves and their families.
Australia has endured two years of COVID stress and there is no immediate end in sight. At the peak of demand in 2021 Good360 were matching 39 brand new items a minute to people in need Australia wide. We know more than ever our members and your communities are facing challenging times and we stand with you. As such, we will continue to work with our member charities, eligible schools and generous product donors to get the right goods to the right people when they are needed the most.
Good360 is a matchmaker, connecting brand-new goods donated by businesses to people and communities who need them the most.
Disaster response doesn’t end when
the disaster is over
Efforts we are currently assisting with
COVID-19
The initial outbreak 2020
Short-term response (phase two) : Response
In March 2020, not long after the bushfires had finished burning, we soon learnt that there would be a whole new wave of demand. We would be asked to meet the needs of Australians who had never asked for help before, Australians who would be faced with financial insecurity due to a global pandemic, the same Australians who had generously supported bushfire survivors now needed help themselves. We needed to help them with everyday essentials. They were being asked to school their children from home, they were underemployed, unemployed, and some were ineligible for financial support including international students.
COVID-19 saw Good360 increase the number of orders we sent by 164%, with the number of charities supported increasing by 68%. We had to develop new relationships with donors, as need in the community changed, focusing on the distribution of PPE items like face masks and hand sanitiser.
The pandemic also saw us assist whole new cohorts of people. We supplied Empower Packs to our frontline workers who were worked to the bone. And when the crew of the Ruby Princess cruise ship found themselves quarantined on board their vessel, Good360 partnered with Mission to Seafarers Port Kembla to provide care packages.
By October 2020, Good360 had matched almost $50 million worth of brand new items donated by our generous business partners, to Australian’s affected by COVID-19, via our incredible member charities and schools.
COVID-19
Delta lockdowns 2021
Immediate response (phase two) : Response
After a tough 2020 and with government financial assistance starting to dry up, the onset of the Delta strain of COVID in late June of 2021 caught everyone off-guard. Just as life was starting to go back to “normal” Western Sydney and later NSW and Victoria were plunged back into harsh restrictions and lockdowns.
Between July and October 2021, Good360 distributed over 4 million essential items to COVID impacted communities. This included working with Save the Children who were tasked with supporting the welfare of returning Australian children into temporary quarantine at the Howard Springs facility in the Northern Territory. The partnership resulted in 14 pallets of stock, which was used to create education and activity packs for more than 2000 children.
In early November, when most of NSW thought the worst of the Delta wave was behind them, an outbreak occurred in Moree and the community needed help. Good360 worked closely with Moree Family Support and within three days, 259,000 items of essentials including; masks, KOH cleaning products and hand sanitiser, plus some LEGO, books and kitchen items, almost 12 pallets worth, were dispatched from the Good360 ReDistribution Centre in Smithfield Sydney, and received in Moree.
COVID-19
Living with Omicron 2022
Immediate response (phase one) : Preparedness
As the pandemic continues into its third year no one can predict how long it will be until the world goes back to “normal”. The latest variant, Omicron, has run rampant through the country, seeing staff shortages, supply chain issues, business closures and hundreds of thousands of Australians infected. As such, Good360 continues to support our member charities and schools by supplying PPE and other essentials items where and when they are needed.
We also continue to prepare, being proactive in sourcing additional goods and planning for the unknown. Preparedness is the vital first step in our Disaster Response framework as it allows us to be agile and ready to help if and when communities need us. We don’t know what the pandemic will through at us next, but we do know we are as ready as we can be to assist if and when need arises.
Items urgently needed by COVID-19 affected communities
- School supplies
- Clothing & underwear
- Health products
- Toiletries
- Beauty
- Toys
- Home cleaning supplies
- Boredom breakers (board games, cards, colouring books)
- Masks
- Disposable gloves
- Hand Sanitiser
- Rapid Antigen Tests
Since March 2020, Good360 has connected 14,095,991 requested
items to COVID-19 affected communities. Total value $114.92M (RRP)
Good360 COVID-19 impact @28.02.2023
Good360 getting the right goods to the right people at the right time.
Give
Are you a business ready to donate critically needed goods to communities affected by disaster? Contact the Good360 Business Development team to learn more.
Get
Are you a Not for Profit or school who is helping communities affected by COVID-19? Contact Good360 Giving Team to learn if you qualify for Good360 COVID Disaster support.
Support
Are you a business ready to provide financial support to help communities affected by COVID-19? Contact Good360 Fundraising & Partnership Team to learn more.
