Right now is a particularly hard time for Australia. We acknowledge the devastation of current bushfires and extend our support to everyone, including those in our community who have been affected.
Your Hireup Bookings
If your Hireup bookings have been impacted or if you have been evacuated and are struggling to find a support worker in the area, please don’t hesitate to contact us on (02) 9113 5933 or at hello@hireup.com.au. We will try our best to assist in any way we can.
Help we would like to offer
During evacuations
If you have booked a Hireup support worker to help prepare for evacuation or to evacuate your home, Hireup would like to contribute to the cost of those bookings.
Emergency Service Volunteers
We would like to take the opportunity to thank all the volunteers working tirelessly to assist communities across Australia right now. We will always encourage our community and our support workers to contribute positively however they can.
If you are part of our community and you have been volunteering in response to the bushfires, we have set up a program to provide a financial contribution to you to recognise your volunteer work. If you have been volunteering as part of the operational response to the bushfires for more than 10 days since 1 July 2019, please contact us to gain access to the program.
Use our Counselling Services
We offer an Employee Assistance Program to all of our Hireup support workers, which can provide counselling and psychological support to our workers when they need it. We would like to extend this program to our entire community, including people seeking support and account managers. If you are interested in using this service, please contact us on hello@hireup.com.au or (02) 9113 5933.
Further support
Below are a few links to support you may require if you’ve been affected by the fires:
- Disaster Response information from the NDIS
- Financial Support: you can call 180 22 66 or click here if you are in a disaster declared area to claim a disaster allowance/payment.
- Lifeline has a dedicated bushfire recovery support line on 13 HELP or 13 43 57, which can be used at any time of day.
Information on current conditions
- New South Wales: Rural Fire Service Bushfire Information Line 1800 679 737
- VicEmergency Hotline: 1800 555 677
- Tasmanian Fire Service
- South Australian Country Fire Service
- ACT Emergency Service Agency
- Queensland Rural Fire Service
- Western Australia Emergency WA
- Northern Territory
Emergency Plan: find information on how to prepare a personal emergency plan.
If you have a speech or hearing impairment we recommend using the National Relay Service.
If you are in an emergency situation, it is important to dial triple zero (000).
Showing your support
During this time, our community and communities across Australia are actively showing their support to those affected by the fires by donating their time, money and skills. There are many ways you can offer your support right now and we encourage you to in any way you can.
If you would like to show your direct support by donating money, we recommend the below organisations:
- Australian Red Cross
- Victoria: CFA Donate
- NSW: NSW RFS donate
- South Australia: CFS donate
- Queensland: RFBAQ donate
