Community Choice

The Give Where You Live Foundation’s Community Choice initiative is an emergency relief voucher program providing support for people experiencing financial crisis in our region.

Since the early 1990’s the Give Where You Live Foundation has been delivering an emergency relief voucher program to give people in the Geelong community experiencing financial crisis access to basic necessities such as food, material aid, and support for pharmacy prescriptions.

In 2021, thanks to support from the State Government, the Foundation was able to further strengthen and expand this support, to what is now the Community Choice voucher program.

We partner with over 25 local community service organisations (agencies) who distribute the vouchers to individuals and families, ensuring immediate assistance.

The initiative provides emergency relief in the form of food, pharmacy, and material aid (household goods and recycled furniture) vouchers. The initiative provides choice and dignity for people seeking emergency relief and an opportunity for businesses in our region to be part of the solution, actively creating a fairer community and a supportive network that benefits everyone involved.

Community Choice forms part of the Give Where You Live Foundation’s Feed Geelong initiative which works to address food insecurity throughout the G21 region. Read more about the Community Choice voucher program here