St Vincent de Paul Society and the special works Program VoRTCS, wish to extend thier support and empathy to all families and Queensland communittees affected by the Queensland Floods.

 Due to current St Vincent de Paul activities assisting in the Flood Appeal through resource, material and monetary assistance to those affected, normal running of the Program is currently suspended. St Vincent de Paul HQ is located in the flood area of South Brisbane, resulting in electricity shortage, no internet and email access as well as several surrounding streets indefinitely closed.

 As such all interviews schedualled for the next week in relation to the Jan/Feb 2011 Training Intake, are cancelled until furter notice. All Vinnies and VoRTCS staff are working hard to meet the needs of flood affected families and communittees. We apologise for any inconvenience to our eager volunteers wishing to continue with their schedualled interviews, however at the moment we feel its extremely important to commit ourselves to the flood appeal.

 To those volunteers and refugee families part of our Program and Society affected by the flood, we urge you to contact the St Vincent de Paul Helpline which can assist you in food, material and monetary donations. Please call 3010 1096 to talk to one of our lovely staff members. 

  Below is a list of other services which may help you further recovery from the flood:

Brisbane City Council Centre (for their evacuation centres) - 3403 8888 

Disaster Recovery Hotline - 1800 173 349

RSPCA - 1300 852  

Emergency Waste Removal - Is done through your local Council 

For volunteers and refugee families who wish to offer their support or make a donation to the flood appeals and Queensland victims please contact the following:

St Vincents Monetary Donations - 131 812

Premier's Flood Relief Appeal - 1800 219 028

Volunteering Queensland - 1800 994 100

We apologise for any inconvenience we have caused you and hope that you understand. We pray that your families and neighbours are safe and well. Please offer your support in anyway you can to those in Queensland affected by the floods.