Be kind Manningham | Manningham Council

Supporting our community during the ever-evolving COVID-19 outbreak.

Be kind, be creative

Offering new opportunities to respond creatively to an ever-evolving situation with endless ways for our community to get involved through the arts.
Be kind to kids

Helping children understand the evolving COVID-19 outbreak, as well as reduce fear and anxiety around the unknown.
Be kind to yourself

Feeling overwhelmed is normal in these challenging times – be kind to yourself.
Be kind to others

We know some people might be feeling a little alone right now, every household should maintain some much needed social contact.
Be kind to business

Now is the time to support local business, many local businesses have been hit hard by the challenges of this new time.

Find your 30

It can be tough to find ways to stay active when you’re locked down at home. But we're challenging you to get creative and Find Your 30 each day in lockdown.

30 minutes of exercise each day can lead to a happier and healthier lifestyle, and during this lockdown we've put together a creative list to help you find your 30.

Find your 30

Make a mask

Help out your friends and family by making a mask for those who need one.

Make a donation

Give a hand to the food banks that are helping those who have hit hard times.

Make a call

Get in touch with someone you think could do with a chat and a check in.

Support for our LGBTQIA+ community

Rainbow Families Victoria

Rainbow Families provides education, resources, and support services for LGBTQ+ parents, families, and parents-to-be.

Transgender Victoria

TGV is Victoria’s leading body for trans and gender diverse advocacy.

Melbourne Bisexual Network

Melbourne Bisexual Network is a Bi+ led community organisation, proudly improving the health and wellbeing of Bi+ Victorians through advocacy, education and community engagement.

Parents of Gender Diverse Children

Parents of Gender Diverse Children works hard to give a voice to parents and those parenting transgender and gender diverse children.

Black Rainbow

We currently support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander LGBQTI+SB people through a variety of community projects and initiatives that we have, and continue, to develop.

Rainbow Network

Empowering you to provide inclusive services for young LGBTIQA Victorians

Val’s LGBTI Ageing & Aged Care

Improving healthy ageing pathways for older LGBTI people, their visibility, and inclusion.

A-Men

A-Men is an online social group for gay Asian men living in Australia.

Queer Muslims in Australia

Queer Muslims in Australia provides a safe online space for LGBTQI Muslims to connect and express and/or come to terms with their faith and sexuality.

Greek and Gay Support Network

Greek and Gay Support Network provides support services and hosts fun events for Hellenic LGBT individuals and their friends.

Yellow Kitties

Yellow Kitties hosts fun events such as badminton, rock-climbing, karaoke, anime and movie marathons for Asian LBTQI women. Email enquiries@yellowkitties.org to get involved.

MINUS18

Minus18 Australia's charity improving the lives of LGBTQIA+ youth.

Support for our faith-based communities

Anglican Church

Holy Trinity Doncaster offers livestreaming of services

Buddhist teachings

Learn five Buddhist teachings that can help you deal with coronavirus anxiety.

Catholic Church

The Catholic Church offers prayers, daily Mass readings and reflections

Eastern Catholic Church of the Maronite

Online services include On the Couch with MJ and Sunday Mass Services

Greek orthodox prayer/sermon

Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia has live liturgical broadcasts

Hindu services (pooja)

Occurring in person at Sri Vakrathunda Vinayagar Temple located in Basin

Manningham Uniting Church

The Uniting Church have a great range of online resources and webinars

Umma Centre/ Mosque

Find Umma prayers and sermons online.

Support for men during COVID-19

Many households are feeling the pressure of COVID-19 and sometimes men find it hard to ask for help.

To find support you can visit BETTER MAN, a website that assists men in identifying areas they may need help with in an intimate relationship and to take positive action. BETTER MAN offers free and confidential online modules that help men reflect and think about behaviours, values and communication skills with a partner or child.

Visit Better Man

An easier way to understand COVID-19

Sometimes information about COVID-19 can be complicated or confusing. To help everyone understand better, the Council for Intellectual Disability has come up with an easy English guide to taking care of your mental health during COVID-19. Visit the Council of Intellectual Disability's website to access their mental health resources.

Translated resources

The Australian Red Cross has developed a Ways to stay happy and hopeful poster in many languages to help provide simple wellbeing support to all Australians.
The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) have translations of their Looking after your mental health during coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic resource .

What you need to know about COVID-19