Volunteering your time can help organisations. From phone-banking to tree planting, organisations often have tasks which require lots of hours from volunteers.

If you work in an in-demand profession, such as web development or legal advice, you can potentially ask your workplace to release you for the day to volunteer.

Financial donations are a great way to ensure community organisations can continue running their programs. Donations don't always have to be large to make a difference.

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Regular donations, given monthly or fortnightly, also help organisations plan ahead.

Goods are important for community organisations that need normally expensive or rare items. It's also a great opportunity to reuse pre-loved items.

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Clothing and furniture are widely accepted by charity op shops. Donations of goods can also be blood donations, or maybe you can sign up to the organ donor registry this year.

Some causes require people to speak up and speak out in order to create the change necessary to improve people's lives, or our environment.

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You can give your voice through letter writing, attending or organising a peaceful protest, or speaking to your local member of parliament.