Eastern Emergency Relief Network

18/10/2026

Busy day at the Whitehorse Spring Festival. We met up with our Megamile partners and checked out their new photo wall!

Gabby from EERN and Ron from Megamile/Snooze trying out the photo wall!!

16/10/2026

Another amazing and generous donation of non perishable food and toiletries from members at Curves Blackburn. Going to those in need of support in our community. Thank you Curves Blackburn.

15/10/2026

Volunteers are critical to making sure Not For Profits like EERN can do what it does. Last night we were very proud to acknowledge the contribution of Phil Senyard to both EERN and Rotary at The Ringwood Electorate Victoria Day Awards hosted by Nick McGowan MP.

06/10/2026

Come visit us at the Whitehorse Spring Festival - Stall 73 in Zone A

28/09/2026

We were delighted to receive a grant from Streetsmart..a wonderful not for profit who are very supportive of other volunteer run not for profits. Over the years, we received double and single bedding packs and grants to assist us to support the most vulnerable in our community.

Our latest community grants have been distributed, and this is our largest grants round in more than two years 💚

Thanks to everyone who supported our Care in a Crisis EOFY appeal, StreetSmart has distributed $202,000 in grants to 35 grassroots organisations across Australia.

The Care in a Crisis appeal recognised the growing pressures facing people experiencing homelessness and hardship, as well as the organisations supporting them. Rising fuel, transport and operating costs are making it harder for frontline services to keep up with demand.

These grants are helping cover practical costs including fuel and transport, food and essential supplies, healthcare and housing access, outreach and the day-to-day operating costs that keep vital community services running.

From metropolitan communities to regional and remote areas, the funding is supporting organisations working directly with people experiencing homelessness, housing insecurity and financial hardship.

$202,000. 35 organisations. One shared goal: keeping care within reach.

Thank you to everyone who helped make this grants round possible.

Read the full story to see how the Care in a Crisis grants are supporting communities across Australia via the link in comments.

20/08/2026

So happy to be a part of this great initiative

31/07/2026

Today EERN volunteers John, Gabby, Ken and Jeni did a tour of the Foodbank Altona warehouse. Foodbank do an amazing job sourcing fresh and non-perishable items to support 500 charities across Victoria. They also run a Schools Breakfast Program in over 1400 schools with the support of Victoria Government. We are very grateful for our partnership.

28/07/2026

Tonight President John Pullen and secretary Gabby attended a grants presentation event with Nunawading Lions. Lions are a long term supporter of EERN. We received a grant to purchase bedding. This is a very high demand area for us. We were also presented with a Community Service Award for our work and contribution to community. Very grateful thank you.

10/07/2026

Tonight we attended the Deakin Community Awards at Whitefriars College..we were overjoyed to win the Volunteer Impact Award..so many great nominees. Our President John and past treasurer/committee member Ian T were nominated for the Heart of Community award. It was a joy to see our very diverse community come together to celebrate doing good in our world.

09/07/2026

Over the past year we received amazing support from The Beauty Collective. They donate many items our clients could not afford but give them a lot of joy! We take many of these items for granted but for a lot of our clients they are gold...