Greater Shepparton City Council notifies a community update on Sunday afternoon at 4:30pm. Food relief packs are available, a rubbish disposal update is given, and there is a “how to volunteer” information for those seeking to help with the cleanup. Links are given for flood recovery assistance, the Shepparton Animal Shelter and the Maternal Health Centre.
Community Information Update – Sunday 23 October at 4.30pm
Greater Shepparton City Council and representatives from Emergency Services will be conducting another Community Information Update. Details below.
Day: Sunday 23 October 2022
Time: 4.30pm
Location: Riverlinks Westside, Corner of Echuca Road and Homewood Drive, Mooroopna
PLEASE NOTE: Community members are encouraged to attend in person, however if you cannot attend you can also watch online through a livestream via Council Facebook page, YouTube channel and website.
Food relief packs available
Shepparton Family and Financial Services are open from 10am to 2pm tomorrow, Sunday 23 October, for collection of food relief packs for those affected by the floods. Delivery is available if required. Phone 5831 7755
For urgent flood water deliveries please call the SES on 132 500.
GV Cares and Shepparton Foodshare will resume delivery from 9am on Monday 24 October.
Rubbish disposal update – 22 October 2022
Council is providing a limited kerbside household flood waste collection from nature strips. Collections commenced yesterday with over 40 loads collected from Murchison and Mooroopna.
Shepparton Resource Recovery Centre processed 263 loads of flood waste and Ardmona Resource Recovery Centre processed 227 loads of flood waste.
Cosgrove Landfill accepted 31 loads of flood waste equating to 209.58 tonnes.
Drivers were able to collect approximately 90 per cent of kerbside bins today with the remainder to be collected once water subsides over the coming days.
For a full list of updates, click here.
How to volunteer – Clean-up assistance needed
Council and flood recovery services have formally engaged Disaster Relief Australia to assist with the coordination and management of volunteers to assist with clean-up.
This includes removal of debris or household items to the curb (or a skip), removal of flooring, removal of plasterboard, etc. More details about this volunteering and how to register are included in the flyer above.
All other volunteering enquiries are being coordinated through Council. Please click here for further information.
Flood Recovery Hotline
For flood recovery, call 1800 560 760.
The Flood Recovery Hotline is a single state-wide number that Victorians impacted by the floods can call for help with:
- Navigating available support
- Clean-up
- Temporary accommodation
- Mental health and wellbeing support.
The recovery hotline is open from 7.30am to 7.30pm every day.
Shepparton Animal Shelter
The Shepparton Animal Shelter is currently closed to the public except by appointment only.
To contact the Shelter, phone 5832 9700.
Maternal Child Health services
Maternal Child Health services will resume face to face from Monday 24 October 2022.
Accessing financial support – 2022 Victorian floods
There is a variety of financial support available to assist Victorians recovering from the current widespread flooding.
Click this link to find out more and see which of the financial help listed below you may be eligible for:
- Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment
- Australian Government Disaster Recovery Allowance
- Victorian Emergency Relief Assistance Payment
- The Emergency Re-establishment Payment
- Clean-up Program
- Agriculture Victoria – Financial support for flood-affected farmers
- Small Business Immediate Flood Relief Program
Victoria Park Lake breaks its banks and floods Wyndham Street. Source:greatershepparton.com.au
