Support Act is a charity, unique in Australia, providing financial relief to music professionals facing illness, injury or some other life crisis. Support Act helps music professionals in all fields of the industry including singers, songwriters, composers, musicians, roadies, techies, managers, lighting techs and everyone in between.

Sadly, with so few safety nets available to people working in the music industry, demand for Support Act's services is rising dramatically and has increased by 500% in the last year alone.

Support Act receives no money from the government and must fundraise every dollar it needs to run its vital services.  We are a small organisation, operating on a very slender budget.  We employ four staff, all of whom are part time, and are supported in our work by a large team of volunteers working across the country which enables us to deliver a nationwide service whilst keeping our operating costs low.  The enormous growth in demand for our service means we are under greater pressure than ever to raise the money we need to help music professionals in crisis.

This is our most ambitious fundraising project to date - Bandwagon!

For this campaign we have collaborated with a broad range of music stars, music industry personalities and venues on Bandwagon to offer one-off 'money can't buy' experiences, and 'limited edition' product as rewards for pledges.  Please see all the wonderful rewards on offer from generous parties in the right column of this page!

Rewards Contributors and Participants

OUR SERVICE

Support Act is a registered charity, unique in Australia, that exists to help music professionals facing hardship due to illness, injury or some other crisis that impacts on their ability to work in music.

We help music professionals of all kinds: singers, songwriters, composers, musicians, roadies, techies, managers, staffers and others. We also help their families. We treat every request for help confidentially and make no judgement about people's circumstances.

We help by providing different kinds of support which include financial relief, advice and practical assistance. We have:
 paid the rent
 kept the power on
 repaired the violin
 funded chemotherapy
 put a meal on the table at Christmas
 filled the tank with petrol
 purchased school uniforms
 put a dry roof over a prized vinyl collection
 replaced a rotten bed
 and kept a dog in biscuits.

And these are just a few of the many thousands of ways we have helped over the 17 years since we were started.

Every application we receive involves many hours of input from our staff to ensure we meet the individual needs of the applicant in a meaningful way. Loneliness and isolation are realities for many of the people we help: for some people, contact with Support Act is almost as important as the money we give. Sadly, many of the people we help are terminally ill. In these cases, our aim is to ensure dignity during the final stages of life.

With so few safety nets available to people working in music, demand for our services is rising dramatically and has increased by 500% in the last year. On average, we now receive a new enquiry every day and requests for our help have increased from one per month to one per week.

Without your generous contributions, Support Act will struggle to continue to deliver its outstanding service to music professionals in need.