Four Chefs, One Cause
On Tuesday March 15, Woolloongabba’s French-inspired eatery C’est Bon Restaurant will host Four Chefs, One Cause – a flood fundraiser event featuring the culinary talents of four phenomenal chefs. C’est Bon’s head chef Andy Ashby will be joined by Kyle Bradley of The Arsonist in Manly, Ben McShane of fellow Woolloongabba bistro Clarence and one mystery, who will all a menu consisting of four starters and four main courses. The event will be kicking off at 6:30 pm and will feature an assortment of prizes to be auctioned throughout the evening, including a dinner, bed and breakfast package at Spicers Hidden Vale, a selection of Black Pearl Epicure caviar, magnum bottles of wine and a five-course tasting menu for two to be prepared and served in the comfort of your own home. Proceeds of the night will be donated to Red Cross Australia’s flood-relief appeal. Bookings can be secured here.

Flood-relief fundraiser at Salt Coffee Roasters
Commercial Road caffeine spot Salt will be pouring for a good cause on Friday March 11, donating 100-percent of proceeds from the day to flood-affected communities. Head down from 5:30 am and make your morning pick-me-up count!

Bunnings flood-relief sausage sizzle
The iconic Bunnings sausage sizzle is a staple of every visit, with proceeds of the weekly event typically going to a much-needed cause in the local community. On Friday March 11, every Bunnings store across Australia will host a giant flood support sausage sizzle, with barbecued snags, helpings of onions and lashings of tomato sauce on soft slices of white bread being sold to raise funds for GIVIT’s Storms and Flooding Appeal. If you have some spare change lying around, be sure to head to your nearest Bunnings store and snag a snag!

Australian Venue Co.’s Beers for Mates program
If there’s anything clean-up crews and flood-affected locals could use after weeks of muddy work, it’s a beer. While it might not be possible to buy everyone affected in Southeast Queensland and Northern New South Wales a beer, you can help them out by buying yourself one! From now until Thursday March 31, more than 180 Australian Venue Co. pubs nationwide will be donating a portion of sales from select beers ($1 from schooners and $2 from pints of XXXX Gold, for Queensland locations) to the Red Cross flood appeal. Click here to find your nearest Australian Venue Co. pub.

Flood Benefit at The Brightside
A collection of some of Brisbane’s best musicians are gathering at The Brightside on Friday March 11 for a no-frills fundraiser gig, with all proceeds being donated to the Lismore Flood Appeal. Appearing on the night will be veterans of the scene like Regurgitator and Phil Jamieson of Grinspoon, as well as emerging artists including Nice Biscuit, Mitch, Please, Slowrip, Square Tugs, The Fauves, Seaside and Sammm. Doors will open at 5:30 pm – tickets can be purchased here.

Neighbourhood Coffee Roasters
Albion was one of Brisbane’s suburbs hardest hit by flood waters. Despite the devastation wrought on its headquarters at Albion Fine Trades, the team at Neighbourhood Coffee Roasters is looking to raise money for impacted communities in New South Wales’ Northern Rivers as well as residents in Ukraine. For a week from Thursday March 10, Neighbourhood Coffee will be donating 50-percent of bean sales from its online store and pop-up coffee cart at Albion Fine Trades. Pop by between 7:00 am to 3:00 pm and get a cuppa for a good cause.

The Great Brown Lemonaid
The recent floods have greatly impacted Brisbane’s thriving craft-beer brewing scene, with the likes of Brewtide, Parched, Milton Common, Newstead Brewing Co., Range Brewing, Fonzie Abbott and distillery Granddad Jack’s experiencing water damage to their respective sites over the past week. The crew at Woolloongabba’s Easy Times Brewing Co. is looking to help get its pals back to their brewing best, throwing a huge fundraising event at its brewery on Saturday March 12. The Great Brown Lemonaid will see Easy Times load up its bank of beer taps with kegs from affected breweries alongside some donated karma kegs, while BeerTeez will be hawking merch alongside Thirsty Merchants, which is releasing a range of limited-edition growlers for pre-order and on-the-day sales. Punters will also be able to participate in an online and live auction on the day, with prizes including VIP tickets to Brisbane Lions games, accommodation, a V8 hot lap with racing star Todd Hazelwood and a chance to win your height in beer from Stone & Wood. The Great Brown Lemonaid will be kicking off from 11:30 am this Saturday.

Collingwood Black and Craft’d Grounds
Multifaceted dining hub Craft’d Grounds in Albion has been officially open for less than a year and already the promising precinct has hit a major setback. Alongside Collingwood Black, Craft’d Grounds is one of many businesses on Collingwood Street that were impacted by flood waters, with equipment, stock and packaging for tenants including Brewtide, Seven Miles Coffee Roasters, The Black Market, Fightcross Gym and soon-to-open Herve’s Restaurant & Bar damaged. A GoFundMe page has been launched to help recoup lost material and restore the site, while the team has put out a call for anyone eager to don some gumboots and assist with the clean-up process.

Fonzie Abott’s pop-up stall
Fellow Albion resident Fonzie Abbott was also impacted by rising waters in the area, leaving its cafe and taproom out of action for the time being. Undeterred, the Fonzie Abbott team has set up a pop-up retail shop just around the corner, selling merch, take-home booze and coffee. Fonzie Abbott’s online shop is also still active for those that can’t make it to the pop-up in person.

Oliver James Coffee
Over in Newstead, cosy caffeinery Oliver James Coffee has been hit hard by rising water levels. The cafe has sustained significant damage to its floors, which will need to be replaced, while hundreds of dollars of packaging and stock have been destroyed. A GoFundMe campaign has been launched to help owner Ellen Jones get the business back on its feet – click here to make a donation.

Life Aquatic: Flood Relief Fundraiser
Railway Terrace watering hole Mongrel was fortunate to avoid the encroaching floodwaters that inundated Milton and, as such, are looking to support its flood-affected suppliers, neighbours and community with a fundraiser event on Saturday March 19. Life Aquatic is a Wes Anderson-themed shindig, which means guests are encouraged to dress up as a zany character from one of the director’s many movies and head along to Mongrel for an evening of beer, music and art. The team will be putting on several karma kegs from the likes of Sea Legs Brewing Co., Catchment Brewing Co., Felons Brewing Co., Black Hops Brewing and Slipstream Brewing Co. to raise funds, while local artists will also be donating proceeds of purchased artwork to the cause. Proceeds will be divided between an assortment of affected businesses including Loop Growers, Belvedere Farm and Almanac Coffee – all of which were affected by the torrential rains and flooding. Click here to purchase a ticket.

Alphabet Cafe’s Bake Sale
Beloved West End brunch spot Alphabet Cafe will be hosting a bake sale from 7:00 am on Friday March 11 to raise funds for its suppliers Loop Growers and Neighbourhood Farm. Proceeds from cake, coffee and sourdough sales on the day will be evenly split between the two, with Coffee Supreme donating coffee to be sold on the day. The bake sale is also being supported by other local establishments including Pasta Club, Grown, Lucky Duck, Mongrel, Sprout Artisan Bakery and Vvaldmeer.

Loop Growers
The team behind Loop Growers, a small chemical free, closed-loop fruit and vegetable farm located in Draper to Brisbane’s northwest supply sublime produce to a host of the city’s best eateries, including the likes of ESSA, Florence, Elska, Mongrel, Sprout Artisan Bakery, Grown and Range Brewing, among many others. The farm was hit hard by rising waters, resulting in devastation to Loop’s only paddock and erosion of precious topsoil, the destruction of thousands of dollars of material, damage to machinery, tools and amenities, and displacement of farm animals. A GoFundMe page has been established to help the farm recoup costs and begin the farm’s rejuvenation process once waters have subsided. If you can spare any amount, click here to make a donation.

Neighbourhood Farm
Oxley’s small-scale bio-intensive urban market garden Neighbourhood Farm has also been hit hard by flood waters and rainfall, with freshly planted crops, compost bays, tools, seedling houses, irrigation systems, greenhouses and associated infrastructure affected by the weather. Neighbourhood Farms supplies fresh produce to cafes and restaurants including Joy, Alphabet Cafe, Lucky Duck, All My Friends and Wild Canary, which means there’s a big gap in the supply of produce to some incredible eateries. A GoFundMe page has been established to help the farm get back to its regenerative farming endeavours as soon as possible. Click here to contribute.

Northey Street City Farm
Northey Street City Farm, a community-based urban permaculture farm located in Windsor, is situated in one of the most flood-impacted suburbs of Brisbane. In addition to food and nursery stock, the not-for-profit charity is likely to lose market equipment, farming tools and event equipment. In addition to promoting and educating sustainable permaculture practices, the team also runs a pay-it-forward program at its nursery, which allows the farm to forward plants to First Nations’ organisations. If you’d like to support Northey Street City Farm’s rejuvenation effort, click here.

GIVIT’s Storms and Flooding donations
Online donation platform GIVIT is partnering with the Queensland Government to help manage and facilitate offers of donated good, services, volunteering and funds. Those with the means to assist can jump onto GIVIT’s storm- and flood-relief portal to check the list of what’s needed (including grocery and clothing vouchers) in impacted Southeast Queensland local government areas.

Australian Red Cross Flood Appeal
Red Cross is looking to provide humanitarian aid to those affected by the floods in Queensland and New South Wales. Donations are being accepted online, which will go towards helping facilitate evacuations, fund relief centres and outreach services, and help rebuilding efforts. Click here to make a donation.

Mud Army 2.0
Brisbane City Council has put out the call for volunteers willing to sign up to the Mud Army and help clean up Brisbane’s streets after the floods. Clean-up efforts will focus on helping areas that have been inundated with water, including homes and businesses. Those eager to lend a helping hand – as well as those looking to obtain assistance in their area – can click here to lodge their details.

As the true extent of the flood damage is yet to be known, this list will likely expand. If you know of more fundraising efforts assisting Brisbane businesses affected by the floods, get in touch with us at [email protected].