Mental Health -

BEYOND BLUE - AIMS TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY AND REDUCE STIGMA.

CALL 1300 22 4636, 24 HOURS / 7 DAYS A WEEK.

Blue Knot Foundation Helpline (formerly ASCA Professional Support Line) - provides help, information, support or referral for adult survivors of childhood trauma and abuse, their partners, family and friends, health professionals, and anyone in the workplace working with people who have experienced childhood trauma and abuse.

Call 1300 657 380, 9am-5pm AEST / 7 days a week.

Headspace provides mental health and well-being support, information, and services to young people aged 12 to 25 years and their families.

https://www.headspace.com

Lifeline provides 24-hour crisis counseling, support groups and suicide prevention services. Call 13 11 14.

Call 1800 650 890, 9am-1am AEST / 7 days a week.

QLife provides nationwide telephone and web-based services to support lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people of all ages.

Call 1800 184 527, 3pm-12am (midnight) AEST / 7 days a week.

MensLine Australia is a professional telephone and online support and information service for Australian men.

Call 1300 78 99 78, 24 hours / 7 days a week.

Kids Helpline is Australia’s only free 24/7 confidential and private counseling service specifically for children and young people aged 5 to 25.

Call 1800 55 1800.

PANDA (Perinatal Anxiety & Depression Australia) - provides a national telephone information, counselling, and referral service staffed by trained volunteers, professional counsellors and supervising staff. Many helpline counsellors have had their own experience of perinatal depression or anxiety.

Call 1300 726 306, 9am-7:30pm AEST (Mon-Fri).

Open Arms — Veterans and Families Counselling provides 24/7 free and confidential, nationwide counselling and support for war and service-related mental health conditions, such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, depression, sleep disturbance and anger.

Call 1800 011 046.

Cancer

Cancer Council

NSW - Provides information and support to adults 18 and over who have been impacted by cancer. The support provided includes emotional, legal, financial, and practical support; some sservices are means-tested.

Call 13 11 20, Monday to Friday. 09.00 - 17.00

Canteer - Provides information and support services for people from 12 - 24, who are impacted by a cancer diagnosis. This included family and people caring for someone who has recieved a cancer diagnosis.

Call - 1800 945 215

Carers

Carers Gateway - Provided information and support to anyone who is caring for someone.

Call 1800 422 737

Eating Disorders

Butterfly Foundation's National Helpline, ED HOPE, is a free, confidential service that provides information, counselling, and treatment referral for people with eating disorders and body image and related issues.
https://butterfly.org.au/ Tele 1800 33 4673