Support Services
Crisis Support Services
Beyond Blue
1300 22 4636
Beyond Blue are Australia’s most well-known and visited mental health organisation, focused on supporting people affected by anxiety, depression and suicide.
Lifeline
13 11 14
Free 24h crisis support hotline. Volunteer crisis supporters provide suicide prevention services, mental health support and emotional assistance, not only via telephone but face-to-face and online.
Gippsland Mental Health Triage
1300 363 322
People aged between 18-65 years have access to a range of programs to assist with their mental health recovery.
DirectLine
1800 888 236
DirectLine is a 24-hour telephone counselling, information and referral service for anyone in Victoria wishing to discuss an alcohol or drug-related issue.
Uniting Church Trafalgar
Baw Baw Food Relief
Rooster Tours
Youth You Program
Interact Australia
Christmas On The Streets - Homeless Not Hopeless
COTS, or Christmas on the Streets, is a not-for-profit organisation with the mission of supporting men women and children experiencing homelessness.
Christmas on the Streets is a grassroot movement providing companionship food, clothing, sanitary products, gifts and essential items to those in need. The COTS movement is motivated to break the stigma surrounding those who have found themselves homeless or in unfortunate circumstances, and strive to remind everyone they encounter that they are worthy, loved and important, regardless of the situation they have found themselves in.
The Compassionate Friends Victoria - Grieve Heal Grow
The Compassionate Friends Victoria (TCFV) is dedicated to supporting grieving parents, siblings and grandparents in the event of the death of a child – of any age or from any cause.
TCFV use lived experience to provide peer support for grieving family members, providing a range of support services and activities to help you cope with your grief.
The Reconnect Program - Striving to Create Equity for All Victorians
The Reconnect program strives to support Victorians who are experiences disadvantages, by assisting them to overcome the barriers preventing them from engaging in education and training, and providing additional support into further study or employment pathways.
Reconnect empowers learners by providing counselling and mentoring, housing and accommodation services referrals, mental health support referrals, foundation skills, employability skills, careers information, planning and advice.
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