National Institute for Mental Health Research - The Australian National University (AU, 52234063906) Browse events

The National Institute for Mental Health Research (NIMHR) aims to improve the mental health of individuals through research and development, training, policy and the dissemination of health information.

South Pacific Private Hospital (AU, 84003340912) Browse events

South Pacific Private is a Treatment Centre specialising in the integrated medical, psychiatric and psychotherapeutic treament of addictions and mood disorders.      Established in 1993, we are located at Curl Curl, on Sydney's Northern Beaches.   The SPP treatment program is based on 12-Step philosophy.  Our holistic approach addresses the underlying core issues, trauma, and family dynamics which may have fuelled the development of the client's presenting problems.  All programs are supervised by a multi-disciplinary team of psychiatrists, psychologists, general practitioners, registered nurses, psychotherapists and counsellors.     We are a smoke-free facility offering a warm, caring and safe environment for clients to address their issues with group therapy, psycho-education, and participation in a therapeutic community, supported by compassionate, respectful and experienced health professionals.

Central Coast Amputee Association (AU, 14668588425) Browse events

  Support for amputees, their families, and carers living in the Gosford/Wyong Local Government areas.   Peer Support Visitors to hospital in-patients as well as home visits upon requests.    Facing limb loss is one of the most devastating and traumatic experiences you could imagine.   Many people find themselves experiencing very strong feelings before and after the amputation. One of the most distressing feelings that many people experience is the sense of loss amputation can bring coupled with anxiety and concern. Many people also feel anger and resentment. Some amputees will feel numb and show no response, whilst the most common feeling is depression and a feeling of complete helplessness, utter terror and one feels alone confronting this horrific situation.   The most important first step is to recognise these feelings when they occur, accept that we feel this way and talk to others who have been through this traumatic experience.   The Central Coast Amputee Association Inc. has trained amputee visitors ready and willing to visit amputees in hospital and at home upon request. Confidentiality is guaranteed. Please phone 4328 1004 to arrange a visit.

VANISH Inc (AU, 35582901627) Browse events

Located in Melbourne with members in all parts of Australia, VANISH is funded by the Victorian State Government through the Department of Human Services.    Services are currently available to those who have a personal experience of separation from family of origin: people affected by adoption - adopted persons, mothers, fathers, adoptive parents and family members of all these people.  people affected by donor conception. Forgotten Australians - former wards of state, defacto adoptees and/or those who were voluntarily placed in institutions or foster care in Victoria. Services are free to individuals who were adopted and/or were in ‘out of home care’ in Victoria. There are however, costs associated with obtaining relevant certificates, files and records. VANISH extends its services to persons from interstate and overseas for a small fee.   VANISH, a community organisation based on the self-help model, offers a support service that aims to empower individuals to make informed decisions. Most staff members have a personal experience of separation from family and so are able to empathise with service users and offer appropriate assistance and support.   Privacy, anonymity and needs of service users are respected at all times.

Anxiety Recovery Centre Victoria (AU, 60935437898) Browse events

The Anxiety Recovery Centre Victoria (ARCVic) is a state-wide, specialist mental health organisation, providing support, recovery and educational services to people and families living with anxiety disorders. We aim to support and equip people with knowledge and skills that will build resilience and recovery and reduce the impact of anxiety disorders.   Community support and self-help services play a vital role in promoting the emotional, mental and social well-being of people living with anxiety disorders. Supporting people to learn and implement effective self-help and self management of their symptoms will contribute to their inner resilience, quality of life and recovery. Isolation and alienation from family, friends and the community militate against recovery. Regaining a sense of belonging and confidence with others is often most effectively achieved through connection with a community of people with common conditions and experiences. Partnerships between professionals and consumers, and support and clinical services, will ensure that the experience and knowledge of people with anxiety disorders will be valued and heeded, and contribute to the development of appropriate and effective services.   ARCVic services include: Helpline Support Groups Recovery Programs Community Education Seminars Library Youth specific services Social Group & Pen Pals network Membership Donations

Pioneer Clubhouse (AU, 49006891023) Browse events

               

Summerland Early Intervention Programme (AU, 13328809145) Browse events

Australian Drug Foundation (AU, 66057731192) Browse events

Grow (AU, 68405377806) Browse events

Grow is a national organisation that provides a peer supported program for growth and personal development to people with a mental illness and those people experiencing difficulty in coping with life’s challenges.    The program is designed for people to take back control of their lives, over come obstacles and start living a life full of meaning, hope and optimism.   Grow groups offer the opportunity for people to share challenges and solutions for recovery in a supportive and structured way. Participants are also able to attend education and training sessions and participate in a range of social activities.   Grow is free to join and you don’t need a referral or diagnosis.

Hunterlink Recovery Services (AU, 59147324445) Browse events

Hunterlink Recovery Services provides holistic and therapeutic social welfare services to the maritime industry, servicing men and women and their families through times of hardship and distress. Our services are provided 24 hours a day, 7 days a week on a national basis, including remote areas.

Playgroup NSW (AU, 97616861198) Browse events

Playgroup gives children an opportunity to have fun, make new friends and develop new skills through informal play. Playgroup provides parents and carers with an opportunity to meet other parents and carers, make friends and share ideas and experiences. Playgroup also allows parents and carers to spend quality time with their children, encouraging, helping or simply playing with their children.

Kidsafe NSW (AU, 29532079872) Browse events

Kidsafe NSW is dedicated to the reduction and prevention of unintentional death and injury to children 0-14 years. We work with parents, carers and the community to raise awareness of risk factors that lead to unintentional injury and provide valuable advice on home safety; road safety; and safe, creative play.

Fiona Wood Foundation (AU, 65993189366) Browse events

Our vision is to deliver scarless healing- in mind and body- to all burn injury survivors. With your support, we can ensure that the quality of the scar is worth the pain of survival.

Spur Projects (AU, 52602790670) Browse events

Suicide remains the leading cause of death for men aged 14 to 44, and 80% of all suicides are men. Spur projects produces innovative mental health campaigns that will reduce the rate of suicide in Australia.

Peach Tree - Because Parenthood Isn't Always Peachy (AU, 87545227108) Browse events

Peach Tree Perinatal Wellness Inc educates and supports families experiencing perinatal stress and mental illness by providing a safe and warm environment for families to be honest and receive support. We are a peer support organisation. We know what you are going through. We will guide you to all of the support you need.

Muscular Dystrophy NSW (AU, 11774587436) Browse events

Muscular Dystrophy NSW exists to improve the quality of life for people with neuromuscular disorders and their families and carers. We do this through information, support, and direct services. For over 75 years we have been building on the passion and commitment of our founders for improved outcomes for people with neuromuscular disorders. We have also more recently begun building partnerships with other disability service providers to enable us to meet the needs of a broader target group through our partners. People with neuromuscular disorders and their families face unique challenges and have unique support needs due to the progressive nature of their condition and, in many cases, the certainty of their premature death. The frequent need for ventilators and vulnerability of clients to respiratory conditions also creates challenges for mainstream services.

Burns Support Foundation (AU, 58794510947) Browse events

The Burns Support Foundation's charter is to provide direct and indirect support and assistance to anyone who has been burnt as well as their families. Support services include a parent/carer support group, a young adults' group, a telephone help line and referral service, a newsletter, and biannual family camps.

PANDA - Post and Antenatal Depression Association Inc (AU, 64063647374) Browse events

PANDA is committed to a community where perinatal depression and anxiety are recognised and the impact on women, men and their families are minimised through acknowledgment, support and education.

On the Line (AU, 33185295654) Browse events

On the Line is a national professional telephone, online and video counselling provider. Operating 24/7, our qualified, professional counsellors take over 160,000 calls each year. We are a not-for-profit organisation whose expertise include working with men, suicide prevention and mental health. We manage specialist services such as MensLine Australia and Suicide Call Back Service. For every person we help, many more remain disconnected and in need of support. With your help we can continue to support more Australians.

GRT Foundation Ltd (AU, 31155117329) Browse events

Child's Play Qld/GRT Foundation was established in 2011 and is committed to supporting the needs of children, young people and their families. Our belief is that ALL children should receive FREE psychological support and that we must break down any stigma associated with mental health care. Our vision is to provide professional psychological support for children in our local community at low cost or no cost! We are aiming to raise $50,000 to bring to life our vision, and to; expand our office, hire two more child psychologists, and raise from the public the necessary funds to make this possible.

The Mirabel Foundation (AU, 22926759458) Browse events

The Mirabel Foundation was established in 1998 to assist children who have been orphaned or abandoned due to parental illicit drug use and are now in the care of extended family. Mirabel believes that every child deserves a childhood and our mission is to break the destructive cycle of addiction.

Headspace National Youth Mental Health Foundation Ltd (AU, 26137533843) Browse events

headspace National Youth Mental Health Foundation provides mental health and wellbeing support, information and services to young people aged 12 to 25 and their families across Australia through our expanding network of headspace centres and online via eheadspace.

FLO (Fa'ataua-Le-Ola) (AU, 72643401881) Browse events

  Our main aim is to provide the people of Samoa with information, general and more specific help with any problems they may have that lead them to be distressed enough to possibly consider suicide. Aims and Objectives The aims and objectives of the Organisation are: • • • • • • • To do this we provide a number of services and information. Services We provide a number of services to assist the people of Samoa. Telephone Counselling Our counsellors are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week to help by listening to whatever is upsetting you. Our counsellors are trained to listen, discuss options, provide information and empower you to come up with your own solution and claim ownership of it, rather than to give advice. Our average call time is 45 minutes, and some go for much longer, so do not worry that we might not have time for you. You do not have to give your name or any details unless you wish to. Face-to-Face Counselling Feel free to drop into our office during normal working hours if you want to discuss anything. We are the last office on the ground floor of the Wesley Arcade in Beach Road, opposite the Government offices. Keep walking down the hallway and you will see our door at the end. Radio Programme Our director has a weekly radio talkback programme on SBC Radio One which covers both Samoas and reaches Tokelau. She discusses the many problems that people may have with callers able to speak to her about these. Postvention When a suicide or attempted suicide occurs in Samoa it leaves families and friends upset, questioning and grieving. Postvention is the name for a process were some of our counsellors visit the family and help them to deal with their many complex emotions. Call us if you would like us to help with this. We can respond rapidly. Counsellor Training We run regular counselling training at a basic and advanced level. Call us if you would like to enrol for this. Other Training FLO continues to be involved in many training workshops to help train and inform people from all walks of life from the media, the clergy, the police, and the general community.       Aims and Objectives The aims and objectives of the Organisation are: • • • • • • • To do this we provide a number of services and information. Services We provide a number of services to assist the people of Samoa. Telephone Counselling Our counsellors are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week to help by listening to whatever is upsetting you. Our counsellors are trained to listen, discuss options, provide information and empower you to come up with your own solution and claim ownership of it, rather than to give advice. Our average call time is 45 minutes, and some go for much longer, so do not worry that we might not have time for you. You do not have to give your name or any details unless you wish to. Face-to-Face Counselling Feel free to drop into our office during normal working hours if you want to discuss anything. We are the last office on the ground floor of the Wesley Arcade in Beach Road, opposite the Government offices. Keep walking down the hallway and you will see our door at the end. Radio Programme Our director has a weekly radio talkback programme on SBC Radio One which covers both Samoas and reaches Tokelau. She discusses the many problems that people may have with callers able to speak to her about these. Postvention When a suicide or attempted suicide occurs in Samoa it leaves families and friends upset, questioning and grieving. Postvention is the name for a process were some of our counsellors visit the family and help them to deal with their many complex emotions. Call us if you would like us to help with this. We can respond rapidly. Counsellor Training We run regular counselling training at a basic and advanced level. Call us if you would like to enrol for this. Other Training FLO continues to be involved in many training workshops to help train and inform people from all walks of life from the media, the clergy, the police, and the general community.      

Wyndham Rotary Fun Run (AU, Wyndham Rotary Fun Run - N/A) Browse events

Thanks for supporting the Wyndham Rotary Fun Run Walk. Wyndham Rotary does great charitable works in the city of Wyndham, nationally and internationally. The Fun Run Walk is our major fundraiser for the Royal Children's Hospital Good Friday Appeal. However this year we also wish for you to consider sponsoring direct to the GFA as well as Australian Rotary Health and RECLINK. Your money raised will help the deserving causes of children's health, mental illness and the disadvantaged in the community. Encourage your friends to sponsor you now.

Pregnancy Loss Australia Inc (AU, 47532937225) Browse events

Pregnancy Loss Australia (formerly known as Teddy Love Club) is a national support program for bereaved families who suffer the loss of their baby or babies from miscarriage, stillbirth, termination for feotal abnormality and neo natal loss through our early support program and professional support services. The program is the original bear giving program in Australia established 26th October 2002 in Adelaide. Donating teddy bears and complete care packages to families who suffer the loss of their babys in the hope the bear may help to ease the pain of leaving the hospital with such empty arms. The program operates in every state of Australia with the program provided to every maternity hospital across the country. We are leading the way in providing professional support, guidance and comfort to bereaved parents, their families and friends. We provide a range of support services including: • Ongoing Professional Counselling • Free Professional Telephone Counselling • Free Call 1800 Bereavement Support Line • Online Bereavement Support groups • Support Group Meetings • Bear Giving Program • Informative Resource Pack • National Grief & Loss Library • Australia Wide Newsletter