General Support

The State-wide Sexual Assault Line is here to offer telephone support and counselling to anyone – women, men and young people – who has been sexually assaulted or abused and for anyone who is concerned or suspects someone they care about might have been assaulted or abused.

Call 1800 010 120

dvconnect.org

Headspace is Australia’s National Youth Mental Health Foundation. The headspace mission is to deliver improvements in the mental health, social wellbeing and economic participation of young Australian’s aged 12-25.

headspace.org.au

Did you know that Kids Helpline helps out people until they turn 25? You can give them a call every day of the year, any time of the day. They can help you out with problems or link you to services in your local area.

Call 1800 551 800

kidshelpline.com.au

ADAWS is a residential program for young people 13-18 years old who feel they have a problem with drug use and are seeking to detox or withdraw. Young people who choose to go to ADAWS live in the program for 11 days whilst they detox, and take part in a relapse prevention program.

Call (07) 3163 8400

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Queensland Health now has a phone line for all Queenslanders to help take the worry out of health concerns.
You can phone anytime for the cost of a local call. Calls from mobile phones may be charged at a higher rate than local call charges.

Call 13 HEALTH

A young person can claim through Medicare for psychiatric or psychological care. This process is not a simple one and information is available online. Wherever possible we would advise that you have a support person to assist you through the process.

humanservices.gov.au/individuals/medicare

This is the national anti-depression initiative, so if you are feeling down this website could help.

beyondblue.org.au

Confidential information, counselling and support service. Open 24 hours to support people impacted by sexual assault, domestic or family violence and abuse.

Call 1800 RESPECT

DVConnect Womensline is a state wide telephone service that offers support and services to women who are experiencing domestic or family violence, the phone line is active 24 hours a day 7 days a week. They offer free, professional and non-judgemental telephone support to you, wherever you live in Queensland.

Call 1800 811 811

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service (Qld) Ltd, is a community-based organisation established to provide professional and culturally competent legal services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across Queensland.
Our mission is to foster collaborative partnerships with our communities, key government and non-government stakeholders to influence positive change and deliver high quality legal services for our people within or exposed to the justice system.

atsils.org.au

YAC (Youth Advocacy Centre) provides legal services, youth support and family support assistance and services to young people generally aged 10-18 years (inclusive) who live in or around the greater Brisbane region, particularly those who are involved in, or at risk of involvement in, the youth justice and/or the child protection systems; and/or are homeless or at risk of homelessness (up to 25).

yac.net.au

Financial help if you’re under 24 and studying, an Australian Apprentice, looking for work or sick.

Call 13 11 26

humanservices.gov.au

“GIVIT is a web-based philanthropic community where people donate items or time to people in need. They are a ‘targeted giving’ service that finds new lives for your unwanted items with worthy recipients.”
So if you have anything to give or you need something and don’t have a lot of money, this is a great website.

givit.org.au

serviceseeker.com.au

www.oneplace.org.au