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Online support and counselling for wellbeing and mental health
Kids Helpline
Kids Helpline
24/7 web chat counselling and confidential phone counselling
1800 55 1800
Head to Health
Head to Health
Digital mental health portal. Online resources and everything mental health.
Q Life
Q Life
Web chat counselling and confidential phone counselling for LGBTQI+.
3pm - 12pm everyday
Beyond Blue
Beyond Blue
24/7 confidential phone support, web chat and email chat.
Provides support and referral to other programs and helplines.
1800 RESPECT
1800 RESPECT
24/7 web chat counselling and confidential phone counselling for people experiencing domestic violence situations.
1800 737 732
Lifeline
Lifeline
24/7 confidential phone counselling. Web chat and text counselling available in the evening.
13 11 14
Local Support Services
Newcastle LGA has a number of free youth services that offer support to young people.
Samaritans: https://www.samaritans.org.au/services/youth-services
Headspace: https://headspace.org.au/headspace-centres/newcastle/
Wesley Youth: https://www.wesleymission.org.au/get-support/youth-services/youth-and-family-support/
See a range of services and their contact details in the Hunter Community Directory.
JUPITER is a free counselling service offered in Raymond Terrace, Salamander Bay, and Medowie.
Lake Macquarie Youth Services
CALM: https://calm.org.au/youth/
Edgeworth Community Centre: https://www.emnc.org.au/young-people/
Muloobinba Aboriginal Corporation
Muloobinba Aboriginal Corporation
Muloobinba Aboriginal Corporation provides Family and Parenting support, Youth work and Mentoring, Family and Intense Family Preservation, Foster Care services, and Nikinpa Aboriginal Child and Family Centre that includes Childcare and Pre-School.
Muloobinba Aboriginal Corporation provides Family and Parenting support, Youth work and Mentoring, Family and Intense Family Preservation, Foster Care services, and Nikinpa Aboriginal Child and Family Centre that includes Childcare and Pre-School.
Family Support provides support to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families, with children between the ages of 0-12 years, located in the Newcastle & Lake Macquarie local government areas
Self-Help Apps and Sites
Brave 4 You
Brave 4 You
An online and interactive program to support young people expeiencing anxiety.
Mood Gym
Mood Gym
An online interactive program that helps adolescents struggling with depression and anxiety.
Monumentum
Monumentum
Momentum offers tailored online treatment programs to help children and adolescents learn new ways to cope with feelings of anxiety and/or unhappiness.
Momentum Website
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