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In an EMERGENCY call 000 or go to your local hospital emergency department.

Due to COVID-19, groups can change their arrangements quickly and may have reduced response times. We encourage you to continue to reach out to groups but please be patient. Please contact Support Groups QLD if you need help making contact with a group or cannot find what you were looking for.

We don’t endorse or recommend any particular group but if you have a particularly good (or bad) experience with a group we would appreciate your confidential feedback.

DIRECTORY

Group Name Prostate Cancer Support Group for Partners (PCSG) – Gold Coast
Group Focus Prostate Cancer’s effect on relationships, themselves & their family, in a friendly environment.
Group Name Psoriasis Australia
Group Focus Sharing of information & experiences with living with psoriasis.
Group Name Q Shelter – Housing Older Women Movement
Group Focus Advocate for & participate in the creation of flexible & innovative housing models to meet the needs of Qld’s older women to age in place in the community.
Group Name Qendo Mentor Program
Group Focus 12-week support program for anyone affected by endometriosis, adenomyosis or PCOS
Group Name Qld Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Support Group / Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
Group Focus Support & information on Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy or Complex Regional Pain syndrome.
Group Name Qld Stoma Assn Inc (QSA) – Bowel Group for Kids (BGK)
Group Focus Provides strategies & support to assist in improving the quality of life for young people living with a congenital bowel disorder.
Group Name Qld Stoma Assn Inc (QSA) – Ostomate Support Group – Caboolture
Group Focus Offering support, assistance and information for people with a “stoma”.
Group Name Qld Stoma Assn Inc (QSA) – Ostomate Support Group – Sunshine Coast
Group Focus support & information for people with a stoma

CRISIS CONTACTS

Mental Health Line - 1300 642 255

Mental Health Line

1300 642 255

1300 MH CALL is a confidential mental health telephone triage service that provides the first point of contact to public mental health services to Queenslanders. It is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and will link to the caller’s nearest Queensland Public Mental Health service.

13 HEALTH

13 43 25 84

13 HEALTH provides health advice from a registered nurse 24/7

13 HEALTH - 13 43 25 84
Medicines Line - 1300 633 424

Medicines Line


1300 633 424

Medicines Line operates Mon-Fri; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. for questions about medicine.

24/7 CRISIS SERVICES

LIFELINE

13 11 14

SUICIDE CALL BACK SERVICE

1300 659 467

BEYOND BLUE

1300 224 636

MENSLINE AUSTRALIA

1300 78 99 78

KIDS HELPLINE

1800 55 1800

1800 RESPECT

1300 737 732

OTHER STATES & NATIONWIDE

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SHOUT ACT
Collective of Self Help Groups Victoria (COSHG)