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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 Solace Queensland – Brisbane
Group Focus Offering emotional support for those grieving over the death of their partner.
Group Name Sotos Syndrome Australasia
Group Focus Sotos Syndrome is a rare genetic disorder characterised by excessive physical growth during the first years of life
Group Name Southside Anxiety Disorders (SAD) Support Group
Group Focus Support for persons/partners/family of anxiety disorders.
Group Name SPELD Qld
Group Focus dyslexia, dyspraxia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia
Group Name Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus Queensland (SBH)
Group Focus Delivering social work services not only to people with Spina Bifida and/or Hydrocephalus, but also to the people closest to them, such as parents, siblings & partners.
Group Name Spinal Home Help
Group Focus Support for all people who have incurred a spinal cord injury, as well as their families, supporters & other loved ones.
Group Name Spinal Life Support Group – Brisbane
Group Focus support & sharing experiences with living with spinal injuries
Group Name Spinal Life Support Group – Bundaberg
Group Focus Support & sharing experiences with living with spinal injuries.

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

Connect Groups WA
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SHOUT ACT
Collective of Self Help Groups Victoria (COSHG)