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Support group details

Group Description

We are Breast Cancer Survivors & wonderful supporters of various ages & fitness levels. We gladly welcome you to our club.

Who can Join

Breast Cancer Survivors & their supporters

Contact hours

We train several times a week but as our training times vary with seasons please contact us beforehand.

Where we meet

Maroochy River Resort, 38-46 David Low Way

Town/Suburb

Sunshine Coast

Services

Newsletter Information Support Friendship Fun Regattas

Area serviced

Sunshine Coast

Phone contact

Robyn 0439 333 575

Group Focus

Offers fun, fitness, friendship & emotional support for members who have survived breast cancer.

More Info

cookbook for sale

Group Name

Dragons Abreast Support Group - Sunshine Coast

Support group details

Group Description

Research has shown that people who attend support groups are more confident about their diabetes and are less likely to suffer depression or stress, because they feel they have the knowledge to better manage their diabetes.

Who can Join

anyone with an interest in diabetes

Contact hours

meet monthly every 1st Wed at 10:30am - 11:30am

Where we meet

Mundubbera Community Development Centre

Town/Suburb

Mundubbera

Services

meetings, information

Area serviced

Wide Bay

Phone contact

Group Focus

Bringing together people living with diabetes, to collaborate & share experiences with best practices.

More Info

Group Name

Diabetes Qld Support Group - Mundubbera

Support group details

Group Description

Research has shown that people who attend support groups are more confident about their diabetes & are less likely to suffer depression or stress, because they feel they have the knowledge to better manage their diabetes.

Who can Join

Anyone with an interest in diabetes.

Contact hours

meet monthly - email for details

Where we meet

Townsville Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Service

Town/Suburb

Garbutt

Services

Meetings, information, resources, healthy life-style programs.

Area serviced

North Qld

Phone contact

Emily (07) 4759 4000 or 1800 177 055

Group Focus

Bringing together people living with diabetes, to collaborate & share experiences with best practices.

More Info

Group Name

Diabetes Qld Support Group - Townsville (TAIHS)

Support group details

Group Description

Research has shown that people who attend support groups are more confident about their diabetes and are less likely to suffer depression or stress, because they feel they have the knowledge to better manage their diabetes.

Who can Join

anyone with an interest in diabetes

Contact hours

meet monthly, every 1st Tuesday at 7:00pm

Where we meet

Carpentaria Golf Club

Town/Suburb

Weipa

Services

meetings, information

Area serviced

North Qld

Phone contact

Tonia 0429 699 300

Group Focus

Bringing together people living with diabetes, to collaborate & share experiences with best practices.

More Info

Group Name

Diabetes Qld Support Group - Weipa

Support group details

Group Description

Research has shown that people who attend support groups are more confident about their diabetes and are less likely to suffer depression or stress, because they feel they have the knowledge to better manage their diabetes.

Who can Join

anyone with an interest in diabetes

Contact hours

Where we meet

Facebook - online. Email for details about social event locations.

Town/Suburb

Services

social catch-ups, online Facebook group

Area serviced

Brisbane North

Phone contact

Group Focus

Bringing together people living with diabetes, to collaborate & share experiences with best practices.

More Info

Group Name

Diabetes Qld Support Group - Young Adults SEQ

Support group details

Group Description

carer support and day care

Who can Join

Carers of people with dementia

Contact hours

Where we meet

90 Allied Drive

Town/Suburb

Arundel

Services

Carer support, drop in

Area serviced

Gold Coast

Phone contact

(07) 5594 0270

Group Focus

living with Dementia, memory loss

More Info

Carer support, drop in support

Group Name

Dementia Support Group - Gold Coast

Support group details

Group Description

Carer support groups, living with memory loss & Stepping Out.

Who can Join

Family/carers, friends supporting someone with dementia.

Contact hours

Office: Monday to Friday 8:30am - 4:30pm - phone for details

Where we meet

Town/Suburb

Ground Floor, 33 Park Road

Services

Support groups, counselling & education, Research.

Area serviced

Far North Qld, Brisbane North, Brisbane South & Logan, Gold Coast

Phone contact

1800 100 500

Group Focus

Support, information for family/carers caring for people with Dementia.

More Info

A wide range of support groups for carers across Queensland.

Group Name

Dementia Support Group - Brisbane

Support group details

Group Description

DIDSS provides early intervention, peer support and referral pathways network for separated parents at risk of experiencing increased social and parenting isolation.

Who can Join

Dads separated from their children.

Contact hours

meet on Thursdays from 6:00pm (phone for on-line support details)

Where we meet

The Family Place, 35A North Road - down the driveway beside the park

Town/Suburb

Woodridge

Services

A telephone helpline, LiveChat helpline, online forum and local 'one to one' mentors.

Area serviced

Brisbane South & Logan

Phone contact

1300 853 437

Group Focus

Support for separated dads - we are dads, helping dads.

More Info

To provide support free and to utilise where possible only peer volunteers all of whom have been through it themselves.

Group Name

Dads in Distress Support Services - Logan

Support group details

Group Description

DIDSS provides early intervention, peer support and referral pathways network for separated parents at risk of experiencing increased social and parenting isolation.

Who can Join

Dads separated from their children.

Contact hours

meet on Tuesdays - 6:30pm to 8:30pm (phone for on-line support details)

Where we meet

Palm Beach Neighbourhood Centre, 16 Third Ave

Town/Suburb

Palm Beach

Services

A telephone helpline, LiveChat helpline, online forum and local 'one to one' mentors.

Area serviced

Gold Coast

Phone contact

1300 853 437

Group Focus

Support for separated dads - we are dads, helping dads.

More Info

Provide support free and to utilise where possible only peer volunteers all of whom have been through it themselves.

Group Name

Dads in Distress Support Services - Gold Coast

Support group details

Group Description

Our purpose is to provide information & support to families & friends living with Cystinosis as well as doctors & professionals throughout Australia.

Who can Join

anyone is welcome to contact us

Contact hours

Reasonable hours

Where we meet

Town/Suburb

Services

Phone support Email support On-line support Information sheets Peer support Newsletters, Hospital visits when possible

Area serviced

Far North Qld, North Qld, Western Qld, Central Qld, Wide Bay, Sunshine Coast, Darling Downs West Moreton, Brisbane North, Brisbane South & Logan, Gold Coast

Phone contact

The Dodd Family (07) 4129 0079

Group Focus

People associated & affected by the Cystinosis & Fanconi Syndrome.

More Info

Cystinosis is a metabolic disease characterised by an abnormal accumulation of the amino acid cystine in various organs of the body.

Group Name

Cystinosis Support Group Australia