Support Services

Call: 000

If you or someone you care about is in crisis and you think that immediate help is needed, call triple zero (000) or go to your local hospital emergency department.

Lifeline: 13 11 14​

Provides access to crisis support, suicide prevention and mental health support services.

Suicide callback service: 1300 659 467

COPE

Providing support for the emotional challenges of becoming a parent. Support information and resources.

Gidget Foundation Australia

Supporting the mental health of expectant, new and potential parents through face to face and telehealth psychological support.

PANDA

Factsheets, support, resources, and helplIne for Perinatal Anxiety and Depression.

Perinatal Wellbeing Centre

Support groups, services and resources relating to perinatal mental health for women, men and their families in the ACT.

Perinatal Anxiety and Depression Aotearoa

NZ based organisation providing health care provider training alongside consumer resources and support relating to anxiety and depression due to pregnancy, childbirth and early parenting.

BeyondBlue

Beyond Blue provides information and support to help everyone in Australia achieve their best possible mental health, whatever their age and wherever they live.

White Cloud Foundation

Aims to improve access to treatment and increase awareness for people with depression.

Better Off With You

Better Off With You features real stories of people with experiences of suicidal thoughts and actions and resources to help you support yourself or someone else.

Peach Tree Perinatal Wellness

Provides peer support services including mother's groups and free telephone support for postnatal depression.

Ellen Barron

The Ellen Barron Family Centre (EBFC) provides is a multi-disciplinary, specialist child health service for families who require support with building practical skills and confidence in parenting - North NSW, NT and QLD.

Tresillian

Tresillian Family Care Centres is Australia’s largest Early Parenting Service offering professional advice, education and guidance to families with a baby, toddler or pre-schooler.

Karitane

Karitane delivers high quality, comprehensive, evidence-based parenting services for families and the provision of education and training to healthcare professionals and non-government organisation.

St John of God Health Care

A free service supporting parents through the emotional challenges of early parenthood.

Mum for Mum

MUM FOR MUM NCJWA is a non-denominational home-visiting program where trained volunteers who are mothers themselves visit an expectant mum in the last trimester of pregnancy and for the first year of their baby’s life in order to provide emotional support.

Parentline

Parentline is a confidential telephone service providing professional counselling and support in Queensland and the Northern Territory.

Red Nose Australia

Red Nose Australia's mission is to save the lives of babies and children, while offering unwavering support to those impacted by the heart-wrenching loss of a baby or child.

Miracle Baby Foundation

Supporting premature and sick newborns, their families and the hospitals that care for them.

Still Aware

Aims to end preventable stillbirth through awareness and education in pregnancy. Provide support resources and services for families.

Bears of Hope

Providing support for families who experience the loss of their baby.
Let’s walk this journey together.

Pink Elephants Support Network

Miscarriage and early pregnancy loss support.

Australian Breastfeeding Association

1800 686 628 Provide mothers with practical mother-to-mother support and information, enabling them to establish and continue breastfeeding, alongside advocacy, awareness, training and support.

Lactation Consultants of Australia and New Zealand

LCANZ provides a uniquely southern hemisphere approach to breastfeeding and lactation, demonstrating the abundance of knowledge, research and skill in our region.

Dad’s Group

dadsgroup.org

Support for Fathers

supportforfathers.com.au

Birthing Dads

birthingdads.com.au

PANDA; How is Dad going?

howisdadgoing.org.au

Mensline

mensline.org.au/being-a-dad

Suicide callback service

suicidecallbackservice.org.au

SMS4Dads

sms4dads.com

Direct Advice for Dads

directadvicefordads.com.au

No to Violence

Men’s Referral Service: 1300 766 491

Parents At Work

parentsandcarersatwork.com

1800 Respect counselling service

1800 737 732

Kids Help Line

1800 551 800

Aboriginal Family Domestic Violence Hotline

1800 019 123

Relationships Australia

1300 364 277

Continence Foundation of Australia

Rewriting Your Birth Story

Brain Injury Foundation

The Brain Injury Foundation exists to provide support to individuals and families impacted by acquired brain injuries

Birth Injury Center

Information and support if your infant has suffered an injury before or during their birth.