Social Support Resources

Mental Health | Addiction Support

Provides 24-hour phone crisis service for mental health support, emotional assistance and suicide prevention​

Call 13 11 14 (available 24 hours)​
Lifeline's crisis support online chat

Suicide Prevention | Mental Health

Provides 24-hour phone crisis service for mental health support, emotional assistance and suicide prevention​

Call 13 11 14 (available 24 hours)​

Lifeline's crisis support online chat

Mental Health & Wellbeing

Provides 24-hour telephone service that is available for young people (aged 5 to 25) who need advice, counseling or just someone to talk to – no problem is too big or too small. You can talk to the counsellors about anything.

Call 1800 55 1800

Mental health | Addiction | Anger Management

Offers free & confidential, 24/7 free professional online counselling support covering mental health, anger management, addiction, relationships and more. ​

Call 1300 789 978

Suicide Prevention | Suicide Support

Is a national professional telephone and online counseling service for people at risk of suicide or who are affected by suicide.

Call 1300 659 46

Mental Health & Wellbeing

QLife provides anonymous and free LGBTI peer support and referral for people in Australia wanting to talk about sexuality, identity, gender, bodies, feelings or relationships.

Call 1800 184 527

Violence & Assault Support

Offer 24 hr support via phone and chat for people who have or are at risk of experiencing, sexual assault, domestic and family violence ​

Call 1800 737 732 (available 24 hours)​

1800RESPECT has online chat available

Housing | Food | Financial help | Family violence support | Counselling & more

Ask Izzy is a website that connects people in need with housing, a meal, money help, family violence support, counselling and much more. It is free and anonymous, with thousands of services listed across Australia.

Emergency Relief | Housing | Emotional Support | Crisis Payments

Check out MoneySmart for different emergency relief services available, from food & bills, crisis payments, housing and emotional support. 

Mental Health | Addiction | Financial Help | Violence Support & more

Find a Helpline is a directory of different helplines offered in different countries. Search the type of service you are looking for and Find a Helpline will list out the available services.

Domestic Violence (International List)

International Domestic Violence Resource Guide (2023) has statistics on Domestic Violence around the world and includes support services for each country.

Thriving Communities Partnership (TCP) is a not for profit organisation that enables collaboration across multiple sectors including business, academia, government, NGO’s and those with lived experience.

TCP's goal is to see everybody have fair access to the modern essential services they need to thrive in contemporary Australia.