Emergency & Support Contacts
EMERGENCY |
PHONE |
| Police, Ambulance, Fire | 000 |
| Digital Mobile Emergency Service
(Only to be used if outside mobile network coverage area) |
112 |
CRISIS SUPPORT |
PHONE |
| Lifeline (24 hour service) | 13 11 14 |
| Suicide Helpline Victoria | 1300 651 251 |
| Kids Helpline (Up to 18 years of age, free call 24 hour) | 1800 551 800 |
| Grief Line (12 noon – 3am daily) | (03) 9596 7799 |
| Child Protection (24 hour Emergency Service, DHS) | 13 12 78 |
| Women’s Domestic Violence Crisis Service (free call 24 hour) | 1800 015 188 |
| SIDS and Kids Victoria
(24 hour crisis & ongoing bereavement support) |
1300 308 307 |
| Care Ring (24 hour telephone counselling) | 13 61 69 |
| Mensline Australia (free call 24 hour) | 1300 789 978 |
| DirectLine (Alcohol and drug counselling & info) | 1800 888 236 |
ASSISTANCE & INFORMATION |
PHONE |
| Lifeline’s Just Ask Information Line (24 hour service) | 13 11 14 |
| SANE Helpline | 1800 187 263 |
| Family Drug Help (including alcohol) | 1300 660 068 |
| Family Drug Support (24 hour service) | 1300 368 186 |
| Parentline Victoria (Mon-Fri 8am-12am, weekends 10am-10pm) | 13 22 89 |
| Maternal and Child Health Care (24 hour service) | 13 22 29 |
| Centre For Adolescent Health Melbourne | (03) 9345 5890 |
| WIRE (Women’s Information and Referral Exchange)
(Mon-Fri 9am – 5pm) |
1300 134 130 |
| Centre Against Sexual Assault | 1800 806 292 |
| Fertility Control Clinic (Pro-choice: Pregnancy counselling
& termination referral service – 24 hour service) |
(03) 9419 2922 |
| Abortion Grief Counselling Australia
(Do not refer for abortions) |
1300 363 550 |
| Pregnancy Counselling Australia (24 hour service)
(Alternatives to abortion and post abortion counselling) |
1300 737 732 |
| Pregnancy Help Line
(Pregnancy options and alternatives to abortion) |
1300 139 313 |
| Gambler’s Help (free call 24 hour service) | 1800 858 858 |
| Vietnam Veterans Counselling Service (24 hour service) | 1800 011 046 |
| Vicfit – Physical Activity Info Line | 1800 638 594 |
| Translating Interpreter Service (TIS) | 13 14 50 |
| Poisons Information Centre (24 hour service) | 13 11 26 |
LOCAL HOSPITALS |
ADDRESS & PHONE |
| Angliss Hospital | Albert Street
Upper Ferntree Gully, 3156 Ph: (03) 9764 6111 (Melway Map Ref. 74 G7) |
| Maroondah Hospital | Davey Drive
Ringwood East, 3135 Ph: (03) 9871 3333 (Melway Map Ref. 50 C6) |
| Box Hill Hospital | 16 Arnold St
Box Hill, 3128 Ph: (03) 9895 3333 (Melway Map Ref. 75A E2) |
ORGANISATION |
WEBSITE |
| Beyond Blue | www.beyondblue.org.au |
| DepressioNet | www.depressionet.com.au |
| VicFit | www.vicfit.com.au |
| SANE | www.sane.org |
| Lifeline | www.lifeline.org.au |
| MoodGYM | www.moodgym.anu.edu.au |
| Mensline Australia | www.menslineaus.org.au |
| Pregnancy Help Line | www.pregnancysupport.com.au |
| WIRE (Women’s Information and Referral Exchange) | www.wire.org.au |
| Parents Victoria | www.parentsvictoria.asn.au |
| Crisis Support Services Inc | www.crisissupport.org.au |
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE |
WEBSITE |
| Kids Helpline | www.kidshelp.com.au |
| Headroom | www.headroom.net.au |
| It’s Allright (SANE’s website for young people with a friend
or parent effected by mental illness) |
www.itsallright.org |
| Reach Out! | au.reachout.com |
| Beyond Blue (youth website) | www.youthbeyondblue.com |
| Centre For Adolescent Health | www.rch.org.au/cah/ |
