As a not-for-profit charitable organisation, Encounter Youth aims to directly relieve the harms associated with challenging social environments facing young people that are known to cause anxiety, pain, poverty, sickness, suffering, distress, misfortune, disability, destitution, and helplessness. They achieve this by working collaboratively with the community and providing effective programs, professional management of volunteers and engaging education.
Encounter Youth seeks to:
An initiative of the Victorian Department of Education and Training, Bully Stoppers provides extensive resources, links and information about current best practice to address bullying and cyber bullying. The material is relevant for primary and secondary students and their parents and teachers.
Smiling Mind is a unique web and app-based program developed by psychologists and educators to help bring balance to people’s lives.
Just as we eat well and stay fit to keep our body healthy, meditation is about mental health and looking after the mind.
beyondblue provides information and support to help everyone in Australia achieve their best possible mental health, whatever their age and wherever they live.
The Black Dog Institute is a not-for-profit organisation and world leader in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mood disorders such as depression and bipolar disorder.
Having a tough time and need someone to talk to right now? The following services are there to listen and help you out. They are confidential and available 24/7.
Give them a call or check them out online.
Kids Helpline is Australia’s only free, 24/7 phone and online counselling service for young people aged 5 to 25.
For some young people, connecting with Kids Helpline has been a life-saving experience, while for others it’s about practical help and emotional support at the critical moment they need someone to listen.
Helplines make a difference to the emotional wellbeing and lives of our kids every single day. Ensuring young people know they are not alone.
1800 55 1800
Lifeline is a national charity providing all Australians experiencing a personal crisis with access to 24 hour crisis support and suicide prevention services.
People call Lifeline’s 24 hour crisis line 13 11 14 about:
13 11 14
The Suicide Call Back Service is a 24-hour, nationwide service that provides telephone and online counselling to people 15 years and over who fit one of the following categories:
The Suicide Call Back Service is especially suited to people who are geographically or emotionally isolated.
1300 65 94 67
CanTeen is here for you if you’re 12-25 and cancer has turned your world upside down.
The website of the National Youth Mental Health Foundation, headspace, provides information and contacts for young people who are experiencing mental health issues. Topics discussed include depression, anxiety, bullying, relationship problems, and self-harm. Content incorporates school support, parental information, research, news, location of headspace centres, blogs and real life experiences.