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Ainslie Village, Canberra Provides low cost accommodation for people over the age of eighteen on low incomes who are self-managing. Ph: 6162 6800 or 6162 6801 for interview. Phone: 02 6162 6800 Fax: 02 6249 6886 Mail to: PO Box 75 Civic Square ACT 2608 Brian Hennessy Rehabilitation Centre Provides medium to long term care, rehabilitation and support to gain independence for adults with major psychiatric disabilities. Phone: 02 6251 6133 Fax: 02 6251 7005 Mail to: PO Box 541 Jamison Centre ACT 2614 Canberra Hospital Psychiatric Unit Care for acute patients on a voluntary and involuntary basis. Group programs and individual services to patients and families. Canberra Hospital, Yamba Dr, Garran ACT 2605 Phone: 02 6244 3210 Fax: 02 6281 5080 Centre for Road Trauma Support, Canberra Provides information and support service to people involved in road accidents. Resources, including grief and trauma counselling, are available to the family members and friends of road crash victims. Offers a variety of specialized information and resource materials designed for specific aspects of road trauma. Phone: 02 6292 6847 Fax: 02 6292 6847 Mail to: PO Box 5022 Chisholm ACT 2905 Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, Queanbeyan Counselling and support service for young people (aged up to 18yrs) and their families who are suffering from, or at risk of, mental health problems. Phone: 1800 677 114 Fax: 02 6299 6243 Mail to: PO Box 729 Queanbeyan NSW 2620 Child Protection Services After Hours Service, Canberra Provision of child protection services outside normal office hours, from 4.30pm to 8.30am. Someone always on call on weekends. Phone: 02 6207 0720 Fax: 02 6205 0968 Lvl 5, Allara St, Canberra City ACT 2601 City Health Centre, ACT Offers a range of services including nurses, nutritionist, social workers, podiatrist, child immunization, baby health clinic, speech pathologist and speech drop in centre. Hours: Mon-Fri 8.30am-5pm Phone: 02 6207 9977 Fax: 02 6205 2611 Mail to: GPO Box 825 Canberra ACT 2601 Community Grief Support Program St Johns Care, Canberra Provides information, referral, education and training on a wide range of grief and loss issues, and free individual support sessions to bereaved people in the community. Phone: 02 6248 7771 Fax: 02 6262 6665 Mail to: GPO Box 219 Canberra ACT 2601 Community Transport, Canberra Provides transport within business hours to frail older people and younger people who have a disability and their carers, not living in residential care, who are eligible and live in the Weston Creek or Tuggeranong area. Out of Hours Service: Provides transport for individuals who are eligible to attend social and educational activities which take place outside normal business hours. Hours: Mon-Fri 9am-3.30pm Phone: 02 6293 6500 Mail to: PO Box 1066 Tuggeranong ACT 2900 Drugs in the Family, ACT Offers information, advice and support for parents, family members and close friends of people using drugs. Hours: Meets 7.30pm every second Thurs (non Public Service pay week) Phone: 02 6257 3043 The Junction (old QEII building), cnr Marcus Clark and Rudd St, Canberra ACT 2601 Family Care Cottage, Queanbeyan Provides support, counselling and information for parents with babies and young children up to five years. Hours: Mon - Fri 9am - 5pm Phone: 02 6299 7299 Fax: 02 6299 7601 Karabar Community Health Centre, 12 Southbar Rd, Queanbeyan NSW 2620 Family Services, Canberra Deals with matters relating to child protection. Hours: Mon - Fri 8.30am - 5pm Phone: 02 6207 1466 Fax: 02 6207 1428 Mail to: PO Box 2471 Tuggeranong ACT 2900 Karinya House, Canberra Karinya House offers a caring and supportive environment for women who are pregnant and without appropriate accommodation and support. Karinya House Home for Mothers and Babies Incorporated is a community-based, non-denominational organisation. The house is the vision of a group of people seeking to fill a need unmet for so long in Canberra. Women will be able to stay at Karinya House before the birth of their baby, and return afterwards for up to three months. Karinya House also offers information, advice and referral on: pregnancy, childbirth, health, parenting, housing and life skills. Karinya House needs volunteers who will assist the housemother and the coordinator, and also help with mothercraft, counselling, educational programs, leisure activities, transport, gardening, home maintenance and fundraising. Donations to support the work of Karinya House will be gratefully accepted. Donations are tax deductable. Credit card facilities are available. Contact Details: Address: PO Box 6 GIRALANG ACT 2617 Telephone: 6259 8998 Fax: 6258 0337 Narrabundah Health Centre, ACT Services include a baby clinic, podiatry, nutrition and physiotherapy services. Private practitioners co-located. Hours: Mon - Fri 8.30am - 5pm Phone: 02 6207 9977 Fax: 02 6205 2611 Mail to: GPO Box 825 Canberra City ACT 2601 Outreach House Medium to long term residential program for young people (aged thirteen to seventeen years) who for a variety of reasons are currently unable to live at home. Hours: Mon-Fri 3pm - 9.30am Sat & Sun 24 hours Phone: 02 6285 1663 Fax: 02 6281 0782 Phillip Health Centre, ACT Provides services to residents including information and referrals, ambulatory nursing clinic, immunization, physiotherapy, counselling for adolescents and adults, community nurses, dental services and dietitian/nutritionist. Emergency Dental Service Sat 8.30am - 9.30am Hours: Mon-Fri 8.30am - 5pm Phone: 02 6207 9977 Fax: 02 6205 2611 Mail to: ACTCC, Phillip Health Centre PO Box 825 Canberra ACT 2601 Poisons Information Service, Canberra 24 hour phone service offering advice and information on poisonous substances, bites and stings. Phone: 13 11 26 Fax: 02 6244 3334 Mail to: Canberra Hospital, Yamba Dr, Garran ACT 2605 Post-Polio Support Group ACT Post Polio Support Group provides support to polio survivors. Phone: 6255 0875 or 6242 2002 or 6247 1604 Schizophrenia Group, Canberra Gives individuals living with this mental health issue a space to discuss, share and support each other towards increased quality of life. Hours: 1.30pm - 3pm 1st and 3rd Wed of each month Phone: 02 6282 6658 The Rainbow, Canberra Technology Park, Phillip Ave, Watson ACT 2602 Tuggeranong Health Centre, ACT Offers a range of services including: aged day care; child health medical officer; community nursing; dental clinic; immunization; child health clinic; private medical practitioners; nurse practitioner nutritionist; physiotherapy; podiatry; social worker; child speech pathologist; women's health service; private massage therapist; mental health counselling unit; diabetes educator, nutritionist and diabetes group classes. Hours: Mon-Fri 8.30am-5pm Phone: 02 6207 9977 Fax: 02 6205 6211 Cnr Anketell and Pitman Sts, Greenway ACT 2900 Vietnam Veterans Sons and Daughters Project, Canberra A community development project that emphasizes the strengths of the sons and daughters of Vietnam veterans, many of whom have experienced the impact of war-related trauma, and their families. Provides an opportunity for sons and daughters of Vietnam veterans to discover that they are not alone, and to learn from each other ways to cope with their experiences. Phone: 02 6247 2988 Fax: 02 6247 6378 Fujitsu House, Suite G03, 7 - 9 Moore St, Canberra ACT 2601 Weston Creek Chronic Pain Support Group, ACT Support group for people living with chronic pain. Meets on the second Wednesday of every month, 11am to 1pm. Phone: 02 6290 1984 Mail to: 1 Niblo Place, Chapman ACT 2611 Women's Health Service, Canberra Cervical Screening (pap smears); general medical and counselling services for women, as well as for those affected by violence; Well Women's Health Promotion Program and other community education programs. Hours: Mon-Fri 8.30-5.00 Phone: 02 6205 1078 Fax: 02 6207 0143 Mail to: PO Box 825 Canberra ACT 2601 Still haven't found the help you need? All Communities Online The ACT Government provides All Communities Online to allow groups, Organisations and businesses in the ACT and region to promote themselves and their activities using the Internet. The purpose of All Communities Online is to provide a means of sharing and finding information of interest at the local community level. Click here to go to the All Communities Online website. ******************* This Website is a free service, aimed at raising support for Canberra's Community Organisations. 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