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ACT Palliative Care Society Inc Provides volunteers who 'companion' the dying, with support to families and friends. Hours: Tues, Wed and Thurs 9.30am - 4pm Contact Details: Phone: (02) 6273 9606 Fax: (02) 6273 9590 Mail to: PO Box 88 Civic Square ACT 2608 Email: acthpc@bigpond.com ACT Respite Links A respite and support service for carers of people with dementia who wish to continue caring at home. Hours: Mon and Wed 9.30am - 3.30pm, Tue and Thurs 9.30am - 4.30pm Contact Details: Phone: 02 6254 5544 Fax: 02 6254 2522 Mail to: PO Box 108 Higgins ACT 2615 Email: respitelinks@alzheimersact.asn.au Canberra Emergency Accommodation Service CEAS provides confidential 24 hour telephone counselling and information on emergency accommodation services for people who are facing homelessness. Information can also be provided on financial assistance available for ACT residents on a low income to enter or maintain long-term housing. Contact Details: Phone: 02 6257 2333 Fax: 02 6257 4290 Mail to: GPO Box 583 Canberra ACT 2601 Email: ceas@act.lifeline.org.au Canberra Rape Crisis Centre CRCC is a non-government, feminist Organisation, working to eliminate sexual violence against women, children and men. The CRCC Crisis Service provides crisis support and advocacy; telephone counselling; information and referral, 24 hours per day, 7 days a week, to survivors of rape, incest, organised sadistic abuse and sexual harassment. Click here for additional information. Centacare, Canberra Organisation run by the Catholic Church. Marriage and family counselling funded by Commonwealth Dept of Family and Community Services. Reconnect: 6162 6100, Family and Marriage Counselling: 6239 7171, Family Support Service: 6239 4049, FACES: 6295 3600, Personal Support Program 6162 6800. Contact Details: Phone: 02 6239 7700 Fax: 02 6239 7171 Mail to: PO Box 3167 Manuka ACT 2603 Email: info@centacare-canberra.org Community Health Service, ACT Provides a comprehensive range of health services including information, treatment, counselling and referral, a migrant services worker, bilingual counsellor, women's health clinic counselling, baby health clinic, community nursing, needle and syringe program, speech pathology, oral health services, sexual assault; paediatric occupational therapist; men's health; child and family health; health education and health promotion services. Contact Details: Phone: 02 6298 9233 Fax: 02 6299 6920 Mail to: PO Box 729 Queanbeyan NSW 2620 Email: lisa.kennedy@sahs.nsw.gov.au Community Options Inc, ACT Co-ordinates services for people who are frail aged, have a disability or live with dementia and their carers to enable them to continue living at home. Runs a number of projects including Continuity of Care which provides short-term post-hospital support. Contact Details: Phone: 6295 8800 Fax: 6295 8100 Mail to: 115 Canberra Ave, Griffith ACT Email: admin@communityoptions.com.au Gambling Care, Canberra Provides personal counselling by appointment for anyone affected by gambling, and personal financial counselling to assist those involved to deal more adequately with their financial problems. Hours: Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, Thurs 9am-6.30pm Contact Details: Mail to: GPO Box 583 Canberra ACT 2601 Email: office@act.lifeline.org.au Inanna Inc. ACT Inanna is a service for Women in Distress and the children in their care. Inanna provides: Supported accommodation for women and children who are homeless; Supported accommodation for women and children with mental health problems; Respite accommodation for women for up to 4 weeks - pre or post hospital; Workshop program - walks, art, community, skills building; Outreach workers to work with women in their own homes; Women for Better Mental Health Group - advocate group for women living with mental health issues. Phone: 02 6295 3323 Fax: 02 6295 0602 Email: manager@inanna.org.au Mobile Respite Response Team, Canberra A service offering techniques and strategies to improve quality of life for people with dementia and for carers who wish to continue caring at home. Contact Details: Phone: 02 6254 5728 Fax: 02 6254 2522 Mail to: PO Box 108 Higgins ACT 2615 Email: mrrt@alzheimersact.asn.au Multicultural Women's Advocacy Inc, ACT Provides information and referral services for migrant and refugee women resident in the ACT, and acts as a lobby and advocacy group, on issues concerning migrant and refugee women of diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds. Contact Details: Phone: 02 6230 4632 Fax: 02 6230 4637 Mail to: GPO Box 1392 Canberra ACT 2601 Email: mwa@webone.com.au Northside Community Service, Canberra Provides Childcare services including occasional care, long daycare, after school care and school vacation programs for children. Support services for families, children with disabilities, multicultural services, youth programs, aged care programs and women's accommodation. Manages community facility venues at Majura Community Centre and Corroboree Park. Contact Details: Phone: 02 6257 2255 Fax: 02 6257 5993 Mail to: PO Box 453 Dickson ACT 2602 Email: headoffice@northside.asn.au Older Persons Mental Health Service, ACT Provides specialist mental health assessment and treatment services to people aged 65 and over who have a mental health problem. Contact Details: Phone: 02 6205 1957 Fax: 02 2605 1533 Mail to: PO Box 254 Jamison Centre ACT 2614 Email: Carol.Russell@act.gov.au Pregnancy Support Service (ACT) Inc The Pregnancy Support Service (ACT) Inc offers free of charge services to pregnant females of all ages, irrespective of religion, belief, culture, nationality, social or ethnic background in Canberra and surrounding districts. Free pregnancy testing is available to females who think that they may be pregnant. Material help including baby clothes are also available at the Organisation. To assist pregnant females of all ages who may have other problems associated with their pregnancies, there is a referral service for clients to hospitals, Health First, ACT Housing Trust, and many other Organisations. Contact Details: Phone: 6247 5050 Mon - Wed 9am - 2pm or 1300 139 313 for 24 Hour assistance 7 days. Address: First Floor, Suite 9, Florida Building, Garema Place. Open Monday to Wednesday from 9am - 2pm. Mail To: PO Box 476 Canberra City ACT 2608 Email: pssact@bigpond.com Raja, Canberra Crisis accommodation for families. Raja was created in August 2004, to provide accommodation and support to families in the ACT who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. This service is co-managed by the women's service Inanna Inc and CANFaCS, the Canberra Fathers and Children's Service. Click here to read more about Raja. Toora House, Canberra Toora House provides accommodation to women (unaccompanied by children) who are in crisis. Offers a comfortable, safe, secure and accessible residential environment, staffed 24 hours per day. Click here for additional information about Toora House. Women's Wellness Group, Canberra Twelve week program focusing on learning skills to cope with and alleviate the symptoms of depression. Uses cognitive behavioural techniques in a supportive environment. The women's wellness group meets on Wednesdays from 11am - 1pm. Contact Details: Phone: 02 6244 3373 Fax: 02 6244 2309 Mail to: PO Box 11 Woden ACT 2606 Email: kerry.leahan@act.gov.au YWCA Family Housing Outreach Service Offers information and referral on housing issues, medium term supported accommodation and outreach services to homeless families or those at risk of homelessness. Family is defined as at least one parent with at least one child, or a pregnant woman. Contact Details: Phone: 02 6242 6211 Fax: 02 6242 6311 Mail to: PO Box 85 Mitchell ACT 2911 Email: fhos@ywca-canberra.org.au Haven't found the help you need? 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