This page features links to other websites that may be interest to clients, community groups and health professionals.
Please note: Womens Health and Family Services (WHFS) will only accept links to noncommercial health sites within Australia and organisations deemed appropriate and relevant to our clients. Providing a link to another website does not constitute WHFS’ endorsement or approval of the website, its owners or operators, or any information, products or services offered on the website. For more information, please see our website disclaimer.
- Adoption
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Aboriginal / Indigenous
- Communicare Indigenous Family Violence (Men’s Service)
- Derbarl Yerrigan Health Service
- Indigenous Health Info Net
- iTalk Library – Online stories that share Information in Language
- Kurongkurl Katitjin (ECU Centre for Indigenous Australian Education & Research)
- Yorgum
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Alcohol and Other Drugs
- Alcoholics Anonymous
- Australian Drug Foundation
- Australian Drug Information Network
- Green Book: Directory of Alcohol & Other Drugs + Mental Health Service Providers
- Hepatitis Council of WA
- Holyoake
- Narcotics Anonymous
- Palmerston
- Western Australian Network of Alcohol & Other Drug Agencies (WANADA)
- Western Australian Substance Users Association (WASUA)
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Counselling
- Centrecare
- Relationships Australia
- Yorgum (Aboriginal-specific service)
- Anglicare WA
- Kids Helpline
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Children and Families
- Communicare:
- Dept for Child Protection (DCP), which includes:
- Adoption and Foster Care
- Child protection – children at risk
- Children and young people in care
- Family and domestic violence
- Crisis and emergency
- Learning and development (CSTC)
- Working with Children Checks
- Mandatory Reporting
- Dept for Human Service, which includes:
- Outcare
- Wanslea Family Services, which includes:
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Crisis Support Numbers
- Emergency 24/7: 000
- Anglicare WA: 1300 114 446
- Centrecare: 9325 6644
- Communicare: 9251 5777
- Relationships Australia WA: 1300 364 277
- Yorgum: 1800 469 371
- Ishar Multicultural Women’s Health: 9345 5335
- Lifeline: 13 11 14
- Women’s DV Line: 9223 1188 or 1800 007 339 (Country)
- Men’s DV Line: 9223 1199 or 1800 000 599
- Crisis Care 24/7: 9223 1111
- 1800 Respect: 1800 737 732
- Beyond Blue: 1300 224 636
- Headspace: 1800 650 890
- Kids Helpline 24/7: 1800 551 800
- Sexual Assault Resource Centre: 6458 1828 or 1800 199 888 (free call from landlines)
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Disabilities
- Women with Disabilities
- People with Disabilities (WA) Inc
- Disability Services Commission
- National Disability Service
- Ethnic Disability Advocacy Centre (EDAC)
- People 1st Programme (Sexual Health)
- Centrelink, which includes:
- Carer Allowance (if you provide daily care)
- Carer Payments (if you are unable to work in paid employment due to your carer duties)
- Carer Supplement (annual lump-sum payment if you already receive carer allowance or payments)
- Child Disability Assistance Payments
- Special Disability Trusts
- Befriend
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Family and Domestic Violence
- Communicare Family Violence & Justice Services, which includes:
- Breathing Space (Accommodation & Counselling for men who have been abusive)
- Tuart House Regional Accommodation
- Families without Fear
- Domestic Violence Outreach- Safe at Home
- Partnership for Family Safety
- Domestic Violence Helplines
- Relationships Australia
- Anglicare WA
- Dept for Child Protection (DCP), which includes:
- Child protection – children at risk
- Children and young people in care
- Family and domestic violence
- Crisis and emergency
- Mandatory Reporting
- Communicare Family Violence & Justice Services, which includes:
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Eating Disorders
- Australia & New Zealand Academy for Eating Disorders
- Butterfly Foundation
- Centre for Clinical Interventions
- Eating Disorders Victoria
- FEAST – Families Empowered and Supporting Treatment of Eating Disorders
- Hollywood Private Hospital
- National Eating Disorders Collaboration
- Overeaters Anonymous – Groups
- Princess Margaret Hospital – Eating Disorder Services
- The Swan Centre
- Perth Children’s Hospital
- Financial
- Government Agencies
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Health Organisations
- Multicultural Health Information (in Language)
- My Healthy Balance
- Breastscreen WA
- Health Direct
- Health Insite
- Hepatitis Council of WA
- Asthma WA
- Alzheimer’s Association of WA
- Australian Kidney Foundation
- Diabetes WA
- Cancer Support
- Cancer Council WA
- Multiple Sclerosis Society of WA
- Sexual Health Quarters (formerly Family Planning WA)
- Housing
- Legal
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Mental Health
- Anxiety and/or Panic Attacks
- Depression
- Depression Net
- Depnet
- Beyond Blue
- Black Dog Institute (Depression & Bipolar)
- Bluepages
- A Parent’s Guide to Anxiety and Depression in Young People
- Association for Services to Torture and Trauma Survivors (ASeTTS)
- Befriend
- Children of a Parent with a Mental Illness (COPMI)
- Green Book: Directory of Alcohol & Other Drugs + Mental Health Service Providers
- Helping Minds which includes:
- Mental Health Australia
- Moodgym (Free Cognitive Behavioural Therapy online program)
- Children of Mentally Ill Consumers (COMIC)
- Mental Health Law Centre WA (MHLCWA)
- Mental Health Council of Australia (MHCA)
- Mental Health First Aid (training to support people experience mental illness or crisis)
- SANE Australia
- Western Australian Association for Mental Health (WAAMH)
- Multicultural Mental Health (Embrace)
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Migrant and Refugee
- Amnesty International
- Association for Services to Torture and Trauma Survivors (ASeTTS)
- The Humanitarian Group
- Centrelink: Migrants, Refugees and Visitors
- Dept for Communities
- Dept of Immigration and Border Protection
- Edmund Rice Centre
- Embrace Multicultural Mental Health (Information in language)
- Ethnic Disability Advocacy Centre (EDAC)
- Equal Opportunity Commission
- Humanitarian Entrant Health Service (HEHS)
- Metropolitan Migrant Resource Centre
- Mercycare Settlement Services Program
- Office of Multicultural Interests
- Translating and Interpreting Services
- Western Australian Council of Social Services (WACOSS)
- Communicare Services, which includes:
- Multicultural Playgroups
- Settlement Service Activities
- Children’s Services
– Inclusion Support Program
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Parenting
- A Parent’s Guide to Anxiety and Depression in Young People
- Centrelink
- Communicare Children and Families Services, which includes:
- Dept for Child Protection (DCP), which includes:
- Adoption and Foster Care
- Child protection – children at risk
- Children and young people in care
- Family and domestic violence
- Crisis and emergency
- Learning and development (CSTC)
- Working with Children Checks
- Mandatory Reporting
- Dept for Communities, which includes
- Child Care
- Children and Youth
- Parenting
- Emotional Health for Parents: During Pregnancy and Beyond
- Wanslea Family Services
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(Sole) Parenting
- National Council of Single Mothers and their Children
- Womens Safety After Separation
- Council of Single Mothers and their Children
- Centrelink, which includes:
- Separated Parents
- Crisis and Special Help
- Parenting Payments
- Special Benefit (for Severe Hardship)
- Family Separation: A guide for teens (PDF)
- Welfare Rights Network
- LegalAid, which includes:
- Community Legal Centres Association (WA)
- Department of Housing (Homeswest)
- Tenants Advice Line (WA)
- Dept for Child Protection (DCP)
- Perinatal / Postnatal Depression
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Seniors
- Advocare
- Dept for Communities, which includes
- Seniors Recreation Council of WA
- Seniors Housing Advisory Centre
- Council on the Ageing
- Continence Management and Advisory Service (CMAS)
- Continence Management and Support Scheme (CMASS)
- Broadband for Seniors
- Older People’s Rights Service (Legal Services)
- WA Seniors Card
- Sexuality
- Unplanned Pregnancy
- Welfare
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Women’s Health
- Australian Women’s Health Network (AWHN)
- Breast Cancer Foundation of WA
- BreastScreen WA
- Desert Blue Connect Geraldton
- Fremantle Women’s Health Centre
- Goldfields Women’s Health Care Centre Inc
- Gosnells Women’s Health and Wellbeing Service
- Hedland Well Women’s Centre
- ISHAR Multicultural Women’s Health Centre
- Labia Library (Women’s Health Victoria)
- Midland Women’s Health Care Place
- Nintirri Neighbourhood Centre
- South Coastal Women’s Health Services
- South West Women’s Health and Information Centre Inc
- Women’s Health Regional Sexual Assault Centres
- Youth