Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Support Services
All of us need help at different moments in our life. The following list includes services that can help you when you need.
If someone is injured or at immediate risk of hurting themselves or someone else, please call 000 immediately.
Darkinjung Local Aboriginal Land Council
Phone: 4351 2930
Darkinjung Local Aboriginal Land Council is the Aboriginal Land Council of the Central Coast. You can contact Darkinjung LALC for more information about the local community or pathways to become more connected to culture and the Aboriginal community on the Central Coast: to learn more about DLALC. Click Here
Gambling Solutions
Phone: 4344 7992
Gambling Solutions Central Coast offers free counselling, support and education to anyone affected in any way by problem gambling. Our counsellors are highly qualified in providing specialised treatment in the complexities of gambling addiction. Click Here
Alcohol and Drug Information Service
Phone: 1800 422 599
24-hour phone support.
Kamira
Phone: 4392 1341
Kamira Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Services Inc provides residential treatment options for women, pregnant women, and women with children who are experiencing problematic alcohol and/or other drug use across New South Wales. Click Here
NSW Sexual Violence Helpline
Phone: 1800 424 017
For anyone in NSW impacted by sexual assault (including friends, families and supporters). Available 24/7. Click here.
Emergency Accommodation Services
Coast Shelter
Phone: 4325 3540
Link2Home Hotline
Phone: 1800 152 152
24-hour State-wide homeless support and accommodation. Click Here
eMental Health Resources
eMental Health Resources are an online, mostly free CBT (cognitive behaviour therapy) based therapy modules that can be completed at home on a mobile phone, tablet device or computer. eMental health resources are evidence based, with most reporting that 97% of users found the online modules useful and would recommend them to a friend or relative to use.
Indigenous Wellbeing
The Indigenous Wellbeing Course is designed to help Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults aged 18 years and over to learn to manage mild, moderate and severe symptoms of depression and anxiety. To learn more click here.
Well Mob
Social, emotional and cultural wellbeing online resources for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People. To learn more click here
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Lived Experience of Suicide Centre
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Lived Experience Network has been built to inform, enable and deliver better services, care and programs to improve mental health outcomes and ultimately save lives. To learn more click here.
Deadly Story
Deadly Story is a place for Aboriginal Culture, Country & Community. A place to grow my knowledge & be proud. To learn more click here.
The Centre of Best Practice in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention
The Centre of Best Practice in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention (CBPATSISP) was established in 2017 to develop and share evidence about effective suicide prevention approaches for Indigenous people and communities.
Building on the foundation of the earlier Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention Evaluation Project (ATSISPEP), the CBPATSISP influences Indigenous suicide prevention policy, practice and research by promoting access to evidence and resources and through advocacy.
The work of the CBPATSISP is centred on the rights of Indigenous people and communities to self-determination, and the critical importance of cultural responses to distress alongside clinical approaches. To learn more click here.