DirectLine
If you or someone you care about has an alcohol or drug problem, call DirectLine on 1800 888 236 1800 888 236

DirectLine provides 24-hour, 7-day counselling, information and referral.

At DirectLine, you can talk to professional counsellors who are experienced in alcohol and drug-related matters.

DirectLine is free, anonymous and confidential.

http://www.health.vic.gov.au/drugs/directline.htm

Lifeline
Lifeline’s 13 11 14 service is staffed by trained volunteer telephone counsellors who are ready to take calls 24-hour a day, any day of the week from anywhere in Australia. These volunteers operate from Lifeline Centres in every State and Territory around Australia. Lifeline answers around 450,000 calls per year from people needing emotional support.

Anyone can call Lifeline. The 13 11 14 service offers a counselling service that respects everyone’s right to be heard, understood and cared for. Lifeline also provide information about other support services that are available in communities around Australia.

http://www.lifeline.org.au/find_help/24_hour_counselling_service

Reconnexions
Reconnexion (formerly TRANX) is a not for profit organisation co-founded by Lis Burtnik and Gwenda Cannard in 1986 to provide counselling and support for people dependent on tranquillisers (benzodiazepines) and to raise awareness of the risk of dependency associated with long term prescribing of benzodiazepines. The benzodiazepine program actively promotes understanding and awareness of the complications associated with long term use of benzodiazepines, both among the medical profession, government and in the community.

http://www.reconnexion.org.au/

Victorian Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders (VACRO)
VACRO is a non-government, non-denominational organisation. It was established in 1872 (as the Discharged Prisoner's Aid Society of Victoria) in the wake of the 1871 Royal Commission into the Penal Establishments and Gaols, which urged the establishment of a body to give assistance to discharged prisoners.

VACRO's mission is to provide support and information for individuals charged with a criminal offence, offenders, prisoners and their families; as well as a leadership, education, training and research on the Justice System for the Community

http://www.vacro.org.au/

Halcyon
Halcyon in Ferntree Gully is a PDRSS (Psychiatric Day Rehabilitation Support Service), offering drop-in, structured activities, and individual support to people aged over 18 who are managing a mental illness and live in Maroondah, Knox or the Shire of Yarra Ranges.

http://www.each.com.au/en/services/halcyon/

Mental Illness Fellowship
Mental Illness Fellowship is Victoria's leading membership based not-for-profit organisation working with people with mental illness, their families and friends to improve their well being.

http://www.mifellowship.org/

beyondblue
Australian organisation provides information about depression to consumers, carers and health professionals.

http://www.beyondblue.org.au/

Hep C Victoria
Hepatitis C Victoria (HCV) caters to the needs of people with hepatitis C, their carers, partners, family and friends.

HCV works to achieve this through support, advocacy, education and

For immediate support and advice, call the Hepatitis C Infoline on
1800 703 003 1800 703 003 .

http://www.hepcvic.org.au/

Australian Community Support Organisation (ACSO) – Community Offender Advice & Treatment Service (COATS)
ACSO is a community support organisation which assists some of the most highly disadvantaged members of our community, in particular those with complex presenting issues or offending history.

COATS is a state wide service funded through the Department of Human Services (DHS). Its role is to provide a comprehensive drug and alcohol assessment, and then develop a treatment plan for forensic clients who have come before the criminal justice system and have a treatment component to their Community Order or parole.

http://www.acso.com.au/?q=content/community-offender-advice-and-treatment-service

Family Drug Support Australia (FDS)
FDS is a caring, non-religious and non judgemental organisation. FDS is primarily made up of volunteers who have experienced first hand the trauma and chaos of having family members with drug dependency.

FDS Helpline 1300 368 186 1300 368 186

http://www.fds.org.au/

Choper - (after hours mobile needle & syringe service)
The Community Health Outreach Program Eastern Region (CHOPER), provides a free, outreach mobile Needle and Syringe Service. The CHOPER team can be called between 7.30pm to 11.00pm every night of the year and will deliver clean injecting equipment and receive return of used equipment. CHOPER also provides safe using and safe sex education, including free condoms. Referrals to other services such as drug treatment and health and welfare agencies are also available. The service covers a large area of the Eastern Region west of Lilydale and Belgrave.

Contact details are 0414 266 203 0414 266 203 – between 7.30pm and 11.00pm every night of the year.

http://www.wchs.org.au/content/programs/needle-syringe-program-nsp/

Pamphlets
ATOD Counselling
Tobacco Free Clinic
Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention Group
Cautious with Cannabis
ATS & Oral Health for consumers