Easter Supports

Written By Admin

Like many services, CoMHWA and Peer Pathways will be closed over the Easter long weekend. We recognise that finding supports around public holidays can be a challenge, so we have put together this handy guide on where you can seek support at any stage over the long weekend. 

CoMHWA and the Peer Pathways helpline will re-open at 9am, Tuesday 22nd April. 

 

COMMUNITY EVENTS, MEALS & ACTIVITIES 

Activate Mental Health – Easter Saturday Walk around Tomato Lake 

  • Join for a walk around Tomato Lake, coffee and Easter eggs. 

  • Date & Time: Saturday 19 April, 2pm (meet by the playground closest to the café). 

  • Location: Tomato Lake, Kewdale 

 

Activate Mental Health – Easter Monday Walk at Hyde Park 

  • Join for 3-4 laps around Hyde Park, coffee and Easter eggs. 

  • Date & Time: Monday 21 April, 10am (meet at the corner of Glendower and Palmerston streets, near roundabout) 

  • Location: Hyde Park, North Perth. 

 

Freo Street Kitchen  

  • Freo Street Kitchen is grassroots community service, they will be offering free community breakfasts and dinners throughout the Easter break.  

  • Date & Time: Every day between 18 and 25 April.  

  • Location: Beach Street Carpark, Fremantle Hyde Park, North Perth. 

 

SAGE (Social Autism Group Events)  

  • SAGE is a social group run by autistic for autistic people, you don’t need a formal diagnosis to join and support people are welcome. They will events running throughout the Easter long weekend.   

You can search for other events that meet your needs and interests on websites such as Meetup, Befriend and Eventbrite, as well as your local council or community pages. 

 

DROP IN 

Medicare Mental Health Centre – Armadale & Midland 

  • Free, walk-in mental health service that can provide immediate support to reduce distress, in-house assessment, treatment and support, and connect you with the most appropriate ongoing support. 

  • Referrals and appointments not needed, however if preferred appointments can be arranged by calling or contacting through online form. 

  • Hours: 10am – 8pm, every day of the year 

  • Locations: 65 Church Avenue, Armadale, 23 Old Great Northern Hwy, Midland 

 

 

Blackwood Safe Space 

  • Community-led Safe Spaces are ‘drop-in’ style spaces that offer a non-clinical alternative to services such as emergency departments for people experiencing emotional distress or suicidal crisis.  

  • Hours: Sundays 12pm -3pm 

  • Location: 16 Hester Street, Bridgetown 

 

Busselton Community Safe Space  

  • BCSS is a ‘drop in’ style space for people struggling with emotional their emotional wellbeing and/or suicidal thoughts. Run by volunteers with a lived experience of suicide and welcome everyone without judgment.  

  • Hours: Fridays 5pm – 9pm  

  • Location: 226 Bussell Highway, Busselton 

 

 

Hope House Safe Space 

  • Drop in style nonclinical space, all volunteers have lived experience of mental health.  

  • Hours: Sundays 5pm – 9pm  

  • Location: 9 Ramsay Street, Bunbury 

 

 

 CRISIS LINES 

Lifeline 

  • Telephone support line staffed by trained volunteers for people who are struggling or experiencing a personal crisis. Text and webchat support also available via website. 

  • Hours: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week 

  • Phone: 13 11 14 

 

13YARN 

  • Confidential, anonymous and culturally safe support line for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people in crisis. Staffed by Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Crisis Supporters. 

  • Hours: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week 

  • Phone: 13 92 76 

 

Brother to Brother Crisis Line 

  • Provides phone support for Aboriginal men who need someone to talk to about relationship issues, family violence, parenting, drug and alcohol issues or who are struggling to cope for other reasons. 

  • The line is staff by Aboriginal men, including Elders, who have a lived experience of similar issues. 

  • Hours: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week 

  • Phone: 1800 435 799 

 

Crisis Care 

  • Provides information, advice, support and intervention for people in crisis and seeking urgent help around child protection concerns, family and domestic violence, suicidal ideation and homelessness. 

  • Hours: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week 

  • Phone: 1800 199 008 

 

Suicide Call Back Service 

  • Free telephone, video and online counselling with professionally trained counsellors who have specialist skills in working with suicide-related issues. 

  • Hours: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. 

  • Phone: 1300 659 467 

 

1800 RESPECT 

  • Confidential information, counselling and support service to support people impacted by domestic, family or sexual violence. 

  • Hours: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. 

  • Phone: Call 1800 737 732, text 0458 737 732 or online chat 

 

CAMHS Crisis Connect 

  • Provides phone and online videocall support for children and young people aged 17 years and under who are experiencing a mental health crisis, as well as support and advice to families and carers. 

  • Hours: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. 

  • Phone: 1800 048 636 

 

Hayat Line 

  • Hayat Line is a free and confidential crisis support line for Muslims in Australia supporting individuals when experiencing a personal crisis or emotional distress.  

  • Hours: 8am – 5pm (AEST) , Monday to Friday 

  • Phone: 1300 993 398 

 

Standby – Support After Suicide 

  • Free support for anyone who has experienced a suicide loss. You can meet face to face or talk over the phone. 

  • Hours: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. 

  • Phone: 1300 727 247 

 

 

NON-CRISIS SUPPORT LINES 

Kids Helpline 

  • Free, confidential phone counselling service for young people aged 5 – 25. 

  • Online chat and online peer support platform also available via website. 

  • Hours: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. 

  • Phone: 1800 551 800 

  

Beyond Blue 

  • Offers free brief telephone counselling support. 

  • Hours: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. 

  • Phone: 1300 224 636 

 

Here for You 

  • Confidential telephone counselling service for anyone in WA concerned about their own or another person’s mental health and or alcohol and other drug use. 

  • Hours: 7am – 10pm, 7 days a week. 

  • Phone: 1800 437 348 

 

Peer Care Companion Warmline 

  • A call-back service for people with a lived experience of suicide to connect with a Peer with a similar lived experience. 

  • You can leave a message with the service and a Peer Care Companion will return your call within 48 hours (not a crisis service). 

  • Hours: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. 

  • Phone: 1800 777 337 

 

Mensline 

  • Offers free professional telephone counselling support for men with concerns about mental health, anger management, family violence (using and experiencing), addiction, relationships, stress and wellbeing. 

  • Hours: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. 

  • Phone: 1300 789 978 

 

Griefline 

  • Free phone support for anyone experiencing grief and loss. You can also request a call back from a trained grief support volunteer at a time that suits you. 

  • Hours: 8am – 8pm (AEDT), 7 days a week. 

  • Phone: 1300 845 745 

 

Blue Knot Helpline 

  • Provides telephone counselling and support to adult survivors of childhood trauma and abuse. 

  • Hours: 9am – 5pm (AEDT), 7 days a week, including public holidays. 

  • Phone: 1300 657 380 

 

Full Stop 

  • Offers confidential trauma specialist counselling for people of all genders impacted by violence and abuse. 

  • Hours: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. 

  • Phone: 1800 385 578 

 

Butterfly Foundation Helpline 

  • Telephone support line provided by counsellors with specialist training in eating disorders and body image. 

  • Hours: 8am – midnight (AEDT), 7 days a week. 

  • Phone: 1800 334 673 

 

Ngala Parenting Line 

  • Free call-back service for WA parents and caregivers of children from conception to 18 years. A call-back can be requested by contacting the line or requesting via the website. 

  • Hours: 8am – 8pm, 7 days a week, including public holidays. 

  • Phone: 1800 111 546 

 

PANDA Helpline 

  • For expecting, new parents and support people looking for a safe, caring, confidential space to talk. 

  • Hours: Monday to Friday, 9am – 7:30pm, Saturday 9am – 4pm (AEST/AEDT) 

  • Phone: 1300 726 306 

 

SANDS Support Line 

  • Bereavement support line for parents, grandparents, friends and family experiencing the loss of a pregnancy or baby. 

  • Hours: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. 

  • Phone: 1300 308 307 

 

Friendline 

  • For anyone who needs to connect or just wants to chat with a friendly volunteer. All conversations are anonymous. 

  • Hours: 8am –6pm, 7 days a week. 

  • Phone: 1800 424 287 or (08) 6118 0587 

 

Q-Life 

  • Provides anonymous and free LGBTIQ+ peer support and referral via phone and webchat. 

  • Hours: 3pm – midnight, 7 days a week 

  • Phone: 1800 184 527 

 

Listening Ear 

  • Free confidential community support line which provides a safe space to talk through issues. 

  • Hours: 9am – 9pm (AEDT), 7 days a week. 

  • Phone: (02) 9477 6777 

 

Samaritans Support Line 

  • Free anonymous emotional support line staffed by trained volunteers. 

  • Hours: 8am – 8pm, 7 days a week. 

  • Phone: (08) 6383 9850 

 

Open Arms – Veteran & Families Counselling 

  • Free and confidential support for current serving, ex-serving and transitioning members of the Australian Defence Force, as well as their partners, family and children. 

  • Hours: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. 

  • Phone: 1800 011 046 

 

Support Act Wellbeing Helpline 

  • Free phone counselling service for anyone working in Australian music or the arts. Includes dedicated lines for LQBTQI+ and First Nations people. 

  • Phone: 1800 959 500 

 
WEB BASED SUPPORT 

E-friend (ICLU) 

  • Free service that allows people who are feeling low, lonely or isolated to access virtual peer support sessions via video or phone call. 

Headspace Online 

  • Young people between the age of 12-25 can chat privately with a headspace counsellor over the phone or webchat, seven days a week between 9am – 1am (AEDT). 

ReachOut Youth 

  • Free text-based support with a peer worker available for anyone in Australia aged between 18-25. Book a free chat session on the website. 

  • ReachOut also has an online community forum for young people where you can share your experience, learn from others and support each other. 

Sane Forums 

  • Online lived experience forum where you can Share your story and find friendship chatting with others going through mental health issues. 

 

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