The Positive Life team wish you a happy and safe holiday season.
The office will close at 5pm Friday 19 December and re-open 9am Monday 12 January 2026.
During this period, if you need support, below are a range of services and contacts available to assist you.
Mental Health Support
- 1800RESPECT 1800 737 732 – 24/7 national sexual assault, family and domestic violence counselling line
- Blue Knot Foundation 1300 657 380 – 9-5pm Monday to Sunday telephone counselling for adult survivors of childhood trauma, their friends, family and the health care professionals who support them
- Kids Help Line 1800 551 800 – 24/7 telephone and online support for young people aged 5 to 25
- Lifeline 13 11 14 – anyone experiencing a personal crisis or thinking about suicide
- Mensline 1300 789 978 – 24/7 telephone and online support and information service
- NSW Mental Health Line 1800 011 511 – 24/7 telephone information and referral service
- Qlife 1800 184 527 – free LGBTI peer support and referral 3pm to midnight every day
- Suicide Call Back Service – 1300 659 467 – 24/7 free counselling for people feeling suicidal, worried about someone else, or have lost someone to suicide
- Beyond Blue 24/7 Counselling 1300 224 636
- 13YARN 139276 Support for Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people 24/7
Financial and Food Support
Vinnies Vans: https://www.vinnies.org.au/nsw/find-help/vinnies-vans
Bill Crews Foundation: https://www.billcrews.org/free-meals-sydney
Food Bank: https://findfood.foodbank.org.au/nsw-act/
Low Cost and Free Meals Inner West: https://shnc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Low-Cost-and-Free-Meals-Directory-Sydney.pdf
Low Cost and Free Meals Bankstown: https://www.swslhd.health.nsw.gov.au/populationhealth/PH_Promotion/pdf/Publications/lcfmd/Bankstown.pdf
Low Cost and Free Meals Macarthur: https://www.swslhd.health.nsw.gov.au/populationhealth/PH_Promotion/pdf/Publications/lcfmd/Campbelltown.pdf
Food Assistance Maitland: https://www.maitland.nsw.gov.au/services/community-services/food-assistance-network
Find Assistance State-wide: https://www.vinnies.org.au/nsw/find-help
Help for Food, housing, support and other services: https://askizzy.org.au/food/personalise/page/food-subcategory
