24 Hour Emergencies - Immediate Crisis
Ambulance/Police/Fire 000
Bendigo Emergency Department (03) 5454 6000
Bendigo Health Psychiatric Crisis (CAT Team) Assessment & Treatment Team (PCATT) (03) 5440 6500 or 1300 363 788
Beyondblue 1300 224 636
Dads in Distress 1300 853 437
Emergency on a mobile with no coverage 112
Family Domestic Violence 1800 811 811 (Woman's Line)
GriefLine 1300 845 745
Lifeline 13 11 14
National Rape Crisis Centre 1800 737 732
Nurse on Call 1300 60 60 24
Poisons Information Centre 13 11 26
Standby Response Service (Will visit home) 0439 173 310 (Suicide Grief Support)
Suicide Call Back Service 1300 659 467
Suicide Help Line Victoria 1300 651 251
Telephone Interpreter Service 13 14 50
Support/Information
Bendigo and District Aboriginal Co-Operative (B'DAC) (03) 5442 4947
Bendigo Health Hospital (03) 5454 6000
Bendigo and District Aboriginal Co-operation (B'DAC) (03) 5442 4947
Beyondblue 1300 224 636
Centre for Non-Violence (03) 5430 3000 or 1800 884 292 (within the Bendigo region)
Deadly Vibe www.deadlyvibe.com.au Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People.
Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS) (03) 5434 5555
Disability Programs Services Directory in Bendgio area www.healthdirect.gov.au
Domestic Violence Hotline 1800 600 636
Drought Personal Support Line 1300 655 969
DV Connect (Women's Line - Domestic Violence) 1800 811 811
Haven Bendigo (03) 5444 9000
Housing Vic - Assistance with Housing Issues www.housing.vic.gov.au
inTouch - Multicultural Centre Against Family Violence 1800 755 988 (Mon-Fri 9am-5pm) www.intouch.org.auintouch.org.au
Kids Helpline 1800 551 800
Lifeline Grief Helpline 13 11 14
Loddon Campaspe Community Legal Centre (03) 5445 0909 or 1800 450 909 (Outside Bendigo)
Loddon Campaspe Multicultural Services (03) 5441 6644 www.lcms.org.aulcms.org.au
Mensline Australia 1800 789 978
National Association for Loss and Grief 1800 100 023
NDIS (National Disability Insurance Agency) 1800 800 110 www.ndis.gov.au
NDIS - If you have a hearing problem or speech loss please call: (TTY) 1800 555 677 or (Speak & Listen) 1800 555 727
Parentline VIC 1300 301 300
Relationships Australia 1300 364 277
Rural Medical Family Network (03) 8610 6318
St John of God Hospital (03) 5434 3434
Victorian Multicultural Commission www.multicultural.vic.gov.au
Youth Services (YSAS Bendigo) (03) 5444 2969
Counselling
Anglicare (03) 5434 3922
ARC - Housing Justice (Housing and legal services) (03) 5445 0900 1800 450 990 (Bendigo, Loddon Campaspe, Goulburn Valley Regions)
Bendigo Community Health Services:-
(03)5448 1600 (Bendigo)
(03) 5434 4300 (Eaglehawk)
(03) 5430 0500 (Kangaroo Flat)
Carers Victoria 1800 242 636
CatholicCare (03) 5438 1300
Centrelink 13 62 40
Child and Adolescent Mental Health (03) 5440 6500
Drought Assistance 13 23 16 (Farmers Assistance Hotline)
Financial Counselling Helpline - National Debt Helpline 1800 007 007 www.ndh.org.au
Gambling Helpline (24/7 counselling, information and support) 1800 858 858 www.gamblinghelponline.org.au www.gamblershelp.com.au
Gay & Lesbian Counselling (QLife) 1800 184 527
Headspace (03) 5434 5345 (Bendigo) 1800 650 890
Legal Aid (Bendigo) (03) 5448 2333
Lifeline Information Service (Mon-Fri 9am-5pm) 13 11 14 (For people dealing personally or as a family member or friend of someone with mental health issues.
1800 RESPECT 1800 737 732 National Sexual Assualt, Domestic Family Violence Counselling Service.
Salvation Army Emergency Relief Bendigo (03) 5440 8450
SalvoCare Bendigo (The Salvation Army) (03) 5440 8410
SANE Australia 1800 187 263
St Lukes' Anglicare (03) 5434 3922
Vietnam Veterans Counselling 1800 011 046
Women's Health (Bendigo Community Health):
Bendigo (03) 5448 1600
Eaglehawk (03) 5434 4300
Local Support Groups - Contact The Gianna Centre on our Contact Page - Click Here
C.A.S. (Catch a Swallow) - Pre and Post Abortion Support
GSS (Gianna Suicide Support)
SANDS Australia - Stillbirth and Neo-natal Death Support
The Compassionate Friends Victoria (T.C.F.V.) - Bereavement support group for parents who have lost a child.
The Compassionate Friends Victoria Siblings (T.C.F.V. Siblings) - Bereaved siblings support group.
Last reviewed February 2019
