Services that are listed on this site are not necessarily endorsed or recommended by MAN. They may have been listed at the request of the service provider. MAN has not conducted an independent assessment of any service.You should check to see that the service provides what you are seeking.

ABC Parenting
Visit the ABC's Parenting website, produced in partnership with the Raising Children Network. You'll find everything you need to know about bringing up kids from newborns to school age.
Website: www.abc.net.au/parenting/

Best Beginnings
Best beginnings is a service for families of new infants. Home visitors are experienced with health and family matters and provide support, advice, information, connections and practical help. Offered in several metropolitan and regional locations.
Phone: (08) 9272 1466 (Parenting Line)
Freecall: 1800 654 432 (freecall STD)
Website: www.community.wa.gov.au

Dads@Lifeline 
Dads@Lifeline provides counselling and support, paralegal assistance and information, and social activities for separated dads and their children. The service is staffed by professionally qualified counsellors and experienced volunteers. Dads@Lifeline is funded by the Department for Community Development and charges a fee (based on a sliding scale) in order to maintain services.
Contact: Lydia Necheava for an appointment, or Ruth Puhl (Acting Manager)
Address: Lifeline, 57 Murray St, Perth 6000
Phone: (08) 9261 4444
Email: dads@lifelinewa.org.au

Dads in the Early Years—Meerilinga Young Children’s Services
A resource designed to provide training, resources, and information to services that work with fathers with children 0-8 years. Also to provide support, resources, and information to fathers of young children. 
Address: 30, Chichester Drive, Woodvale
Phone: (08) 9309-2377
Website: www.meerilinga.org.au  

Hey Dad-WA
Hey Dad-WA operates through Ngala and offers support to fathers in the early lives of their children, from ante-natal to babies to toddlers.
Phone: 9368 9379
Freecall: 1800 111 546
Email: heydadwa@ngala.com.au 

Men Too
Free program (1 per term) designed to engage men in group discussions about responsible fathering and reaffirming the importance of fathers in the lives of their children.
Address: 28 Cecil Avenue, Cannington
Phone: (08) 9251 5777
Website: www.communicare.org.au  

SIDS & Kids WA
Geoff Paul is a psychologist with SIDS & Kids WA who provides counselling that is focussed on men’s grief and their needs in situations following the sudden and unexpected death of a child. Geoff has a wide experience in family and relationships counselling and in supporting the wellbeing of men in times of stress and emotional disturbance.

SIDS & Kids in Western Australia provides loss and grief support for anyone affected by the sudden and unexpected death of a child. That loss may have occurred at any time from conception to 12 years of age. The service is free and there is no time limit to the counselling service or to when a person first contacts SIDS & Kids after the death of the child.

The opportunities for men experiencing grief and reactions to the death of a child include counselling, support groups, sibling support sessions, country support volunteers and a library of relevant support/healing techniques literature.

Phone: 1800 686 780 (24 hour support line)