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.
AIDSline - Information and Referral Service Phone: 9482 0044
Alcohol and Drug Services Separate lists of dedicated alcohol and drug services, plus 12 community drug service teams throughout the state are also available from MAN: Phone: 9218 8044 Email: admin@man.org.au
Al-anon Family Groups and Alateen help families of alcoholics Phone: 9325 7528 Email: alanonwa@arach.net.au Website: www.al-anon.alateen.org/australia
Andrology Australia – Australian Centre of Excellence in Male Reproductive Health Phone: 1300 303 878 Email: info@andrologyaustralia.org Website: www.andrologyaustralia.org
ARAFMI – Mental health carers and friends Phone: 9228 0577 FREECALL: 1800 811 747
Arthritis & Osteoporosis WA Phone: 9388 2199
Asthma Foundation of WA Phone: 9481 1234 Email: ask@asthmawa.org.au Website: www.asthmawa.org.au
Auseinet (Australian network for promotion, prevention and early intervention for mental health) Phone: (08) 8404 2999 Email: auseinet@flinders.edu.au Website: www.auseinet.com
Beyond Blue the national depression initiative Info & Referral Phone: 1300 224 636 Website: www.beyondblue.org.au
Cancer Helpline Phone: 131120 Website: www.cancerwa.asn.au
Cancer Support Association of Western Australia Phone: 9384 3544 Email: csa@cancersupportwa.org.au Website: www.cancersupportwa.org.au
Carers WA Phone: 9444 5922 Freecall: 1800 242 636 Email: info@carerswa.asn.au Website: www.carerswa.asn.au
Centrelink Phone: 13 10 21
Child Support Legal Unit of Legal Aid (Advice for the payer and carer parent plus DNA testing) Phone: 9261 6253 Phone: 1800 199 363 Website: www.legalaid.wa.gov.au
Child Support Agency Phone: 13 12 72
CLAN WA Inc (Community Link & Network Association Inc) Through a network of local branches across WA we support hundreds of parents each year by encouraging healthy relationships, effective parenting, support networks and community participation. Phone: 08 9228 9006 E-mail: Clanwa@clanwa.com.au Web Site: www.clanwa.com.au
Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care Phone: 1800 020 103 Website: www.health.gov.au
Council on the Ageing 9321 2133
Continence Advisory Service Phone: 9386 9777 FREECALL: 1800 814 925
Crisis Care Tel: 9223 1111 1800 199 008 (FREE STD) Interpreter 13 14 50
National Continence Helpline (Help for poor bladder and bowel control) Phone: 1300 33 00 66
Dads in early years (Meerilinga) Tel: 9489 4022 www.meerilinga.org.au
Derbarl Yerrigan Aboriginal Health Service Phone: 9421 3888
Diabetes Australia WA Phone: 9325 7699 Phone: 1300 136 588 Email: info@dawa.asn.au
Domestic Violence Legal Unit of Legal Aid Phone: 9261 6254 or 9261 6320
Drug and Alcohol Centres East Perth 9219 1919 Fremantle 9430 5966 Warwick 9246 6767 Youth East Perth 9219 1866
Drug and Alcohol Services Separate lists of dedicated drug and alcohol services, plus 12 community drug service teams throughout the state are also available from MAN: Phone: 9218 8044 Email: admin@man.org.au
Family and Domestic Violence
The Family and Domestic Violence Unit of the Department for Community Development has produced an Online Domestic Violence Resource Guide, which is available at http://familyanddomesticviolence.communitydevelopment.wa.gov.au/
The information is organised on a regional basis and covers: • Children • Counselling and Support • Crisis and Emergency • Legal • Safe Accommodation
The current service response to victims of domestic violence provides for support and counselling services and safe, secure accommodation regardless of gender.
The Department for Communities funds a number of services that support men. North Metropolitan: Centrecare Phone: 9325 6644
South Metropolitan: Relationships Australia Phone: 9489 6363
Family Court Phone: 9224 8222 FREECALL: 1800 199 228
Family Relationship Advice Line 1800 050 321, between 8 am and 8 pm, Monday to Friday or 10 am to 4 pm on Saturday (EST).
Family Relationships Online is also available at www.familyrelationships.gov.au
Family Relationship Centre – Joondalup Phone: 9301 8500
Family Relationship Centre Mandurah Phone: 9583 1400 Fax: 9583 1499 Email: mfrc@anglicarewa.org.au Website: www.familyrelationships.gov.au
Hey Dad (Ngala) Helpline: 1800 111 546 heydadwa@ngala.com.au www.ngala.com.au
Manjimup Family Centre 13 Mount St PO Box 445 Manjimup, WA, 6258 Tel: 9771 1653 email: mjpfc@westnet.net.au
Midland Family Relationship Centre
The Midland Family Relationship Centre is a gateway for families seeking assistance in strengthening their relationships, helping families stay together or assisting families through the process of separation. The Centre provides families with family dispute resolution, information, support and referral to a range of services that can prevent family breakdown or ease the difficulties associated with separation or divorce.
Phone: 9436 0600 Email: mfrc@centrecare.com.au
Perth Family Relationship Centre Telephone 9278 4000 Fax: 9278 4099 Email: perthfrc@wa.relationships.com.au Website: www.family relationships.gov.au
Family Helpline Tel 9223 1100 1800 643 000 (FREE STD) Interpreter 13 14 50
FPWA Sexual health services for men and women, including clinic and library services. Topics covered include sexually transmissible infections, sexual problems and more. Phone: 9227 6177 Website: www.fpwa-health.org.au
GROW WA Depression, anxiety, mental and emotional distress Free weekly meetings combining group work on personal problems and adult education about building better lives. Confidential and anonymous. FREECALL: 1800 558 268 Website: www.grow.net.au
Health Consumers’ Council Phone: 9221 3422
HealthInfo Line – (Men’s, Women’s and Youth Health Information) Phone: 1300 135 030
HealthInsite For reliable, high quality health information Website: www.healthinsite.gov.au
Heartline Information Service Phone: 1300 362 787 Website: www.heartfoundation.com.au
Hepatitis Council of WA Phone: 9328 8538 FREECALL 1800 800 070 Email: info@hepatitiswa.com.au Website: www.hepatitiswa.com.au
Holyoake Institute of Addiction Perth: 9416 4444 Midland: 9274 7055 Northam: 9621 1055
Homeless Helpline FREECALL: 1800 065 892
Kids Help Line Phone: 9227 5255
LADS Learning and Attentional Disorders Society of WA Provides support for people with AD/HD, including parents of children with AD/HD. Phone: 9346 7544
Legal Aid Infoline Phone: 1300 650 579 Website: www.legalaid.wa.gov.au
Lifeline Counselling Services Phone: 9261 4451 Email: lifeline@lifelinewa.org.au Website: www.lifelinewa.org.au
Lifeline WA Pilbara Phone: 9144 1080
Mental Health Access Service For Migrants and Refugees Phone Number: 08 9221 7849 Email: ariane.thirion@fmcwa.com.au
Support being offered to anybody (individuals, couples, families) from a diverse multicultural background.
Outcare Support for prisoners, ex-prisoners and their families Phone: 6263 8622 Email: outcare@outcare.com.au Website: www.outcare.com.au
Parenting Line Tel: 9272 1466 1800 654 432 (FREE STD) Interpreter 13 14 50
Parents Without Partners. A self help group devoted to the re-adjustment and interests of single parents and their children, providing support, and social outlets for adults and children who are experiencing the changes associated with becoming part of a single parent family. Phone: 9389 8350 Website: http://wa.pwp.org.au
Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia, WA Division Phone: 9381 7444 Fax: 9381 5820 Email: droyle@prostate.org.au Website: www.prostate.org.au
Relationships Australia Phone: 1300 364 277
Ruah Centre The Ruah Drop In Centre is for adults who: • are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless • are on low income • have drug or alcohol/and or mental health issues • are isolated or disadvantaged in other ways Phone: 9328 7682
Salvation Army A separate list of services provided by the Salvation Army throughout the state is available. These cover: • Crisis Services • Transitional Services • Housing Services
SANE Helpline (Mental Illness Information and Referral) FREECALL: 1800 688 382 Website: www.sane.org
Sexual Health Clinics Fremantle Hospital 9431 2149 Royal Perth Hospital 9224 2178
SIDS and Kids WA 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 people 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.
Geoff Paul provides counselling that is focussed on men’s grief and their needs in situations following the sudden and unexpected death of a child. Geoff is a psychologist with wide experience in family and relationships counselling and the wellbeing of men.
Phone: 1800 686 780 (24 hour support line)
Suicide Bereavement: ARBOR Monday to Friday, 9am – 4pm Phone: (08) 9266 1029 Email: arbor-support@curtin.edu.au Website: http://www.mcsp.org.au/arbor
Vietnam Veterans’ Counselling Service Phone: 9364 7051
WA Association for Mental Health Phone: 9420 7277 |