For Community Members
Help lines and websites
Food & Hardship Relief
Central Coast Council
A resource from Central Coast Council outlining Central Coast based services who provide emergency food relief and can assist with financial hardship.
Directory of Community Services - Central Coast
The Directory of Community Services – Central Coast has been developed by Rotary to help find support in one easy-to-use comprehensive resource.
Multicultural
Central Coast Multicultural Welcome Resource
Support and information for you, your children and your family. An initiative of the Central Coast Multicultural Interagency & supported by Central Coast Council.
Mental Health Services
Beyond Blue
1300 224 636
Provides information and support to help everyone in Australia achieve their best possible mental health, whatever their age and wherever they live.
Butterfly Foundation Helpline
1800 33 4673
A free confidential counselling and referral service for people with eating disorders and body image related issues. Available 8am-midnight 7 days a week. AEST
Friendline
1800 424 287
FriendLine is for anyone who needs to reconnect or just wants a chat. Available 7 days a week via phone or online chat. This is not a crisis service
Headspace
Australia-wide online, phone and in-person support and counselling to young people, their families and friends
Kids Helpline
1800 551 800
Free 24/7, confidential and private counselling service specifically for children and young people aged 5 to 25 years
Mens Line
1300 789 978
A free telephone and online counselling service offering support for Australian men anywhere, anytime
Mental Health Hotline
1800 011 511
Free 24/7 phone support. Provides professional help and advice plus referrals to local mental health services
Mindspot
1800 61 44 34
A free digital mental health clinic for all Australians. This is not an emergency or instant response service
Mind Health
Service Connect Line
MindHealth is a free professional counselling service operating between 7am and 9pm Monday to Saturday for people 15 years and older living or working in the Hunter New England and Central Coast regions.
Neami Hear2Talk
1300 428 255
Hear2Talk provides free, confidential, independent, and skilled phone-based support to help manage challenging experiences and emotions in the workplace. Available to all workers in NSW.
Reachout.com
An online mental health service for young people and their parents in Australia
Telecross
Telecross provides a daily morning telephone call to check on the wellbeing of people who are lonely and or at risk of an accident or illness that may go unnoticed, such as falling and being unable to call for help.
The calls are made by trained Staff and Volunteers, 365 days per year, and provide reassurance as well as help to maintain independence.
TeleCHAT provides a regular telephone call to people who would benefit from a social chat once a week.
Domestic Violence
Domestic Violence Line
1800 656 463
The NSW Domestic Violence Line provides counselling and referrals to women experiencing domestic and family violence.
Men's Referral Service
1800 766 491
This service from No to Violence offers assistance, information and counselling to help men who use family violence.
Housing
Link2Home
1800 152 152
Link2home is the statewide homelessness information and referral telephone service. It is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, every day of the year
Link2Home Veterans and Ex-Service
1800 326 989
Link2home is the statewide homelessness information and referral telephone service. It is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, every day of the year
SHOW Report
SHOW: Share Housing for Older Women was a 6-month pilot project conducted on the Central Coast, NSW from July 2022 to February 2023.
This report on the project outlines the community development processes undertaken, the older women who participated, the survey undertaken, the lessons learnt, and recommendations made.
SHOW Resource Kit – Share House Living
The SHOW: Resource Kit was developed as part of the Share Housing for Older Women project. The Kit provides user-friendly information about tenancy and share house living.
It also provides a guide to creating a Share House Agreement that will assist both individuals and organisations to develop successful share housing arrangements.
LGBTIAQ+
Black Rainbow
QLIFE
1800 184 527
QLife provides Australia-wide anonymous, LGBTI peer support and referral for people wanting to talk about a range of issues including sexuality, identity, gender, bodies, feelings or relationships.
Transhub
Twenty10
Seniors & Ageing
Advance Care Planning
Advance care planning involves planning for your future health care if you were to become seriously ill and unable to communicate your preferences or make treatment decisions
Age pension & superannuation calculator
A calculator that helps you work out when you can access your super and the age pension
Guardianship
A guide for families of adults who are incapable of making their own decisions and who may require a legally appointed substitute decision maker
