Seeking support

Seeking Support

No one should face kidney disease alone, find support when you need it.

This section helps you find the different types of support available, including emotional, practical, social, and financial

Whether you’re newly diagnosed, adjusting to treatment, or supporting a loved one, support is here, and you are not alone.

Mental Health

Lifeline

Lifeline is Australia’s leading suicide prevention service. We are a national charity providing all Australians experiencing a personal crisis with access to 24-hour crisis support. We are here for you.

Website: Lifeline

Phone: 13 11 14

Lifeline text service – 0477 13 11 14

Beyond Blue

Beyond Blue: We are one of Australia’s most well-known, trusted, and visited mental health organisations.

Website: Beyond Blue

Phone: 1300 22 46 36.

Mensline

MensLine Australia is a free telephone and online counselling service offering support for Australian men anywhere, anytime.

Website: MensLine Australia

Phone: 1300 78 99 78

headspace

headspace is Australia’s National Youth Mental Health Foundation, providing early intervention mental health services to 12-25 year olds.

Website: headspace

Connect with a mental health clinician: 1800650890

Mental Health Online

MentalHealthOnline: provides comprehensive and effective online services and programs free of charge.

Website: Mental Health Online

Email: contactmho@swin.edu.au

My Compass

My Compass: Free and developed to help individuals self-manage mild to moderate symptoms of depression anxiety and stress.

Website: myCompass – MyCompass

Email: emh@blackdog.org.au

Kids Helpline

Kids Helpline: is Australia’s only free (even from a mobile), confidential 24/7 online and phone counselling service for young people aged 5 to 25

Website: Kids Helpline

Call: 1800 55 1800

MindSpot

MindSpot: Provide care to Australian adults troubled by conditions like depression, anxiety stress, worry, panic, chronic pain and distress due to chronic health conditions.

Website: MindSpot

Call: 1800 614 434

Healthcare

Diabetes

Alcohol

Heart

Heart foundation

Cancer and Kidney cancer care

My Cancer Guide – Cancer Council Victoria
Women with cancer – Counterpart is a service of Women’s Health Victoria. We have 20 years’ experience of women working for women with cancer and offer a variety of free, non-clinical services to women with all cancers.

Medication Support

1300 MEDICINE is a free Australian Government-funded phone service staffed by registered pharmacists.

They have pharmacists available by telephone (1300 633 424) to answer questions about medicines including:

Side effects and interactions
Best ways to take medicines
Safe use in pregnancy and breastfeeding
Storage of medicines
Support for adults and children

Website: Home – 1300 MEDICINE

Phone: 1300 633 424

Support Services

Miracle Babies Foundation

Miracle Babies Foundation NurtureGroup is a free play and support group, offering a safe and secure environment for children from birth to starting school, who have been impacted by a premature or sick birth with time in a neonatal unit or who have a prenatal anomaly, injury or condition diagnosed in the first 5 years of life resulting in ongoing medical challenges.

Website: NurtureGroup – Miracle Babies

Phone: 1300 622 243