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Sue Smith MLC

TAS, Australia

Independent Member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council. Wheel chair accessible. Services offered - Advocacy Areas: Burnie, Penguin, Ulverstone and Rural areas.

Ruth Forrest MLC

TAS, Australia

Research and advisory service The offer of service is limited to research and advice on problems confronting person with ABI. Wheel chair accessible Liaison with Government Departments Assistance in dealing with Government Departments Assistance with petition format Applications for Congratulatory messages

Parkinson's Disease North West Support Group

TAS, Australia

Group provides support and information. Meets on the first Wed of each month 1.30pm - 3pm in Salvation Army Hall Meeting Room at 23 Victoria Street, Ulverstone.

West Coast Family Support Service

TAS, Australia

This service offers services and programs that are educative and supportive of family development and which act to prevent family breakdown.

Children and Family Services

TAS, Australia

Clinic for preschool age children. Information and advice for parents.

Child Health and Parenting Service

TAS, Australia

Supports children with additional needs to access child care services including, childcare, family day care, outside school hours care and vacation care. Provides parents with information for above but primarily Children/Parents to appropriate service providers for health problems, screening children 0 - 12 years according to national Health and Medical Research Council guidelines. Target Group: People with children 0 - 12 years. Bed wetting program 5 - 18 years.

Dementia Behaviour Management Advisory Service

TAS, Australia

Assistance can be given to nursing homes and clients affected by dementia and exhibiting challenging behaviours. Please leave a message and calls will be returned as soon as possible.

Centacare - Burnie

TAS, Australia

Programs include: relationship and family counselling; premarriage education; unplanned pregnancy counselling; natural family planning information; adoption; endeavour family groups; men and relationship (overcoming abusive behaviours); mediation; primary dispute resolution, personal support program. Fee schedule on request.

Ravenswood Neighbourhood House

TAS, Australia

Provides referral to other services as well as activities. Ready Step Go a free service for pregnant women and mums of young children is held on Tuesdays at the house.

Cornelia De Lange Syndrome Support Group

TAS, Australia

This support group provides information for families with children diagnosed with Cornelia De Lange Syndrome.

Northern Childrens Network

TAS, Australia

Services include In Home Care, Family Day Care, After School Care and Holiday Care. Also Long Day Care at Scottsdale and St Marys.

Aboriginal Centre Tasmania

TAS, Australia

Aim to overcome discrimination against Aboriginal people by promoting the cause of Aboriginal rights, including land rights. Services provided: Language; Legal Field Officer; Sexual Health; Aged Care; Family and Children

Cleftpals Cleft Palate and Lip Society

TAS, Australia

Provides support and assistance to children and their familiies affected by a cleft condition. Support groups meet quarterly. New born programme and provides reliable information and resources.

Lupus Association of Tasmania Inc

TAS, Australia

Self help support organisation for anyone with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), Sjogren's Disease, Scleroderma, Fibromyalgia or any anuto-immune disease.

Reconnect - Launceston

TAS, Australia

Reconnect is a free service for young people aged 12 to 18 who are homeless or at risk of homelessness and their families.

Parenting Centre North West

TAS, Australia

Centres provides support, advice and assistance to parents with parenting.

Rosebery Neighbourhood Centre Inc

TAS, Australia

Services provided: Salvation Army Vouchers; Referral and Information; Health and Information Seminars; Baby Change Rooms; Craft; Over 50's Gentle Exercise; assistance with taxation. Childcare is available for all activites. Disabled access and facilities. Visiting services include: Centrelink, Optician, JobNet, Business and Employment. Activities: Weds Art Classes, Toddler Gym, Playgroup. Mon, Wed, Fri Walking Group.

Sudden Infant Death Society (SIDS)

TAS, Australia

Counselling and support for families affected by Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.

Walker House Child Health and Parenting Service

TAS, Australia

Provides free and confidential services to families with children under 5 years of age. Short term intensive intervention. Education and support to families experiencing parenting difficulties. Services offered are advice and help with parenting, feeding issues, sleep problems, sibling rivalry and grief. Support for women and partners experiencing post natal depression. After hours emergency advice available from the Parenting Information telephone advice service on 1300 808 178.

Association of Relatives and Friends of the Mentally Ill (ARAFMI)

TAS, Australia

Meetings held every 4th Monday at 7.30pm. Self help volunteer support group for family and friends of those with a mental health disorder. After hours please tel (03) 6331 1167. A Bipolar Support Group is held on the 4th Monday of the month from 1 pm to 3 pm. Also a Thinking Well support group for people with depression is held fortnightly. Contact Kerryal on (03) 6331 1167 if interested in attending this session.

UnitingCare Family Resource Centre - Launceston

TAS, Australia

Free lending library, referrals and information on family and personal matters. Workshops on parenting, grief and communication, including grandparenting and single parenting Anger management and help around relationships, mens parenting and separating couples.

Child Protection Services North

TAS, Australia

Offering assessment and protection services as well as placement of children in short or medium term care. Adoption services including counselling for adopted people.

Centacare Family Services

TAS, Australia

Centacare delivers a broad range of specialised and professional support, counselling and advocacy. Family and realtionship counselling offers counselling to families, couples, individuals and children who may be experiencing relationship difficulties.

Pregnant Young Parent Support Service (PYPS)

TAS, Australia

PYPS is an information and support service for young pregnant women and young parents under the age of 25. PYPS can assist in the preparation for birth and parenting. Also provides a range of resources including books, videos and baby clothes. Also available to parents of children up to 5 years. Information sessions ar held on the 3rd Thursday of the month from 10 am until 12 noon.

Fingal Valley Neighbourhood House

TAS, Australia

Resource centre, services include a childs play centre, op shop, classes, activities and an online centre.

Beaconsfield Neighbourhood House

TAS, Australia

This house operates within the framework of the DHHS Neighbourhood Programme. Open school terms only. Activities include fitness, a playgroup, yoga, quilting as well as arts and crafts. Annual membership is $5.

St Helens Neighbourhood House

TAS, Australia

Neighbourhood Houses are places where people can come together to gain skills and knowledge, to meet others and to share in a supporting environment. A number of services visit the house to make access for local people easier. The Neighbourhood House does not provide counselling.

Northern Suburbs Community Centre

TAS, Australia

Offers family support, education, interest classes, community activities, child care and fitness and an early childhood networker. Family Links offers confidential crisis and short term counselling, information and referral and courses in parenting and communication.

Northern Suburbs Community Centre

TAS, Australia

Programs for family support, education, health and wellbeing. There are crafts and an op shop also.

Migrant Resource Centre - Northern Tasmania

TAS, Australia

The Migrant Resource Centre assists migrants and refugees to become an effective part of the community Facilities and resources available include a computer with Internet access, photocopying, fax, meeting rooms and a multilingual lending library. Also activities include craft groups, language classes, trips and a chess club.

Anglicare Financial Counselling Service

TAS, Australia

Assists clients who are having problems with finances or budgeting.Counselling on how to manage finances, negotiation with creditors and support. Also a member of the Break Even Services Network, providing financial counselling for those affected by problem gambling.

Anglicare Family Relationships Counselling

TAS, Australia

Counselling for young people aged 8 to 18 years and their families.

George Town Neighbourhood House

TAS, Australia

Various agencies visit the house. Child care available. Support group for young mums under 30 years of age. Weight loss group. Also a NILS member agency.

George Town Council - Family Support Worker

TAS, Australia

Family support worker provides support, assistance and information for families and children 0 - 18years. Offers counselling and help for a broad range of issues and difficulties experienced by families and individuals within the family. Emergency financial assistance and drought assistance is also available for people living in the George Town municipality. Practical assistance is offered to support individuals with housing, relationships, health, drug and parenting concerns.

Deloraine House

TAS, Australia

Deloraine House provides family and personal support in the form of information, support groups and courses, referrals, facilities and free counselling. Emergency relief food vouchers are available on Wednesdays and Fridays on a three monthly basis. Family support for individuals or families in the form of counselling, referrals is available at the house on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

Family Links Service

TAS, Australia

Family Links is a free family support program for families and individuals living in the northern suburbs of Launceston eg Mowbray, Rocherlea, Mayfield and Newnham.

Wetaway Program

TAS, Australia

A supervised self management program for children over 5 years. May take up to 3 months to complete. PITAS the Parent Information Telephone Assistance Service can be contacted on 1300 808 178 for support with stressful parenting issues requiring immediate attention.

Dorset Community House

TAS, Australia

Dorset Community House supports people and their families by organising education, craft and activity based courses. Also provides information and referral. Services are available to all ages in the community.

Australian Breastfeeding Association - Launceston

TAS, Australia

Meetings held once a month, phone Tonia on (03) 6326 3730 or Narelle on tel ephone (03) 6330 2213 for details. In Dorset area please phone Clare on (03) 6352 7396.

City Mission Family Services

TAS, Australia

Family Services provide emergency relief for families in crisis and people who are going through difficult periods. Provides financial, food, clothing and material assistance, counselling, befriending, and budgeting advice. Shower and laundry facilities are available.

Child Development Unit

TAS, Australia

This unit provides assessment and intervention services to children aged 0 -5 years with delays or variations in two or more areas of development. These delays may be physical, cognitive, psychological, emotional, social or in language or speech development. The intervention is short term only with referral to other services as required. The approach taken is a family centred one and offers multi-disciplinary assessment.

Family Child and Youth Health Service

TAS, Australia

Support for families and young people through individual consultations, assessment of infants and children's growth and deveopment and confidential counselling. Also provide information on parenting, immunisation, postnatal depression, sleep and feeding. Assessement of infants and childrens growth and development. Vision and hearing screening. Home visits." "Wetaway "program for children who had a bed wetting problem, children must be over 5 years of age.

Northern Inclusion Support Agency (NISA)

TAS, Australia

This service aims to support the inclusion of children up to 12 years with additional needs into childrens services. Target groups for support include children with a disability, children from NESB and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. Northern Inclusion Support Agency is able to assist Carers with child care in Commonwealth funded long day care centres, family day carers, outside school care hours and vacation care centres.

Centacare - Family and Child Mediation

TAS, Australia

Provides separating partners a mediation service with a trained impartial mediator. Helping couples to make their own agreements about the future of their children.

Centacare - Changing Abusive Behaviours (CAB)

TAS, Australia

This program aims to help men change their behaviour to build better and more fulfilling relationships. The program runs for 24 weeks and men who are interested in participating can refer themselves by phoning the service.

The Salvation Army - George Town Corps

TAS, Australia

Weekly groups for both men and women. Financial, general counselling as well as youth activities and family support available. Appointments are essential for family relief.

Anglicare Tasmania - Family Relationships Counselling

TAS, Australia

Anglicare's Family Relationships Counselling program conducts regular workshops for couples, and their children. Couples might be entering marriage, facing the central issues in parenting, or wishing to work on their communication and intimacy. They are based on adult learning principles and are interesting, enjoyable, inexpensive and continually updated.

Association for Children with Disability (Tas) Inc. (ACD)

TAS, Australia

ACD's Family Advocate for the North, Di Hamilton, is based here sharing the office with Cheryl Shuttleworth.

Centacare Tasmania - Pregnancy And Motherhood (PrAM)

TAS, Australia

A support group for young mums (and mums-to-be) under 21. The group provides information and support on: all stages of pregnancy; parenting skills and family development; life skills and self-esteem such as going back to school, finding a job, learning how to live on a benefit. There is a program available to mums over 24 called LASAR.

Epilepsy Tasmania

TAS, Australia

This service provides one on one counselling, suppport, advocacy, camps referral and information. Also a lending library with books and other resources.

Glaucoma Support Group - Hobart

TAS, Australia

Providing education, information and mutual support for glaucoma sufferers, their families and friends.

Inclusion Support Agency (ISA) South

TAS, Australia

The ISA Team's role is to support the inclusion of children with additional needs into Commonwealth funded children's services in the South of Tasmania. This includes centre based child care, family day care, outside hours care and vacation care.

Spina Bifida Association of Tasmania Inc

TAS, Australia

Offers information, support, financial assistance and support to the parents of children with Spina Bifida, usually on an individual basis. It aims to educate the community and undertake fund raising.

West Moonah Community House

TAS, Australia

Runs classes, provides information and referral to other organisations, services for families and children and runs a community volunteer program

Tasmanian Visually Impaired Children's Support Group Inc.

TAS, Australia

Encourage informal contact, sharing of experiences, exchange of ideas, information, advice and practical assistance to families of a vision impaired or blind child.

Ronald McDonald House - Hobart

TAS, Australia

The House provides accommodation and helps keep families of babies, children or adolescents from outlying areas together at a time of crisis, providing emotional support, comfort and friendship when it is needed most. Provides accommodation for up to 10 families at a time. There are 10 separate rooms, some with "en suites" and some with room for 3 beds, a large family kitchen, laundry, modern bathrooms, television rooms and alternative quiet reading rooms. The House is run by a Manager and a team of volunteers.

The Salvation Army - Scottsdale Community Church

TAS, Australia

Activities arranged by the Corps include a Companion Club, family support and visits to hospitals.

Cancer Council Tasmania - Cancer Connect

TAS, Australia

Cancer Connect is a peer support program that puts people in touch with someone who has been through a similar cancer experience either as a survivor or with someone who has been a carer of a person with cancer. It provides emotional support, practical tips and information.

George Town Council - Youth Development Officer

TAS, Australia

The Youth Development Officer provides casework and counselling services for youth aged 11 to 16 years and their families. Also coordinates the youth activities programme held outside school hours.

The Public Trustee

TAS, Australia

To provide estate, trust and financial administration services, wills and enduring power of attorney.

Parenting Orders Program

TAS, Australia

Parenting Orders Program is for separated parents who are in conflict about contact arrangements for their children. This includes parents with court orders for contact and those who have negotiated privately or through lawyers. Both parents should be prepared to participate in the program. The program offers individual work with parents, education programs and links to mediation and liason with Child Contact Services.

Safe at Home - Family Violence Response and Referral Line

TAS, Australia

Safe at Home provides free counselling and support for adults and children who have been affected by family violence. Services include a telephone counsellling service and individual or group counselling services. A free service is also provided to help victims of family violence through the court system.

Muscular Dystrophy Association of Tasmania

TAS, Australia

The association is run by volunteers and covers clients in all parts of Tasmania. Works to raise awareness of muscular dystrophy: provides books, CD's and fact sheets, as well as information and advocacy. The association also provides assistance towards the costs of equipment (when not available through Government sources).

East Coast Autism Support Group

TAS, Australia

An informal group which meets as needed and provides information and support to families of children with autism.

Dads Playgroup

TAS, Australia

This playgroup provides an opportunity for Dads to play with their kids, meet other Dads and have some fun. A Kids and Dads Group also meets every Tuesday morning at Ravenswood Neighbourhood House and is open to all Dads, Granddads and their children up to 5 years of age. This group aims to enhance and develop relationships with their children.

Ready Step Go

TAS, Australia

This is a free service for pregnant women and mothers of children aged 0 to 5 years of age. Offers support, access to information, fun activities and family outings. Morning tea and lunch is provided.

NEWPIN

TAS, Australia

NEWPIN is a support network for female carers of children under 5 years of age who are living in the Northern Suburbs of Launceston. NEWPIN is a centre based befriending and therapeutic network for mothers and young children with the primary focus on strengthening the mother and child relationship and parenting skills. Clients must be ready to make positive changes in their lives and relationships.

Colony 47 - Reconnect

TAS, Australia

Reconnect is a free service which aims to reconnect parents/guardian and young people aged 12 - 18 where there have been recent family hassles. This is run on a two worker model to best meet the needs of both young person and parent/guardian.

c u @ home Young Parent Nurse Home Visiting Program

TAS, Australia

This program aims to promote understanding of pregnancy, and to promote young women getting to know their babies as they mature. This is a voluntary program, for young women aged 15 to 19 years having their first baby and between 28 and 32 weeks pregnant. Other issues to be considered include level of support, financial problems, isolation and mental health issues.

Family Relationship Centre

TAS, Australia

Provide information and referrals for families at any stage of their relationships, as well as individual interviews, group and joint sessions (including family dispute resolution) for separating or separated families. Centres provide advice on parenting after separation and help parents focus on the needs of their children. They provide dispute resolution (such as mediation or conciliation) to help parents resolve conflict and develop workable arrangements (including parenting plans) for their children. Registered family dispute resolution provider. Can assist separating families to sort out arrangements for the children and, if required, provide certificates to confirm to a court that an attempt at family dispute resolution was made.

Autism Tasmania

TAS, Australia

Autism Tasmania is the voice of the Austism community in Tasmania. It provides information, support and assistance for people on the Autism spectrum, their families and carers. Office and library is situated in Deloraine with volunteer staff and limited opening hours. Rose Clark the Family Support Worker is situated in the North West but covers the State. Quarterly newsletter for members.

Whitelion - Tasmania

TAS, Australia

Whitelion supports disadvantaged young people. Programs provide mentoring, employment assistance and a visitation service to youths at Ashley Detention Centre. Mainly for at risk young people involved with Youth Justice.

Early Support for Parents

TAS, Australia

A free, confidential, non-government, volunteer home visiting service providing support to parents in their own homes. EDfP believe parents have the right to be supported and encouraged in their roles, so both children and parents can experience the benefits of being a family. Funded by the Tasmanian State Government.

Relationships Australia - Children's Contact Services

TAS, Australia

Children's Contact Services help children from seperated families to establish or maintain a relationship with the parent they do not live with. The Service provides a neutral venue for safe changeovers, and in southern Tasmania is provided by Relationships Australia.