REACH OUT
Reach out for support if you need it.
Gamblers Help 1800 858 858
Beyond Blue - for anyone feeling anxious or depressed 1300 22 4636
Lifeline 13 11 14
Lifeline has an ‘SMS’ texting service for confidential one-to-one crisis support if that’s easier than talking.
RESOURCES
Gambling Help in other languages
The NSW SouthWest Sydney Primary Health Network created a number of posters and flyers explaining gambling harm. These are made available free for use, but please acknowledge the PHN if you do use them.
Understanding culturally appropriate ways to discuss gambling harm, from the ANU Centre for Gambling Research
The Embrace Project
Embrace Multicultural Mental Health (the Embrace Project) is run by Mental Health Australia and provides a national focus on mental health and suicide prevention for people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds.
It provides a national platform for Australian mental health services and multicultural communities to access resources, services and information in a culturally accessible format. Please click here to go to their website.
Embrace Multicultural Mental Health have developed a range of resources to help community leaders recognise if someone may need to seek help for their mental health. Please click here to view information for community leaders and translated materials.
Australia has a range of mental health services to meet the needs of multicultural communities. Please click here for details on the available mental health services.
Beyond Blue has created a series of resources in a range of languages to help people in Australia understand how to find support and feel comfortable talking about their experiences. Please click here to go to their website.
Lifeline has recently launched a ‘SMS’ texting service to provide confidential one-to-one crisis support. Sometimes it can be difficult to talk to someone when you need help, to learn more about Lifeline’s texting service, please click here.
HELPFUL RESOURCES FOR VICTORIAN COMMUNITIES
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To see motions passed by Local Councils related to gambling issues: click here