Lifeline Northern Rivers
Service Description
Provides support and access to 24 hour telephone crisis support. Also offers community training in suicide prevention and intervention. Low cost face to face counselling, by appointment is available. For people 18 years and older. Lifeline exists to ensure that no person in Australia has to face their darkest moment alone. We provide the crucial moments of connection that bring hope and save lives. In addition to our well-known 24/7 crisis support phone line, we also offer crisis support via text and webchat. We also provide no-cost counselling services (via video, face-to-face sessions currently not available in Northern Rivers), Community Education and capacity building workshops, and wellbeing support following natural disasters, and implement specific community-based suicide prevention strategies and projects.
Alternate Names: Lifeline
Hours of Operation
Crisis Support is available 24/7Office hours: Mon-Fri 9am-5pm
Accessibility
Referral System
Self referral
Service Fees
Generally free
Languages (other than English)
Interpreter Services Available
Organisational Information
Area Served
Northern Rivers
Parent Organisation
Lifeline Australia
Postal Address
104 Conway St
Lismore
NSW
2480
Other Information
Volunteering Opportunities
Yes. We welcome expressions of interest from community members interested in becoming crisis supporters as well as work in our LifelineShops.
Other Contacts
Crisis Support phone 13 11 14 or text 0477 13 11 14 All other enquiries including counselling bookings 1300 152 854
Last Updated: 14 March 2023