A Lifeline for the Hunter

Lifeline Newcastle & Hunter has been operating a 24 Hour Telephone Counselling Service in the Hunter since 1966. The service provides the opportunity for people to reach out and speak to another person knowing that they will be heard, treated respectfully and with full anonymity and confidentiality. Our unique position as the "ears" of Newcastle and the Hunter allows us to identify and react to the specific needs of our community.

As an extension of our crisis telephone counselling service and in response to the needs that we have identified in our community, Lifeline Newcastle & Hunter provides Personal Counselling, Financial and Gambling Counselling as well as Community Education Programs designed to enhance living skills and improve self-confidence.

Community Training

Lifeline Newcastle & Hunter provides a range of services to relieve the stress and pain of the people of Newcastle & Hunter.

Register now for:

• Accidental Counsellor Training
• Mindfulness Meditation

Suicide Prevention

Originally launched in 2007, Lifeline Newcastle & Hunter's Comprehensive Suicide Prevention Service has helped thousands of local people with its three pronged approach to suicide prevention—Prevention, Intervention and Postvention (Bereaved by Suicide)

The CSPS - also known as LIFE MATTERS, has enabled Lifeline Newcastle & Hunter to conduct Community Training promoting awareness of those at risk of suicide, one-on-one counselling for those at immediate risk of suicide and in supporting the people in in our region who are bereaved by suicide.

There are three distinct components of the Comprehensive Suicide Prevention Service:

Prevention

• safeTALK
  
• suicideAWARE
  
• Life Skills Training
  
• Forming Suicide Prevention Networks

Intervention

• ASIST Community Education
  
• Individualised Counselling
  
• Family and friends support

Postvention

• Counselling and Care Calls
  
• Information & Support Pack
  
• Support After Suicide Group (SOS)
  
• Suicide Memorial Service
  
• Community Education

The CSPS LIFE MATTERS Program is funded by the Federal Government Department of Health and Ageing.