Resources

This section is about finding different types of help and other resources available to children and young people living with a serious illness, chronic health condition or disability.


Name Description
Ability First
  Ability First is a national body of leading disability organisations working to achieve a fair go for Australians living with a disability.
Asthma Foundations Australia



Asthma Foundations Australia is an association of all the Asthma Foundations throughout Australia. Asthma Foundations Australia aims to eliminate asthma as a major cause of ill health and disruption within the community.

Australian Spina Bifida & Hydrocephalus Association



The Australian Spina Bifida & Hydrocephalus Association (ASBHA) is the peak body representing the interests of people with spina bifida, their families and carers with the goal of improving lives and communities.
Beyond Blue
beyondblue is a national, independent, not-for-profit organisation working to address issues associated with depression, anxiety and related substance misuse disorders in Australia. See also Youthbeyondblue
The Butterfly Foundation

Supporting young Australians with Eating Disorders.
Camp Quality

Camp Quality is a non profit organisation that is committed to bringing hope and happiness to every child living with cancer, their families and communities through ongoing quality recreational, educational, hospital and financial support programs.
Canteen


The Australian Organisation for Young People Living With Cancer.

CP Australia





Works towards creating a national focus on cerebral palsy to promote the interests, rights, roles and wellbeing of people with cerebral palsy and similar disorders.
Cystic Fibrosis Australia
Cystic Fibrosis Australia assists member organisations to achieve common objectives by developing national education programs and collecting and distributing information about Cystic Fibrosis (CF) at national and international levels.

Dads Appreciating DisabilitieS Australia

Dads Appreciating DisablitieS Australia is an organisation for men working together and building positive futures for people who have a disability or health issue.

Diabetes Australia






Diabetes Australia is the national peak body for diabetes in Australia providing a single, powerful, collective voice for people living with diabetes, their families and carers. See also MyD - a site specifically for 16 to 25 year olds.
Diabetes Couselling Online
Diabetes Counselling Online is a web based counselling service for people with diabetes and their families. They provide email counselling and support to people of all ages and with all types of diabetes, and have groups, chat sessions, resources and information.
Epilepsy Action Australia


Education and support services to children and adults with epilepsy or other seizure disorders across Australia.
Haemophilia Foundation Australia


HFA represents people with inherited bleeding disorders and their families.
Headspace



Australia's National Youth Mental Health Foundation. The headspace mission is to deliver improvements in the mental health, social wellbeing and economic participation of young Australians aged 12-25.
Health Insite
HealthInsite is an Australian Government initiative, funded by the Department of Health and Ageing. It aims to improve the health of Australians by providing easy access to quality information about human health.
 Itsallright   Itsallright is a web initiative from  SANE Australia. It provides diaries of four teenagers, based on real stories, as they deal with the challenge of living with mental illness in their family

HeartKids


HeartKids strive to offer support, encouragement and hope to families of children with Heart Disease, while raising awareness and vital funding into the causes of this chronic disease.
Kidney Health Australia
The focus of Kidney Health Australia is to improve kidney health outcomes leading to substantial improvements to the quality of life for people with kidney and urinary tract diseases and their families and carers, whilst also developing initiatives that reduce the incidence of kidney disease in the Australian community.


Kids Help Line

1800 55 1800




Australia's only free, confidential and anonymous, telephone and online counselling service specifically for young people aged between 5 and 25.
Leukaemia Foundation
The Leukaemia Foundation is the only national not-for-profit organisation dedicated to the care and cure of patients and families living with leukaemias, lymphomas, myeloma and related blood disorders.


Lifeline

131 114




This network of trained volunteer telephone counsellors are ready to take calls 24-hour a day, any day of the week from anywhere in Australia.
myD

MyDiabetes a site that has been developed specifically for people aged 16 to 25 years living with diabetes.


National Disability Services





National industry association for disability services, representing over 600 not-for-profit organisations. Collectively, our members operate several thousand services for Australians with all types of disability.
Reach Out


Information about lots of issues such as depression, drugs & alcohol, family issues, eating disorders, grief and loss, safe sex and pregnancy, school, work and lots more.


Redkite



By delivering specialised childhood cancer counselling and support, Redkite aims to alleviate the challenges young people and their families experience throughout the diagnosis and treatment of cancer and beyond.
Ronald McDonald House Charities
Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) is an independent, non-profit organisation, that seeks to help seriously ill children and their families lead happier, healthier lives.


Smile Foundation




SMILE (Supporting Medical Innovation for Life Enhancement) Foundation is a charity which has been established by like-minded business people to generate a perpetual fund to support outstanding Australian medical research into rare childhood diseases and provide financial assistance to affected children and their families.

The Spastic Centre





For over 60 years The Spastic Centre has provided services for children and young people with cerebral palsy and other disabilities across New South Wales and the ACT.
Youthbeyondblue
Youthbeyondblue's all about getting the message out there that it's okay to talk about depression, and to encourage young people and their family and friends to get help when it's needed.

If you would like to recommend a resource to be added to this page please email our Partnership Officer.
Starlight Children's Foundation Australia - Links to www.starlight.org.au



Livewire is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Starlight Children’s Foundation Australia


Optus logo. Links to www.optus.com.au



This project is supported by funding from the Australian Government under the Clever Networks program.
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