Useful Links
A collection of useful links to community organisations and government departments.
Police and Crisis
- Police phone 000 in an emergency situation
- Policelink (non-urgent)
- Beyond Blue
- Lifeline - 24hr Crisis Line
- Suicide Call Back Service
Domestic Violence
- DV Connect - Queensland Wide
- National Sexual Assault, Domestic and Family Violence Counselling Line
- DFV resources for women with disability
Sexual Assault
- Queensland Sexual Assault Helpline (DV Connect)
- Brisbane Rape and Incest Survivors Support Centre
- Zig Zag Young Women's Resource Centre
- WWILD - Sexual Assault Service for Women with Disabilities
Legal Services
- Legal Aid Queensland
- Legal Aid Queensland - Court Support
- Women's Legal Service
- Caxton Legal Service
- Refugee and Immigrant Legal Service
Counselling Services
Housing and Homelessness
- Micah Projects Home for Good
- Homeless Hotline (Queensland Government Homeless Person's Information Service)
- Department of Housing and Public Works
- Communify HART 4000
- Tenants Queensland
Family, children and young people
- Family and Child Connect
- Micah Projects Young Mothers for Young Women
- Brisbane Youth Service
- Bursting the Bubble
- Love: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
- Kids Helpline
- ACT for Kids
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Services
- Gallang Place - Family Support Service
- Kurbingui - Family Support
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Health Services (ATISCHS)
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service (ATSILS)
- First Peoples Disability Network Australia
Disability
LGBTI
- Support for young people who identify as LGBTI
- Open Doors Youth Service
- LGBTI Legal Service
- QLife
- Rainbow Counselling Service
- Queensland Council for LGBTI Health - QC
- Another Closet
- Say it Out Loud
- Expanded Horizons Program
Culturally and Linguistically Diverse
- Immigrant Women's Support Service
- Refugee and Immigration Legal Service (RAILS)
- Queensland Program of Assistance to Survivors of Torture and Trauma
- Harmony Place
Services for Men
- DV Connect - Mensline
- Living Well – Counselling for men who have been sexually abused
- MARS – Self-help group for men who have been sexually assaulted
Mental Health and Disability
Seniors
Alcohol and Other Drugs
- QuIHN
- Alcoholics Anonymous - AA
- Narcotics Anonymous - NA
- Alcohol and Drug Information Service
- AMEND - Support for Drug Dependant Mothers
- Clarence Street - Adolescent Drug and Alcohol Support
Emergency Relief
Government Departments
- Queensland Government Domestic and Family Violence information
- Department of Justice and Attorney General
- Department of Child Safety, Youth and Women
- Victims Register
- Victim Assist Queensland (VAQ)
- Queensland Courts - Protection Orders, Forms and Factsheets
- Queensland Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services - Violence prevention
Useful Apps
Penda
Penda is a free app for women who have experienced DFV and are considering separation or divorce. Penda has financial tips, safety and legal information and referrals.
Sunny
Sunny is 1800RESPECT’s app for all women with disability who have experienced or are at risk of violence, their friends and family and the workers and professionals who support them. Sunny is a free app.
If there are tech safety concerns, these applications may not be for you.