projects and services

Family and Friends Program

The Family and Friends Program is a free, peer-led psychosocial support service designed for people caring for someone who has experienced a suicidal crisis or attempt. This community-based initiative offers compassionate, practical support from the

Medicare Mental Health Centres

Medicare Mental Health Centres offer free, safe and welcoming services for adults over 18 who are experiencing distress, feeling overwhelmed, or concerned about their mental health or someone they care about.

Medicare Urgent Care Clinics

Medicare UCCS provide short-term, episodic care for urgent conditions that are not immediately life threatening. Medicare UCCs must be partnered with an accredited general practice.

Resilient Seniors: Ready Together

Strengthening capacity of primary healthcare and community to empower older Australians stay informed, connected and prepared for natural disasters.

Wide Bay Community Resilience Program

Empowering older people in the Fraser Coast and Bundaberg regions to plan, prepare, and stay safe during disasters.

Resilient Connections: Strengthening Social Networks for Disaster Preparedness

Supporting older adults to strengthen connections, reduce loneliness and build confidence in disaster preparedness through interactive meet-ups, groups and peer networks.

COMPANION

Building community-based support and care pathways for people living with chronic pain.

Connected in a Crisis: Digital Skills for Health & Resilience

Building digital confidence and inclusion for people with intellectual disabilities to strengthen health access and emergency preparedness.

FAB LAB

Building skills, confidence, and inclusion for people with intellectual disabilities through hands-on learning and healthcare and disaster management collaboration.

Emergency Preparedness for People with Intellectual Disabilities

Co-designing accessible emergency health planning tools to better support people with intellectual disabilities.

Building gender-sensitive disaster resilience

Preventing gender-based violence in disasters through community research and action planning in the Bundaberg region.

CQ Multicultural Resilient Care Project

Improving access to primary healthcare and disaster support for multicultural communities in Central Queensland.

IMPACT Resilience – Discovery Coast Primary Health Care Continuity Plan

Bringing together local primary healthcare providers to coordinate, ensuring continuity of care when communities become isolated during disasters.

Resilient Ready program

Empowering primary care teams to help at-risk community members prepare for and respond to emergencies.

The Way Back Support Service

The Way Back Support Service provides free, non-clinical outreach and practical support for people who have had a recent suicide attempt or are experiencing a suicidal crisis.

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