Below are some links we have found to be useful for our Members and visitors to the page.
QLD Government Agencies
https://www.justice.qld.gov.au/public-advocate
Advocacy Organisations
Disability Advocacy Pathways (Pathways)
Provides a statewide centralised phone information and referral service to support all people with disability.
Pathways
(hosted by Queensland Advocacy for Inclusion)
Phone: 1800 130 582
Specialist individual advocacy services
Provide individual advocacy services to priority cohorts.
First Nations people with disability
Yarn2Action
(hosted by Aged and Disability Advocacy Australia)
Phone: 1800 718 969
People from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
Amparo Advocacy Inc.
Phone: (07) 3354 4900
Children and young people with disability (0-18 years)
Queensland Advocacy for Inclusion
Phone: 1300 130 582
Regional individual advocacy services
Regional individual advocacy services provide direct service user contact and manage referrals for all people with disability in their identified region.
Brisbane, Caboolture/Strathpine
Speaking Up for You
Phone: (07) 3255 1244
Beenleigh, Robina
Aged and Disability Advocacy Australia
Phone: 1800 818 3381 or (07) 3637 6000
Bundaberg, Ipswich, Maryborough, Toowoomba
TASC National Ltd
Phone: 1300 008 272
Cairns
Rights In Action Inc.
Phone: (07) 4031 7377
Mackay
Mackay Advocacy Inc.
Phone: (07) 4957 8710
Maroochydore
People with Disability Australia
Phone: 1800 422 015
Rockhampton
Capricorn Citizen Advocacy Inc.
Phone: (07) 4922 0299
Townsville
Rights in Action Inc.
Phone: (07) 4725 2505
Legal support
https://www.legalaid.qld.gov.au/Home
Commonwealth agencies
Mental health
Multicultural & refugee services
https://www.multiculturalaustralia.org.au/locations-we-service/multicultural-services-brisbane/
Foodbank
https://www.foodbank.org.au/?state=nsw-act
Emergency accommodation
Hart4000 Homelessness assessment & referral team
Family violence
Sexual assault
13 HEALTH | 13 43 25 84 | Statewide |
Statewide Sexual Assault Helpline | 1800 010 120 | Statewide |
1800RESPECT | 1800 737 732 | Nationwide |
DVConnect | 1800 811 811 | Statewide |
Queensland Health Sexual Assault Service | (07) 3646 5207 (07) 3810 1111 (07) 4652 7983 (07) 4968 3919 or after hours (07) 4968 6000 (07) 4744 4088 (07) 4616 6950 or after hours (07) 4616 6000 | Brisbane Ipswich Longreach Mackay Mount Isa Toowoomba |
Victim Assist Queensland | 1300 546 587 | Statewide |
Women’s Legal Service Queensland | 1800 957 957 | Statewide |
54 Reasons | 1800 874 996 | Statewide |
Blue Knot | 1300 657 380 | Statewide |
Victim Connect | 1300 318 940 | Statewide |
Legal Aid | 1300 651 188 | Statewide |
Lifeline | 13 11 14 | Statewide |
Kids Helpline | 1800 551 800 | Statewide |
Brisbane Rape and Incest Survivor Support Centre (BRISSC) | (07) 3391 0004 | Brisbane Inala |
Cairns Sexual Assault Service | (07) 4031 3590 | Cairns |
Centacare Family Relationship Services | (07) 4162 5439 | Kingaroy |
Centre Against Sexual Violence | (07) 3808 3299 | Beaudesert Logan Redlands |
Gladstone Women's Health Centre | (07) 4979 1456 | Gladstone |
Gold Coast Centre Against Sexual Violence | (07) 5591 1164 | Southport |
Immigrant Women’s Support Service (IWSS) | (07) 3846 3490 | Brisbane |
Laurel Place | (07) 5482 7911 (07) 5443 4711 (07) 5499 2096 | Gympie/Murgon Maroochydore Moreton Bay |
Lifeline Darling Downs and Southwest | 1300 991 431 | Roma |
Mackay Women's Sexual Assault Service | (07) 4953 1788 | Mackay |
MARS Australia (for men affected by rape and sexual abuse) | (07) 3857 1222 | Brisbane |
Mount Isa/Gulf Domestic and Family Violence Service | (07) 4749 1901 | Mount Isa |
Murrigunyah Family and Cultural Healing Centre | (07) 3290 4254 | Logan |
Phoenix House | (07) 4153 4299 | Bundaberg |
Service Against Sexual Violence | (07) 3816 3282 (07) 4566 2633 | Ipswich Toowoomba |
Sisters Inside Sexual Assault Service (for women who are or have been in prison) | (07) 3844 5066 | Brisbane |
Tablelands Sexual Assault Service | (07) 4091 4036 | Atherton |
True Child and Family Service | (07) 4031 3590 | Cairns |
Whitsunday Counselling and Support | (07) 4946 2999 | Whitsundays |
Wide Bay Sexual Assault Services | (07) 4194 5230 | Wide Bay |
Women's Centre Townsville | (07) 4775 7555 | Townsville |
Women's Health Centre Rockhampton | (07) 4922 6585 | Rockhampton |
WWILD Sexual Violence Prevention Service (for women with intellectual disability) | (07) 3262 9877 | Brisbane |
Zig Zag Young Women’s Resource Centre (for young women aged 12 to 25 years) | (07) 3843 1823 | Brisbane Brisbane North (Nundah) Brisbane Southwest (Richlands/Inala |