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Welcome to Lifeline Mid Coast

You don't have to face it alone.

If life is in danger, call Triple Zero (000).

Lifeline Mid Coast has supported this community since 1988: 24-hour crisis support, local support groups, training and six op-shops, from Kempsey to Forster.

Four smiling Lifeline Mid Coast team members in Lifeline t-shirts outside our Port Macquarie office
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Four smiling Lifeline Mid Coast team members in Lifeline t-shirts outside our Port Macquarie office

24 hours, Australia-wide

13 11 14, text and web chat are Lifeline's national crisis services. Lifeline Mid Coast is one of the centres that answers them, so whoever picks up, someone will.

Here on the Mid Coast

Our support groups, training, op-shops and the office itself are all local. Call (02) 6581 2800 during business hours, or see what we run.

A Lifeline Mid Coast Crisis Supporter at the crisis line, taking notes during a call

What can we help you with?

We provide everyone across the Mid Coast with access to 24-hour crisis support and suicide-prevention services.

We exist so that no-one here has to face their toughest moments alone.

Ways we help

Support looks different for everyone

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Support After Suicide

Compassionate, ongoing support for anyone bereaved by suicide, from people who understand.

Find out more → about Support After Suicide

Eclipse

A safe, welcoming group for people who have attempted suicide. You're not alone here.

Find out more → about Eclipse

Bloom

For people experiencing suicidal thoughts or using self-harm to cope.

Find out more → about Bloom

Toward Recovery

Support for people who have been through a suicidal crisis.

Find out more → about Toward Recovery
A Lifeline Mid Coast Crisis Supporter on the phone

A caller's story

"I called 13 11 14 not really knowing why. Someone picked up, listened, and stayed with me. That call set off a chain of events that ended up saving my life."

A Mid Coast help-seeker

About us

Reaching out since 1988

For more than three decades, Lifeline Mid Coast has been here for our community, through the national crisis line, local support groups, and training that helps neighbours look out for one another.

26,000+
callers reached each year
1988
reaching out ever since
Our story →
Lifeline Mid Coast crisis support volunteers together at a volunteer thank-you event

Find your local op-shop

Every sale funds crisis support on the Mid Coast. Drop in to shop, donate good-quality goods or volunteer.

Opening hours and addresses

Get involved

However you can help, it keeps someone on the Mid Coast from facing their toughest moments alone.

Lifeline Mid Coast crisis support volunteers together at an event

Volunteer

Answer the crisis line, work a shop floor, drive the truck or help at an event. Full training provided.

Start volunteering →
Lifeline Mid Coast supporters at the Push-Up Challenge

Fundraise

Take on the Push-Up Challenge, hold an event, or set your own goal. We'll cheer you on the whole way.

Start fundraising →
Community members gathered at dawn for the Out of the Shadows Walk

Community event

Out of the Shadows Walk

Each year we walk together at dawn to remember those we've lost to suicide and to bring their memory into the light. Watch this space for our next date.

Take a closer look
A smiling Lifeline Mid Coast Crisis Supporter on a headset at her desk

Donate

Your gift keeps the line open

Every donation helps a trained Crisis Supporter be there the moment someone reaches out. Tax-deductible in Australia.

$39 covers the cost of answering one call to 13 11 14.

Donate now

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Not sure where to start?

That's completely okay. Tell us what's going on and we'll help you find the right support, or just have a listen.

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