Lifeline's Service Finder
Find a range of services in your local area
Use this quick link to access Lifeline's Service Finder
The Lifeline Service Finder is a directory of free or low cost health and community services available in Australia. You can access the directory without charge 24 hours a day. It includes accommodation, domestic violence, family and children’s services, financial assistance and mental health services.
Search the directory by using the drop down lists of search terms and locations. Alternatively you can search for a service provider by its name e.g. Salvation Army.
Service Finder is now available as an i-phone app
Download this app to access Lifeline's Service Finder and find a range of support services in your local area.
Need help in using this service?
Searching the Lifeline Service Finder is as easy as one, two, three...
- Enter the type of service you are looking for, then add a city/town/suburb and click search.
- Have a look at the search results.
- Click on an agency name and you will find lots of information about its services and how to make contact. There are even links to their website and an email (if they have one) if you want!
General hints for using the search tool:
- You can use all lower case.
- Don't use brackets, full stops, apostrophes, commas or any other punctuation when searching.
- If there are NIL results for the location you entered, redo the search using the next largest town e.g. alcohol drug counselling Iluka gives NIL results but alcohol drug counselling Grafton does.
- If you still get no results it means that only a state or national point of referral is listed. This applies to aged care, disabilities, education, employment or some sectors in particular states, such as crisis accommodation in New South Wales. In those cases enter a search term without a location.
- Cities like Sydney and Melbourne can be difficult to search if you don’t know their suburbs but entering the city name in the Town/Suburb field will give you a list of agencies throughout the city e.g. use alcohol drug counselling Sydney instead of alcohol drug counselling Annandale.
With thanks
Lifeline greatly appreciates and acknowledges the support of the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing in the development, maintenance and enhancement of the Lifeline Service Finder.
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