Do you need help?
Mental illness is very common. With one in five Australians experiencing mental health concerns in any given year, you’re not alone in needing help. Are you:
- Struggling to access support for your illness and not sure where to turn?
- Finding it difficult to make ends meet financially and cannot get approval for government services?
- In desperate need of accommodation or housing, sleeping rough or at-risk of homelessness?
- Being discriminated against?
If these broad scenarios are familiar to you, RMHA can direct you to a free-of-charge advocacy service to support you in getting back on your feet. RMHA does not provide direct advocacy services.
Countrywide
Department of Social Services – Disability Advocacy Finder
Disability Advocacy Network Australia (DANA) – Find an Advocate
Victoria (VIC)
Barrier Breakers Inc – Gippsland and East Gippsland
Disability Advocacy Resource Unit (DARU) – Find an Advocate
Office of the Public Advocate – Advocacy Services
VALID – List of Victorian Advocacy Organisations
New South Wales (NSW)
NSW Government – Mental Health Organisations and Advocacy Groups
Northern Territory (NT) & Central Australia
NT.GOV.AU – Disability Advocacy
Queensland (QLD)
Queensland Government – Advocacy Supports
South Australia (SA)
DACSSA – Disability Advocacy
Tasmania (TAS)
Western Australia (WA)
Western Australia Mental Health Commission – Advocacy Services and Peak Bodies
