Initial Contact: Duty Worker - 03 9687 9011
Fees: No fees are applicable for the weekly activities. 
The annual camp incurs a small fee.
Disabled Access: Yes
Social support service

Kensington Community Recreation Centre

Services including health and recreational activities, Womens' Only Swimming Program, health information

Additional Info: With a telephone answering machine available when the office is unattended.

The Type 1 Diabetes Network

Services including support group for persons with diabetes Type 1

Kensington Neighbourhood House Inc

Services including pre-accredited adult education, morning childcare, social groups, art and lifestyle classes.

Head office is open 9 - 5 Monday - Friday. Outreach workers provide services after hours also.

OPEN FAMILY AUSTRALIA

Services including Youth Outreach Specialists work closely with young people aged 12-25 yrs., providing them with unconditional support and linking them to services such as housing, drug and alcohol programs, education, employment, health agencies, wellbeing programs, legal assistance and counselling.

These groups provide a range of social activities and other supports for older people from Croatian speaking backgrounds. The contact person is the HACC Program Manager in the Footscray office.

Australian Croatian Community Services - Footscray

Australian Croatian Community Services(ACCS) is the peak community services agency for people 
from Croatia 
and Bosnia and Hercegovina in Victoria. 
ACCS provides following services : 
Home Care Packages,
Brokerage,
HACC-Friendly Visiting Program, 
HACC-Planned Activity Groups,
Community Visitor Scheme,
Aged care information and referral provision,
English and computer classes for adults,
Croatian language classes for adults.

A telephone answering machine available when the office is unattended.
Families often find talking to other parents of a child with Down syndrome helpful and comforting and our Peer Support Groups provide a great opportunity to get together with other families, share ideas and experiences and meet new friends. Attending a local group is also a great way to share information about services and facilities in your area. 

Down Syndrome Victoria runs a network of support groups statewide and can put you in touch with other groups in your area.

Parents of children aged 0-16yrs - MyTime or Family Network Groups
Parents of older teens & adults (15yrs+) - Family Network Groups 
Fathers of children any age - Dads groups
Adults with Down syndrome (18yrs+) Peer Support Group - Club 21

Down Syndrome Victoria

Personal support and information for families with a member with Down syndrome, peer support groups around the state (including MyTime Groups),three journals yearly, a library of resources, education support service, conferences, information for professionals.

Ozanam Community Centre

 Ozanam Community Centre is based in North Melbourne and is a state wide service that provides support to men and women who are at risk of homelessness, homeless and/or marginalised. 
 
Working with a strong team approach we strive to provide a high level of best practice, innovative, respectful, thorough, mindful and flexible service delivery. We aim to provide a consistent, safe and comfortable environment for all. For some of the most marginalised and isolated clients who are unable to access traditional treatment services we provide basic needs and community on an on-going basis. We facilitate engagement with a wide range of services aiming to generate stable and sustainable living, autonomy, well-being and community connectedness.
 
Although it is a relatively small site Ozanam Community Centre offers breakfast and lunch meal programs, showers/laundry facilities, Housing Information and Referral, an Alcohol and Other Drugs clinician, a Client-volunteer Program, women’s programs, Community Aged Care Packages, Client Consultation Coordination, generalist support, information and referral as well as recreation and educational activities. In conjunction with allied health services it also provides on site doctors, a dentist, RDNS and optometry. Through government concurrent funding and sector partnerships we have approximately 20 permanent and visiting services available to clients. ww.a

Drug and/or alcohol information/referral,Mental health information/referral

The Salvation Army - Adult Services - Flagstaff Crisis Accommodation

Services including Crisis Accommodation, Case Management, Support. For referral and assessment contact HomeGround Collingwood on  (03) 9288 9611

The Connect Mentor program develops and maintains long-term relationships through matching Mentor volunteers with asylum seekers for regular one-on-one social contact and mentoring in order to combat loneliness, social isolation, depression and improve and encourage independent relationships and connectedness in asylum seekers. The ASRC also provides tours of Melbourne and other areas to assist and support  asylum seekers with settlement.

Asylum Seeker Resource Centre

The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) protects and upholds the human rights, wellbeing and dignity of asylum seekers.   We are the largest provider of 23 aid, advocacy and health services for asylum seekers in Australia.  Most importantly, at times of despair and hopelessness, we offer comfort, friendship, hope and respite.
 
We are an independent, registered non-governmental agency and we do not receive any direct program funding from the Australian Government.  We rely on community donations and philanthropy for 95% of our funding.   We employ 40 full time staff and rely on over 800 dedicated volunteers.  We deliver services to over 1,200 asylum seekers at any one time through programs such as material aid, health, legal, counseling, casework and foodbank.

ASRC’s vision is that all those seeking asylum in Australia have their human rights upheld and that those seeking asylum in our community receive the support and opportunities they need to live independently.

Addiction Support Group for carers of those addicted

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