Lifeline Northern Beaches

Since 1972, Lifeline Northern Beaches  has been proudly serving the community to prevent suicide and support mental health in our community.   We’re devoted to providing critical support services to the people from Kirribilli to Palm Beach.  Our services include:

• 24/7 Telephone Crisis Support (13 11 14)
• Lifeline Text 6pm-midnight (0477 13 11 14)
• Face-to-face, low cost counselling
• Financial counselling
• Suicide Call Back service
• Community Visitors Scheme
• Support groups (for issues such as grief and loss, depression, substance abuse and gambling)
• Corporate and community training

In 2018, there were over 30 suicides on the Northern Beaches alone. That’s more than one a fortnight. Many factors can contribute to suicide – domestic violence, mental illness and addiction to name a few and at Lifeline Northern Beaches, these are the issues we’re addressing every day.

Lifeline’s 24-hour Crisis Support Line: 13 11 14 receives over 3,000 calls a day, that’s a call every 30 seconds. This service answers around one million calls each year nationally and for some, this conversation is lifesaving. It costs Lifeline Northern Beaches $27.96 for every call to which they respond. Lifeline Northern Beaches responds to over 74,000 of these crisis calls each year.

As an essential service, thanks to the generosity of the Australian community, we can continue to deliver our core services to the public as we create connection with people in crisis and empower individuals and communities to be safe from suicide.

After family and friends, please consider Lifeline Northern Beaches in your will. Leaving a gift in your Will of just 1% has the potential to save lives and stop suicides in future generations.  You can help wind back the alarming growth in Australia’s suicide rate. If that means saving just one more life, then that’s an incredibly powerful commitment. Your lasting gift to Lifeline Northern Beaches will leave a legacy for suicide prevention and ensures that no-one has to face their darkest moments alone.

To find out how you can support Lifeline Northern Beaches, you can download the following information:

Lifeline Northern Beaches – Gift in Wills

Accidental Counsellor Workshops

Corporate Partnerships