**For national emergency contacts click here.
*VIEW THE STEP BY STEP Onkaparinga Service Directory HERE.
Our Local Services List:
**Mental Health Support**
Our Local Services List:
**Mental Health Support**
Let's Talk Onkaparinga (Suicide Prevention Network)
W: facebook.com/letstalkonkaparinga
P: Michelle on 0438 060 650
Goals:
W: facebook.com/letstalkonkaparinga
P: Michelle on 0438 060 650
Goals:
- Breakthrough the stigma around mental health and suicide and to open up meaningful conversations.
- To promote suicide awareness and a culture of "wellness".
- To engage in community events and promote best practice through training.
- To collaborate with other services with the same outcomes in mind.
Southern Men's Gathering
W: facebook.com/southernmensgathering and www.southernmensgathering.com
Goals:
W: facebook.com/southernmensgathering and www.southernmensgathering.com
Goals:
- Voluntary organisation meeting regularly to support one another.
- Open to all men who wish to seek better connection to themselves and other men.
- Can help address men's wellbeing through their gathering held every year in November in Yankalilla.
Men's Shed Association
Goals:
Aldinga
A: Stewart Ave, Aldinga Beach
P: 8556 5940
Goals:
- Provides a safe and busy environment where men can find ways to communicate in an atmosphere of old-fashioned mateship.
- Talking about feelings and emotions with other men can be very beneficial.
- Learn new skills in woodwork and other hands on work.
Aldinga
A: Stewart Ave, Aldinga Beach
P: 8556 5940
Southern Community Project (AKA The original Shed)
A: 268 Beach Road, Hackham West, SA, 5163
E: [email protected]
Goals:
A: 268 Beach Road, Hackham West, SA, 5163
E: [email protected]
Goals:
- A registered charity helping adults and children, disadvantaged people and pre/post offenders and/or their families.
- Be amongst people assisting local community groups with the manufacture of local goods including library boxes.
**Indigenous Services**
Joining Hands and Minds Taskgroup
W: facebook.com/joininghandsandminds
Meet up: 10.30am to Midday at different southern metro locations
Goals:
W: facebook.com/joininghandsandminds
Meet up: 10.30am to Midday at different southern metro locations
Goals:
- Joining Hands and Minds creates opportunities for Indigenous and non-indigenous people to come together to build relationships, share resources and to work in collaboration with one another.
**Financial Services**
Southern Financial Counsellors
E: [email protected]
P: Chris Darby at Anglicare on (08) 8186 8924
Goals:
E: [email protected]
P: Chris Darby at Anglicare on (08) 8186 8924
Goals:
- Provide a network and support for financial counsellors in the southern area by sharing and providing information.
Emergency Relief Network
E: [email protected]
P: Vicky Rowland - Christies Beach Baptist - (08) 7200 5611
Goals:
E: [email protected]
P: Vicky Rowland - Christies Beach Baptist - (08) 7200 5611
Goals:
- Support and provide information for local emergency relief providers.
- Maintains the "free or low cost meals in the Onkaparinga" and the "Emergency food assistance" online documents on the Affordable Onkaparinga website.
**Homelessness**
Southern Homelessness Action Group
E: [email protected]
P: Chris Martin - 8384 0634
Goals:
E: [email protected]
P: Chris Martin - 8384 0634
Goals:
- Providing further knowledge, sharing ideas and brainstorming common issues that present in the outer southern area.
**Domestic Violence**
Southern Domestic Violence Action Group Inc. (SDVAG)
E: [email protected]
P: Dianne Newton on 0406 069 710
SDVAG is a not or profit group of volunteers from Government, non-government agencies and members of the community.
Goals:
E: [email protected]
P: Dianne Newton on 0406 069 710
SDVAG is a not or profit group of volunteers from Government, non-government agencies and members of the community.
Goals:
- Addressing domestic violence, promoting education, effective networking and referral links, offering support of services for stopping violence and increasing community awareness and responsibility.
**Youth Services**
Headspace Onkaparinga
E: [email protected]
P: (08) 8186 8699
W: headspace.org.au/headspace-centres/onkaparinga/
A: 3/50 Esplanade, Kuarna Country, Christies Beach, SA, 5165
Goals:
E: [email protected]
P: (08) 8186 8699
W: headspace.org.au/headspace-centres/onkaparinga/
A: 3/50 Esplanade, Kuarna Country, Christies Beach, SA, 5165
Goals:
- Provides free and confidential support for young people aged 12 to 25 to access qualified mental health professionals.
**Healing Centres**
Here's To Strength
W: www.herestostrength.com
A: 1A Old Coach Road, Aldinga SA 5173
Goals:
W: www.herestostrength.com
A: 1A Old Coach Road, Aldinga SA 5173
Goals:
- A community wellness project designed to make self care more accessible by facilitating and bridging the gap of access to services that benefit your wellbeing.
**Psycholigists**
Psychology On South
W: www.psychologyonsouth.com.au
P: (08) 8186 3913
A: 5/166 Main South Road, Morphett Vale, SA, 5162
W: www.psychologyonsouth.com.au
P: (08) 8186 3913
A: 5/166 Main South Road, Morphett Vale, SA, 5162
If you're a psychologist or provide another relevant mental health support service in the City of Onkaparinga area and you'd like to be listed on this page then get in touch via our contact form here.