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Embrace Multicultural Mental Health (the Embrace Project) is run by Mental Health Australia and provides a national focus on mental health and suicide prevention for people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds. 

The Emergency Care Institute (ECI) aims to improve emergency care across NSW through coordination, networking, research and innovation.

The ECI works at various levels of the system, including with clinicians involved in the delivery of emergency care, in consultation with consumers and the community, to research, plan and deliver more effective and efficient care in NSW.

We invite you to be involved as the strength and success of the ECI depends on clinician and community engagement.

Emerging Minds develops mental health policy, interventions, in-person and online training, programs and resources in response to the needs of professionals, children and their families.

We partner with family members, national and international organisations to implement evidence-based practice into the Australian context. Our resources are freely available at this web hub.

enableme is a place to talk to, and seek support from other people who have ‘been there’. It is a place to ask questions, to find the answers that you need and to set recovery goals. 

It is a place where you can offer support, encourage others, and share your experiences; because you are not alone, you are part of a bigger community of people who stand side by side facing life after stroke.

EnableNSW provides assistive technology and related services to people in NSW with specific, short term or ongoing health needs to assist them to live safely at home. We also provide financial assistance for people who have to travel significant distances to access specialist medical treatment which is not available locally.

As the national leading authority on epilepsy, Epilepsy Action improves and saves lives by offering the following key services:

• a nationwide network of Epilepsy Nurse Educators providing education and services via phone, internet, teleconferencing and in the community
• individualised service plans and seizure management plans
• online access to quality information, resources and self-management tools
• psychological, social and emotional support
• access to a network of specialist providers
• workshops.

Everymind is a leading Institute dedicated to the prevention of mental ill-health and suicide. We have been delivering successful mental health and suicide prevention programs for over 30 years.

EIM Australia is focused on encouraging health care providers, with a specific focus on doctors, nurses and aboriginal health workers, to review and assess every patient’s physical activity levels at every visit. Patients should be counselled on exercise regimens and provided with an exercise prescription or referral to an accredited exercise physiologist, accredited exercise scientist or appropriately qualified allied health professional.

Exercise Right is a public awareness campaign created by Exercise & Sports Science Australia. We aim to inspire all Australians to be healthier and more active.

We want everyone, especially those living with chronic conditions, illness, and injury, to know how to “exercise right” for their specific needs. To do that, we get expert advice from the most qualified exercise professionals in Australia.

Family Planning Australia is the state’s leading provider of reproductive and sexual health services.

We are experts on reproductive and sexual health and provide clinical services and health information to people throughout NSW.

Public libraries in NSW directory provides addresses, contact details and opening hours for all NSW public libraries.

Forward embodies the idea that no matter where any of us may be physically or mentally, there is always the opportunity to move forward.

Having worked closely with people living with a spinal cord injury since 1961, our focus is on finding solutions that give you every opportunity to achieve any goal you set for yourself. We’re here to help you with whatever it is you need to live a life that matters to you.

GambleAware’s purpose is to work towards zero gambling-related harm in NSW through research, education and support for individuals and communities.

The Glycemic Index Foundation is committed to providing the community with information and the tools required to improve its overall health through scientifically-backed low GI healthy eating principles.

Go4Fun is a free program for NSW children aged 7 to 13 who are above a healthy weight, and their families. Run by trained health and community professionals, it’s a fun way to build self-esteem and learn about eating well, staying active and living a healthy life.

Head to Health can help you find digital mental health services from some of Australia’s most trusted mental health organisations.

Provided by the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care, Head to Health brings together apps, online programs, online forums, and phone services, as well as a range of digital information resources.

Whether you are trying to improve your own sense of wellbeing, looking for help with something that is bothering you, or helping someone you care about—Head to Health is a good place to start.

headspace is the National Youth Mental Health Foundation. We began in 2006, and ever since we’ve provided early intervention mental health services to 12-25-year-olds.  

Each year, we help thousands of young people and their family and friends, access vital support through our headspace services in over 154 communities across Australia, our online and phone counselling services, our vocational services, and our presence in schools. 

The Health Care Complaints Commission acts to protect public health and safety by resolving, investigating and prosecuting complaints about health care.

We support and help health consumers to be a voice for themselves and their communities. We do this through:

• training and mentoring for health consumer representatives, so they can be powerful advocates for themselves and others
• training for health services, so they build patient-centred care and consumer partnerships and feedback into their strategies and systems
• our ‘request-a-rep’ service for health organisations who want genuine input from consumers
• representation of consumers through submissions and seats on key government and health service committees
• our online tools and resources hub, newsletters and social media channels.

We do not offer a personal advocacy service and we don’t handle personal complaints about a health service you received. But we can help you to find the right person to talk to.