Useful Links

Service Guides

ACT Community Directory: http://vc-act.mycommunitydirectory.com.au/
This website helps you find services, community organisations and support groups in the Canberra region.

MyCANBERRA: https://www.betterservices.act.gov.au/about/my-canberra
Guides you to relevant information or services through a series of questions – part of the Better Services initiatives (https://www.betterservices.act.gov.au/home)

CONTACT Canberra Information Guides: http://vc-act.org.au/info-guides/
A set of guides covering emergency relief, food pantries, free meals, legal services and short-term low-cost accommodation.

ACT Government Assistance website: http://www.assistance.act.gov.au/home
This website aims to make it easy for you to find out what assistance and advice you might be eligible for by putting this information in one place and in an easily understood way. It pulls together information from across the ACT and Australian governments and some community organisations in the ACT.

Ask Izzy: https://askizzy.org.au/
Ask Izzy helps people who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless to find the services they need, right now and nearby. It is Australia wide, free and anonymous. Ask Izzy can help you find housing, meals, health services, counselling, legal help, addiction help and a whole lot more services, and is available on phones, tablets and computers.

Disability Housing ACT Vacancies: https://www.havelock.asn.au/

This is an open list that anyone can use to post their vacancies, and displays a mixture of Government, Community, and Private housing options. People are then able to lodge an expression of interest in a property, and a matching process will occur based on the meeting of the eligibility criteria.

Useful numbers

Police I Fire I Ambulance: 000

Police (non-emergency): 13 14 44

Lifeline: 13 11 14
Crisis Support Chat available 7pm to midnight: https://www.lifeline.org.au/get-help/online-services/crisis-chat

Domestic Violence Crisis Service: 6280 0900 (24 hours)
https://dvcs.org.au/

Canberra Rape Crisis Centre: 6247 2525
http://www.crcc.org.au/

Migrant & Refugee Settlement Services: 6248 8577
http://www.marss.org.au/

Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health Service: 1800 110 290 / 6284 6222
http://www.winnunga.org.au/

Link2home: 1800 152 152
Link2home is the NSW homelessness information and referral service. It operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, every day of the year. The level of service that can be provided after 10 pm is generally limited to an emergency response, if required.