Young carers, welcome!! Here you will find important information and contacts, along with opportunities to express your opinions and provide feedback.

Young carers, also welcome!! Here you will find important information and contacts, along with opportunities to express your opinions and provide feedback.

Young carers, very welcome!! Here you will find important information and contacts, along with opportunities to express your opinions and provide feedback.

Young carers, always welcome!! Here you will find important information and contacts, along with opportunities to express your opinions and provide feedback.

Reach Out! is a web-based service that inspires young people to help themselves through tough times.

Lots of useful Information aimed at preventing depression at different ages in a young person's life, at school, home or in the community. 

A website for young people 12-18 years, 6-12 years, parents and professionals regarding child and adolescent mental health.

We know that having a mental illness or having a family member or friend with mental illness isn't easy. That's why we hope that the itsallright website provides you with information that will help and support you.

The CHAMPS project in Victoria, Australia, has developed this website for children in the 5 - 12 year age group who have an adult family member with mental illness.

Provides national leadership in building greater awareness of mental health and suicide prevention amongst Australians from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds.

Includes downloadable information for young people entitled "Mental Illness in Your Family".

Has lots of information for teenagers on health, wellbeing and having fun.

Through this site you will find a wide range of up-to-date and quality assessed information on important health topics such as diabetes, cancer, mental health and asthma.

offers an anonymous and professional Q&A service that provides clear, unbiased, non-judgmental answers to any questions you may have about drugs, sex, sexual health, mental health issues, harassment/abuse, relationships, body image and eating disorders. The answers are provided by a panel of health professionals.

Tips on staying healthy if you are a vegetarian.

This website provides support for Australians who suffer from eating disorders and negative body image issues and their carers. 

This site explores Indigenous Australia through storytelling, cultures and histories. It includes Stories of the Dreaming, teachers' resources and content for students. You can also use this site to find out about the Indigenous Australia exhibition at the Australian Museum.

Promotes knowledge and understanding of Australia's Indigenous cultures both past and present.

A community-based organisation that supports young people from migrant and refugee backgrounds.

is a network of Indigenous and non-Indigenous young Australians from metropolitan, regional and rural Australia, which aims to encourage more young people to become active in the Reconciliation movement, and to support young people who are working to overcome racism in their communities.

The peak national body which advocates for the rights and entitlements of Australians from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds.

Open Doors is a federally funded support service available to young people who are exploring, questioning or identifying as LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or transgender).

GLWA provide a peer-based telephone counselling, referral and information service to ALL people dealing with sexuality and/or gender issues and people impacted upon by those dealing with issues arising from sexuality and/or gender.

Web site for transgender youth, with a wide range of resources available for youth and educators.

The Youth Advocacy Centre (YAC) offers free confidential legal and welfare assistance to young people under 17.

Free legal info and advice about most personal legal problems.

Kids Help Line is Australia's only free, confidential and anonymous, telephone and online counselling service specifically for young people aged between 5 and 25.

Lifeline links people with counselling, personal support, self-care resources, information about community services and training.

'the source' is a gateway to youth information, programmes, services, resources and entertainment for young people between the ages of 12 and 25.

Visible Ink is a mechanism to ensure young people in Brisbane are an active part of their city. Visible Ink provides direct pathways for young people to have a say in Council's programs.

'I used to think my family was so different to everyone else's. All my friends' families seemed so nice.'

 

'But being around my family stressed me out. Lots of times I didn't want to go home.'

 

Have you ever felt like this? If so, you're not alone. You can burst the bubble.

 

This website helps you work out what's okay in a family and what's not. It tells you what you can do if someone in your family is hurting or abusing you or another member of your family.

Not sure if everything is okay at home? Take this quiz and find out.

Australia's best careers information website

 

Contains a heap of short videos on different careers so that you can get an idea of what's involved. Other sections allow you to find out more in-depth info and ask questions.

SMART ONLINE SAFE OFFLINE (SOSO) is a unique social initiative bringing together community, government and the digital media industry as partners to deliver online campaigns, aimed at educating young internet users about the dangers in their online environment. The SOSO initiative will raise awareness and educate kids about how to be smart online in a relevant and engaging way, operating within the online social networking space. SOSO campaigns will target online threats such as predation, grooming, cyber bullying and identity theft.

This is a useful quiz to check how safely you use the internet

This is a great way of setting some safety-minded limits for internet use.