Looking for mental health support in Lake Macquarie or Newcastle for yourself or someone you care about?
Connected To Care helps you connect with trusted local service providers, support groups, events and training.
Looking for support?
You deserve the best possible care, and there’s help available.
Finding the right support can be overwhelming, but don’t let that stop you. Use this website to take the next step to find and connect with mental health support in Lake Macquarie and Newcastle, today. Life is better when we go through it with others who understand.
Looking for support?
We connect you with mental health experts and support networks in Lake Macquarie and Newcastle.
We’ve gathered a network of experienced mental health experts who work with people in the Lake Macquarie and Newcastle areas. If a service provider is included, it’s because we’ve carefully chosen them as someone you can trust, who’s willing and able to help you.
Looking for support?
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Connect with trusted service providers in Lake Macquarie.
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Attend local events to connect and learn.
Resources
Informative resources to help increase your knowledge.
Finding mental health support shouldn’t cause anxiety.
We get it. It can be hard to access mental health support. We’ve heard too many stories from people who struggled to find help when they needed it most. That’s why we made it simple to connect with reliable mental health professionals in Lake Macquarie and Newcastle who are ready to support you.
If you’ve navigated multiple websites, scrolled endless pages and stumbled through a wilderness of clicks trying to find mental health support, this website is for you.
Looking for support?
Start your search with 3 simple steps
Step 1
Start your search for support
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Connect with the option that meets your needs
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You’re connected to care. Celebrate your progress!
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After years of working alongside individuals, families, and the broader community, we have developed strong connections with mental health professionals, clinicians and support groups in Lake Macquarie and Newcastle.
 Finding mental health support shouldn’t cause anxiety. We built Connected to Care to be a one-touch online mental health resource. Anyone in Lake Macquarie or Newcastle can find relevant, local support services for themselves, or someone they are supporting.
Connected to Care is the culmination of a long-held dream of the Lake Macquarie Suicide Prevention Network (LMSPN). The dream was to make it easy for people in and around the Lake Macquarie and Newcastle areas to access professional, experienced and understanding mental health support services online, and at a time when they need it most.
Founded in 2009 by Faye and Brian Hawley, LMSPN soon drew in locals who had lost a loved one through suicide. The goal was to educate and help people struggling with mental health issues and suicidal ideation, and support families who are grieving after suicide.
With support from Wesley LifeForce, LMSPN established remembrance events and activities, shared information at markets and community events, and raised funds to develop Mental Health Awareness and support Suicide Prevention Training.
After years of working alongside individuals, families, and the broader community, we have developed strong connections with mental health professionals, clinicians and support groups in Lake Macquarie and Newcastle. These are people and organisations that we know and trust, who genuinely help people in crisis.
Lived experience tells us that navigating the minefield of mental health support is challenging for anyone. If you’re sleep-deprived, frightened, depressed or fragile, the discovery process can be even more difficult. Sometimes it may seem overwhelming, but this is where Connected to Care can help.
Our mission is to reduce the impact and incidence of suicide in the Lake Macquarie and Newcastle regions. We believe everybody deserves the right to access mental health care when they need it. By enabling easy access to local support services, we remove the barriers people may face in finding and accessing support, and positively impact our community by connecting people to care.
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