This list of other helpful websites may be updated from time to time.
General
Youthcentral
Youthcentral offers a range of information and advice on issues like jobs, study, travel, money and events in your local area - wherever you live in Victoria - whilst offering opportunities for you to participate.
Mental Health
Reach out
Reach Out is a web-based service that inspires young people to help themselves through tough times, and find ways to boost their own mental health and wellbeing.
Youth Beyond Blue
Youth Beyond Blue is a website for young people. Going through tough times? Stress, anxiety and feeling down can affect anyone, and in fact happens to a lot of us at some point in our lives.
We all have good days and bad days. However, if you're feeling sad, down or anxious and these feelings have started to affect what you would normally enjoy or do, then it's important to find out what's going on and what you can do about it.
headspace Geelong
headspace is a National Youth Mental Health Foundation. If you're 12-25, you can get health advice, support and information from headspace in:
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general health, mental health and counselling
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education, employment and other services and
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alcohol and other drug services.
Read the Play
Read the play is a mental health literacy program designed for the junior levels of sports clubs. It imparts information about mental illness through engaging the young players in fun and interactive games, thereby helping to remove the stigma and increase help seeking behaviour.
Relationships/Sexuality/Gender
Minus 18
Information, resources, events and activities for/by young people who are same sex attracted, gender diverse, or questioning.
GASP Geelong
A social and support group and services for LGBTQIA+ and questioning young people aged 12-25.
Get the Facts
Get the Facts - sexual health and relationship information for young people.
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BATforce
BATForce is a network of 200 plus member (organisations) who have a stake in improving outcomes for young people.
It identifies, develops, implements and evaluates service and sector-enhancement.