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Relationships Australia is the home of Neighbour Day, Australia's annual celebration of community.
A wide range of services to support children, young people and their families.
We offer counselling for relationships in all their aspects.
Also known as mediation, this service is provided to help couples who are separating to resolve their family law disputes.
FRCs offer a range of services and programs, which are aimed at families at all stages of their life.
We provide sensitive, supportive and professional family violence services across Victoria.
Compass is our specialist support service for people affected by forced adoption.
We address mental health at all stages, with preventative and early intervention mental health services, as well as support for families experiencing mental health difficulties.
RAV celebrates cultural diversity and is committed to providing access to all our programs for all Victorians.
We offer group work and post separation parenting courses (including some for court-mandated clients).
RAV has an established reputation for quality professional training and development in FDR, couple therapy and relationship counselling.
Relationships Australia Victoria has been funded to provide support to people contemplating or going through the National Redress Scheme.
We are committed to providing targeted and effective services addressing the needs of senior Victorians and their families.
Support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families and individuals to help strengthen family relationships.
We provide Employee Assistance Programs, workplace dispute resolution and training.
RAV offers a variety of relationship education courses, run in small groups.
This easy-to-complete course aims to help you keep your love relationship happy and stable.
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Innovative resources to support children to deal with common difficulties in the context of important relationships.
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Relationship Australia Victoria (RAV) was selected by Gippsland Primary Health Network (PHN) as the lead agency for the new headspace centre, which provides free or low cost confidential mental, general and sexual health services as well as education and employment, and alcohol and other drug support services. The comprehensive suite of services includes therapeutic, drug and alcohol counselling, psychiatric consultations, vocational guidance, help with job seeking as well as health and wellbeing services for all young people, including young people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) young people.
The official launch of headspace Bairnsdale, which took place on Friday 7 April, was well-attended, with local community leaders, headspace staff, consortium partners and other local service providers showing their support for the new centre. The launch also attracted young people, including members of the centre’s Youth Advisory Group, who have provided direct input to ensure that the centre and services are relevant and inclusive to young people.
The official launch began with a Welcome to Country from Grattan Mullett Senior, before headspace Bairnsdale’s Independent Chair, Dr Mayumi Purvis, and Independent Co-Chair, Kimberley Matthews, spoke about their role in the centre and introduced the guest speakers. Gippsland Primary Health Network (PHN) CEO, Ms Marianne Shearer; headspace CEO, Jason Trethowan; RAV CEO, Dr Andrew Bickerdike; and The Hon Darren Chester MP, Minister for Infrastructure and Transport and Member for Gippsland; all highlighted the importance of early intervention mental health services in supporting young people to seek help early, achieve their goals and reach their potential.
RAV CEO, Dr Andrew Bickerdike, also talked about RAV’s history of supporting the East Gippsland community and how proud RAV is to be involved in headspace Bairnsdale.
After the formalities, guests enjoyed morning tea, toured the centre and talked to staff. Attendees also visited the nearby gardens to enjoy a music and art event, held as part of National Youth Week.
For more information on headspace Bairnsdale, visit headspace.org.au/bairnsdale.
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