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Established in 1840, we are Australia’s first wellbeing company, delivering health, wealth and care services for our members and the community. As a social enterprise, we’re motivated by our purpose to positively impact the wellbeing of millions. We reinvest profits to deliver products and services sustainably that matter most to our members, customers and the community. For us, Real Wellbeing encompasses the whole experience of life. It’s about feeling supported in your health, connected with your community and empowered to live life on your terms. This page shares information and stories about wellbeing. We encourage you to comment, respond and interact with us, but remember this page is a safe and welcome place. Australian Unity reserves the right to remove any comment that: • Is obscene, threatening, abusive, defamatory, misleading, offensive, or of a sexual nature. • Provides professional advice on legal, medical, or financial matters. • Violates intellectual property rights, or breaks the law. • Is trolling, spamming, repetitive, or information that is misleading. • Is not relevant to the content published on this page. Please be mindful when sharing personal information or making comments about a service offered by another organisation or practitioner. Any violation of these rules may result in a ban from this page. We do not endorse any opinions expressed by guests on this page, nor do we warrant that their statements are accurate. We will never request your personal details or banking information via public posts. Do not post any personal or sensitive information such as your bank account details, birthday, home address, phone number, driver's license or tax file number in your comments. This page is monitored from 9-5 AEST, Monday to Friday, exc. public holidays. When a response is required, we will aim to respond within 24 business hours. For urgent enquiries, please call 13 29 39.

Suicide is the leading cause of death for Australians aged 15 – 44 with around 21,000 Australians affected by the death of someone to suicide every year. Lifeline is a national charity providing all Australians experiencing a personal crisis with access to 24-hour crisis support and suicide prevention services. These services include: • Telephone Crisis Line – 13 11 14 • Lifeline Text - 0477 13 11 14 • Lifeline Chat - www.lifeline.org.au/crisis-chat • Service Finder - free directory of local health and community services • DValert - Domestic Violence Response Training • Lifeline Centres nationwide provide specific services relevant to local communities. Our History Lifeline was founded in 1963 by the late Reverend Dr Sir Alan Walker, after he received a call by a distressed man, who three days later took his own life. Determined not to let loneliness, isolation or anxiety be the cause of other deaths, Sir Alan launched a crisis line, which operated out of the Methodist Central Mission in Sydney. Just a few days after it was first established Lifeline received over one hundred calls for help. Today, somewhere in Australia there is a new call to Lifeline’s 24 hour crisis line 13 11 14 every minute. As a charity we rely on the support of the community to support our life saving work. To find out more or to make a donation visit www.lifeline.org.au *Please note we are unable to provide crisis support on LinkedIn. For crisis support call 13 11 14, text 0477 13 11 14 or chat with us online at lifeline.org.au. Dial 000 if life is in danger.

At Mind Australia, we put people first. That means seeing the person, not a diagnosis or label, and taking time to understand what matters to them. We work alongside people during tough times. We know living with mental health challenges isn’t easy, so we make space, listen and seek to understand where people have been, where they are now and where they want to be. This helps us provide the right support while continuing to learn what works for people, families and communities. We are one of Australia’s largest providers of community-managed psychosocial services, offering residential, mobile outreach, centre-based and online support. Alongside One Door Mental Health and The Haven Foundation, we provide individualised, evidence-based and recovery-focused support to more than 25,000 people each year. We’ve supported people, and their families, friends, carers and supporters, for nearly 50 years. Some of our most important lessons have come not from textbooks, but from people who have walked these paths themselves. This lived experience continues to shape everything we do. We value lived experience and lived expertise. Many people across our workforce draw on their own experiences of mental health challenges, recovery and supporting others to improve services, influence the sector and drive change. We do this in partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations and communities, and alongside clinical care providers, because working together leads to better outcomes.