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Helping people in Australia live a life beyond feeling blue. Comments moderated in line with privacy policy: bb.org.au/40U8goX ☎ 1300 22 4636 We promote good mental health. We create change to protect everyone’s mental health and improve the lives of individuals, families and communities affected by anxiety, depression and suicide. Mental health conditions don’t discriminate, and neither do we. Our programs and initiatives support people at all stages of life, wherever they live, work, study and play. Beyond Blue has four main goals that guide everything we do, and we use our community heart and business head to achieve these. Our goals help us measure the impact of our work, ensuring our programs and initiatives remain focused on achieving our vision and mission. Our goals are to: 1. reduce the impact of anxiety, depression and suicide by supporting people to protect their mental health and to recover when they are unwell 2. reduce people’s experiences of stigma and discrimination 3. improve people’s opportunities to get effective support and services at the right time 4. use best business practices to deliver integrated, evidence-based and cost-effective initiatives through our people and resources.

Blue Knot Foundation, National Centre of Excellence for Complex Trauma is a trauma-informed policy, practice, training and thought leader. We empower recovery of the more than 5 million Australian adults with experiences of trauma, abuse, violence as a child or adult. Blue Knot Helpline and Redress Support Service provides short term trauma phone counselling, support, information, referrals for childhood trauma survivors, their personal and professional supporters (call 1300 657 380 Mon-Sun 9am-5pm AEDT) as well as redress application support to survivors of institutional child sexual abuse. We also provide extensive evidence-informed resources including guidelines, videos and fact sheets. Visit www.blueknot.org.au/resources Additionally, Blue Knot supports national workforce development through complex trauma, trauma-informed and vicarious trauma professional development training, supervision, consultancy and other services to practitioners, organisations and diverse personnel who work with survivors across sectors. Visit www.blueknot.org.au/Training

PANDA – Perinatal Anxiety & Depression Australia is a specialist not for profit organisation that has helped tens of thousands of Australians get vital information and support for antenatal and postnatal depression for over 30 years. PANDA’s National Perinatal Anxiety & Depression Helpline provides confidential information, support and referral to anyone affected by depression and anxiety during pregnancy and after childbirth (perinatal depression and anxiety), including partners, family members and friends. PANDA's services are governed by the knowledge that women and men do recover from perinatal depression and anxiety and are designed to ensure that those affected receive appropriate help as early as possible.