Ballina/Lismore

Through collaboration with our six local Alliance partners, our Specialist Homelessness Services and Women’s Refuge Domestic Family Violence provide crisis and transitional housing.  This safe and secure accommodation is available for individuals and families, until they can be supported to access stable housing.

For help with homelessness or Domestic Family Violence at any time, please call 1300 355 305.

If you don’t have a phone, there’s support and information at the locations below:

Community Housing provides a range of supports and services to people and families on low incomes who need accommodation assistance.

Residential Rehabilitation Houses provide short and medium term, 24-hour supported accommodation for people living with a mental illness who are exiting acute care.

Supported Independent Lifestyles offer shared residential housing with low to high care support for people aged 18 to 64 living with disability.

Supported Employment Opportunities provide real jobs with real money for people living with a disability or recovering from mental illness, and opportunities for volunteers.  The Ballina Salvage Shed is part of this scheme.

Volunteer with us! Volunteers make an extraordinary contribution within our communities and play an important role by supporting us to deliver our programs and services through a variety of functions.

In-home and community access support helps people living with a disability live in their own homes in the community, through assistance with personal care and daily living as well helping people be able to get into their community and participate.

Our Allied Health practitioners provide a range of flexible preventative-focused services, including Positive Behaviour Support.

Mental health outreach services help people living with mental illness who are exiting acute care, increase independence and participate in daily community activities, through strengthening daily living skills and self-care strategies.
We have programs to help young people connect, learn life skill, coping skills and resilience, and still simply have some fun.