Lifeline South West
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Profile:
They are dedicated to providing free, twenty-four hour counselling, information and referral services to the southwest region of Victoria . They aspire to reliability, courtesy and efficiency in their service provision and are committed to the highest ethical standards. Their service, based on Christian values, is available to any person, any time, for any reason.
They will act at all times with integrity in providing the community with quality services.
Lifeline SWV delivers a range of health and community services within the rural municipalities of Glenelg, Southern Grampians , Moyne and Corangamite and the City of Warrnambool .
The population base for the area is approximately 130,000.
With an active volunteer base of over 150 people, Lifeline SWV currently operates:
- A 24 hour-7 day, year round telephone crisis intervention, trauma response, counselling, information and referral service dealing with around 5,000 callers annually
- A Training facility, that provides a range of mental health education and early intervention programs to industry and the community, plus access to Certificate IV in Telephone Counselling
- A multipurpose Access & Resource Centre providing assessment & referral, face to face counselling, a service information hub, support groups and training;
- Six opportunity shops throughout the region that provide the community with low cost second hand goods and clothing;
- A sorting/ recycling Warehouse that processes all donations from the community for the funding of program delivery.
Location:
719 Raglan Parade Warrnambool
Chief Executive Officer Profile:
Ms Meredith Ericson
Chief Executive Officer - Lifeline South West
Committee of Management:
Michael Downes
Amanda Chambers
Carmel Cope
John Coxon
Mary Graham
Julie Kean
Kellie King
Debra Parkinson
Last Updated (Tuesday, 15 February 2011 11:26)