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FindHelpTAS provides a central, online directory of services that support the health and wellbeing of Tasmanians and our communities.
Our goal is to help Tasmanians in need find services near them.
Our partner organisations value strong communities and support for low income and disadvantaged Tasmanians.
FindHelpTAS is a self-funded community initiative led by a partnership of Tasmanian community service organisations, supported by TasCOSS.
Find Help Tas
Find Help Tas
Find Help Tas
Direct from Positive Choices, this factsheet is perfect for teachers and parents. This page discusses what Kava is, where it comes from, and what effects it has on the body.
Kava: Factsheet (Positive Choices)
Kava: Factsheet (Positive Choices)
Kava: Factsheet (Positive Choices)
In this video, Jonathan - a Lived Experience Speaker - talks about his experience of alcohol use, and how that has shaped his conversations about drugs with his children.This video is part of the Community Conversations project and is featured in the conversation 'Connecting through Conversation'.
Talking to young people about drugs and alcohol
Talking to young people about drugs and alcohol
Talking to young people about drugs and alcohol
In this video, Tonya talks about her experience with family violence and abuse, and her role as a carer in her family and worklife. She offers some advice for people in similar situations.This video is part of the Community Conversations project and is featured in the conversation 'Looking After You'.
Tonya talks about abuse and where to find help
Tonya talks about abuse and where to find help
Tonya talks about abuse and where to find help
The Alcohol and Other Drug Awareness (AOD) program is designed to deliver education, referral pathways and advocacy to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait community of Circular Head.
Circular Head Aboriginal Corporation
Circular Head Aboriginal Corporation
Circular Head Aboriginal Corporation
The Family and Friend Support Programs are a set of online interventions and support packages designed by experts to help families and friends supporting a loved one who may be using ice, alcohol and/or other drugs. They also offer information and support for people who may be experiencing domestic and family violence, as well as people who are living in rural or remote regions.
Family and Friends Support Programs
Family and Friends Support Programs
Family and Friends Support Programs
Family Drug Support Online is designed to provide support for families and friends of people using drugs and alcohol - to help them become more resilient and better able to cope on their journey with the user.
The site offers different support for different circumstances. Where the drug use has been going on for some time, the site presents a series of video chapters about a family support group. The chapters are designed to be viewed in order. The group is led by family drug support specialist Tony Trimingham, OAM.
On the site, 'drugs' also includes alcohol, and 'families' includes friends of drug users.
Family Drug Support Online
Family Drug Support Online
Family Drug Support Online
All drug overdoses are preventable. This comprehensive factsheet from Overdose Awareness Day talks about the many ways we can work together to prevent overdose from happening.
Overdose Prevention
Overdose Prevention
Overdose Prevention
As young people start growing up they are more likely to experiment and take risks. They become curious about trying new things. What do you, as a carer, need to know about young people and drugs? This conversation is here to help you answer that question.
Just say 'Know'
Just say 'Know'
Just say 'Know'
An overdose occurs when a person has more of a drug (or combination of drugs) in their body than the body can cope with. Learn about overdose risks and effects for different drugs, first aid for overdose, and much more in this factsheet from Overdose Awareness Day.
Overdose Basics
Overdose Basics
Overdose Basics
As a carer it is normal to worry about young people's safety, particularly when they become old enough to start going to parties, or to think about trying drugs. The good news is that you can help keep young people safe through their teenage years and beyond. This conversation will help you do just that.
Keeping them Safer
Keeping them Safer
Keeping them Safer
Detox@Home is a community based, medically assisted, alcohol withdrawal program. Learn more about this program and how it works directly from the Tasmanian Government Department of Health.