Supporting Mental Health Together
🌱 Support What Matters — Yours, Theirs, Ours
We believe mental health, healing, and justice aren’t solo journeys — they’re shared work. While you’re welcome to support Rolling Recovery, we also want to spotlight other powerful causes doing vital work for mental health, disability rights, trauma recovery, Indigenous healing, and social change.
This isn’t just a donation page. It’s a ripple effect.
If you have the capacity to give, we invite you to choose what feels meaningful — whether it’s here, or elsewhere on this list.
Because every voice, every effort, every dollar adds up.
🌿 Rolling Recovery
Donate to support grassroots mental health, peer-led projects, and accessible healing tools.
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Rolling Recovery began as a vision for trauma-informed support hubs — a safe landing place for those discharged from psychiatric care or navigating crisis with nowhere to turn.
That vision is still alive, but it’s evolving. Today, Rolling Recovery offers:
Free and low-cost mental health resources (email for free downloads if unable to afford any set - no questions asked)
Lived-experience podcasting and advocacy
A growing map of services and peer-led supports
Creative toolkits for schools, families, and therapists
Your donation helps us continue this work and dream bigger — toward community-led recovery spaces, peer work opportunities, and pop-up healing hubs.
We believe recovery shouldn’t depend on postcode, privilege, or diagnosis. We believe in meeting people where they are — sometimes that means a caravan, a card set, or a kind voice in the dark.
Every contribution supports real tools, real people, and real change..
Can You Support This Work?
Rolling Recovery is not a charity. It's a lived-experience project, powered by heart, community, and vision.
We offer free tools, podcasts, and resources because we believe support should be accessible — even when money isn’t.
If you can afford to, donations help cover costs and, in future, will support free sessions for those in crisis.
No pressure. No judgment. Just a chance to be part of something that’s growing.
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🌏 Causes We Love & Why They Matter
Name of Organisation: Eating Disorders Families Australia
Link: https://edfa.org.au
About: EDFA provides education, support and advocacy for families and carers of people experiencing eating disorders. Eating disorders remain one of the most underfunded mental illnesses in Australia, despite having one of the highest mortality rates. EDFA is working to close that gap.
Did You Know? Eating disorder treatment
Name: The Healing Foundation
Link: https://healingfoundation.org.au
About: Supports healing for Stolen Generations survivors, their families, and communities through truth-telling, education, and trauma-informed programs.
Why it matters: 1 in 3 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are directly affected by past government removal policies. Healing is a human right.
Name: Mind Australia
Link: https://www.mindaustralia.org.au
About: Provides mental health and psychosocial support across Australia, focusing on recovery and community connection.
Why it matters: Over 1 in 5 Australians experience a mental illness every year — and access to holistic, respectful support changes lives.
Name: Children of Parents with a Mental Illness (COPMI)
Link: https://emergingminds.com.au/resources/copmi/
About: Offers resources and support for children and families affected by parental mental illness.
Why it matters: Around 23% of Australian children live in households where a parent has a mental illness. Prevention and early connection matters.
Name: First Nations Clean Water for All
Link: https://lifewithoutlead.org (example only; use an accurate Australian org)
About: Advocates for safe drinking water in Indigenous communities across Australia.
Why it matters: Many remote Aboriginal communities still lack access to safe, clean water — a basic human right.
Name: Eating Disorders Victoria
Link: https://www.eatingdisorders.org.au
About: Support, advocacy, and education for those affected by eating disorders.
Why it matters: Disordered eating has doubled in the past decade, and early support saves lives.
Name: Black Dog Institute
Link: https://www.blackdoginstitute.org.au
About: A medical research institute dedicated to understanding, preventing, and treating mental illness, with a focus on mood disorders, suicide prevention, and digital mental health tools.
Why it matters: Suicide is the leading cause of death for Australians aged 15–44. Research-backed, scalable solutions — like those developed by the Black Dog Institute — can improve early intervention, access, and survival.
Name: Switchboard Victoria (QLife)
Link: https://www.switchboard.org.au
About: Peer-based support services for LGBTIQA+ people, including QLife’s national helpline, suicide prevention support, and community connection programs.
Why it matters: LGBTIQA+ people are twice as likely to experience poor mental health, and face higher rates of suicide and discrimination. Peer-led support saves lives and fosters belonging.
Name: Blue Knot Foundation
Link: https://www.blueknot.org.au
About: National support for adult survivors of complex trauma, childhood trauma, and abuse. Offers helplines, trauma-informed training, and recovery resources.
Why it matters: More than 5 million Australian adults are estimated to be survivors of childhood trauma. Without trauma-informed care, many are re-traumatised by the very systems meant to help them.
Name: SEED Indigenous Youth Climate Network
Link: https://www.seedmob.org.au
About: A powerful grassroots network of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people fighting for climate justice and protecting Country.
Why it matters: Climate change disproportionately affects First Nations communities, many of whom are already coping with intergenerational trauma. Justice for people and planet go hand-in-hand.
Name: Batyr
Link: https://www.batyr.com.au
About: A preventative mental health organisation focused on smashing the stigma around mental ill-health by empowering young people to share stories and seek help early.
Why it matters: 70% of young people with a mental health challenge don’t seek help. Peer-led storytelling and school programs shift this — by making mental health conversations normal, safe, and hopeful.
Name: Women's Health Victoria
Link: https://www.whv.org.au
About: Advocates for gender equity in health, offering education, sexual health services, and trauma-informed programs, including 1800 My Options.
Why it matters: Women face unique health barriers, including gendered violence, misdiagnosis, and underfunded reproductive support. Investing in women’s health is a public health priority.
Name: Thorne Harbour Health
Link: https://thorneharbour.org
About: A community-controlled health organisation providing care and advocacy for LGBTIQA+ communities and people living with or at risk of HIV.
Why it matters: Health inequity affects queer and HIV-positive people at every stage of life. Services that affirm identity and reduce stigma improve both survival and quality of life.
Name: SANE Australia
Link: https://www.sane.org
About: Provides support, resources, and advocacy for people living with complex mental health issues, including schizophrenia, bipolar, BPD, and co-occurring conditions.
Why it matters: 1 in 4 Australians experience complex mental health challenges that are often misunderstood or stigmatised. SANE offers connection, dignity, and non-judgmental support in the gaps many services overlook.
Name: Transcend Australia
Link: https://www.transcend.org.au
About: A national peer-led support service for families of trans, gender diverse and non-binary children and young people.
Why it matters: Trans and gender diverse youth face significantly higher risks of suicide, bullying, and social exclusion. Family acceptance and early affirmation reduce these risks and literally save lives.
Name: Men's Table
Link: https://themenstable.org
About: A grassroots initiative offering confidential, non-judgemental monthly dinners for men to share openly about life’s challenges, mental health, and relationships.
Why it matters: Men account for three out of four suicides in Australia. Culturally safe, shame-free spaces for men to talk — without having to ‘fix’ anything — are a vital missing link in prevention.
Name: Justice Action
Link: https://justiceaction.org.au
About: A peer-run advocacy group supporting prisoners and involuntary patients in forensic mental health care, with a focus on human rights, systemic reform, and lived experience leadership.
Why it matters: People in prisons and locked wards are often voiceless — but they are not disposable. Justice Action fights for fairness, dignity, and alternatives to incarceration for those failed by systems.
Name: Neami National
Link: https://www.neaminational.org.au
About: Delivers community-based mental health, housing, and psychosocial support across Australia. Focuses on individual recovery goals, social connection, and practical wellbeing.
Why it matters: Recovery isn't linear — and it often needs housing, food, and belonging before therapy can begin. Neami understands recovery as a full picture, not a diagnosis code.
Name: Body Safety Australia
Link: https://www.bodysafetyaustralia.com.au
About: Delivers education and training on child safety, consent, respectful relationships, and sexual abuse prevention.
Why it matters: Every child has a right to feel safe in their body. Teaching consent and body autonomy early reduces risk of abuse and empowers lifelong boundaries.
Name: Homelessness Australia
Link: https://homelessnessaustralia.org.au
About: National advocacy body for homelessness services, supporting people with lived experience of housing insecurity and promoting systemic change.
Why it matters: Over 120,000 Australians are homeless on any given night — including children, families, and people fleeing violence. Homelessness is a policy failure, not a personal one.
Name: Independent Disability Advocacy Network (IDAN)
Link: https://idan.org.au
About: A national alliance of organisations providing advocacy for people with disability, especially around NDIS access, rights, and abuse prevention.
Why it matters: Many disabled people face barriers to even being heard. Advocacy helps people understand and stand up for their rights — including the right to live free from neglect, violence, and exclusion.
Name: The National Justice Project
Link: https://justice.org.au
About: A not-for-profit legal service working to challenge injustice and discrimination through strategic litigation, advocacy, and education — especially in health, disability, and First Nations rights.
Why it matters: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are 7x more likely to die in custody. The fight for justice is ongoing — and legal advocacy helps turn pain into real policy change.
Name: Kids Helpline (via Yourtown)
Link: https://kidshelpline.com.au
About: A 24/7 free, private, and confidential counselling service for children and young people aged 5 to 25, delivered by qualified mental health professionals.
Why it matters: Kids Helpline responds to around 6,000 contacts every week — many from children in crisis. Every call answered can be the difference between despair and safety.
Name: Healing Through Creativity – Create Impact
Link: https://createimpact.ngo
About: Empowers marginalised communities through creative projects, education, trauma support, and advocacy — both locally and globally.
Why it matters: Creativity is more than expression — it’s repair, regulation, and voice. For many trauma survivors and marginalised people, access to creative healing isn’t optional — it’s life-saving.
Name: Butterfly Foundation
Link: https://butterfly.org.au
About: Australia’s national organisation for eating disorders and body image issues, offering support, education, early intervention, and a 24/7 helpline.
Why it matters: Body dissatisfaction is one of the top risk factors for eating disorders, and rates are rising among children as young as 9. Butterfly reaches where stigma silences.
Name: Reconciliation Australia
Link: https://www.reconciliation.org.au
About: Leads the national movement for reconciliation between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non-Indigenous Australians.
Why it matters: Reconciliation isn’t symbolic — it’s structural. Land, truth-telling, and cultural safety matter in every system from health to education. This work plants the seeds of long-term change.
Name: PANDA – Perinatal Anxiety & Depression Australia
Link: https://panda.org.au
About: Provides support for people experiencing perinatal anxiety, depression, or postnatal mental health challenges — and raises awareness of the risks in early parenting.
Why it matters: 1 in 5 new mums and 1 in 10 new dads experience perinatal mental health challenges. Early help prevents family breakdown, child distress, and generational trauma.
Name: AusPATH – Australian Professional Association for Trans Health
Link: https://auspath.org
About: A professional organisation promoting evidence-based, respectful, and affirming healthcare for trans and gender-diverse people.
Why it matters: Trans people are still forced to navigate gatekeeping, misinformation, and medical discrimination. AusPATH helps protect trans health as a human right — not a debate.
Name: Red Dust Role Models
Link: https://www.reddust.org.au
About: Works with remote Indigenous communities to promote health, wellbeing, and cultural strength through mentoring, sport, and storytelling.
Why it matters: Health equity for remote Aboriginal communities requires trust, culture, and community leadership — not just fly-in-fly-out solutions. Red Dust listens first.
Name: The Dhadjowa Foundation
Link: https://www.dhadjowa.com.au
About: A grassroots, Aboriginal-led organisation supporting families who have lost loved ones to deaths in custody, through peer support, advocacy, and financial aid.
Why it matters: Over 550 First Nations people have died in custody since the 1991 Royal Commission — with no convictions. Dhadjowa brings truth, care, and power to those left behind.
Name: Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA)
Link: https://wwda.org.au
About: A national organisation run by and for women, girls, and non-binary people with disabilities, advocating for rights, safety, and leadership across Australia.
Why it matters: Disabled women are among the most marginalised — often facing gendered violence, sterilisation, poverty, and invisibility. WWDA ensures they are heard, seen, and protected.
Name: Youth Live4Life
Link: https://www.live4life.org.au
About: A rural youth mental health model co-designed with communities to empower young people, reduce stigma, and increase help-seeking across schools and towns.
Why it matters: Suicide rates are 40% higher in rural and regional Australia. Live4Life reaches places many services don’t — building local connection, resilience, and hope.
Name: NASCA (National Aboriginal Sporting Chance Academy)
Link: https://nasca.org.au
About: Supports Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth through education, sport, mentoring, and cultural connection programs.
Why it matters: Indigenous students are twice as likely to leave school early. NASCA empowers kids through culture and community to create futures grounded in pride — not punishment.
Name: Inside Out Institute
Link: https://insideoutinstitute.org.au
About: A national research and clinical excellence centre for eating disorder prevention, treatment, and policy reform.
Why it matters: Eating disorders are deadly, under-recognised, and often missed in neurodivergent, male, and marginalised communities. Inside Out works to transform systems from research to real-world support.
Name: ACON
Link: https://www.acon.org.au
About: Australia’s leading health organisation specialising in HIV prevention, support, and LGBTQ+ community health across NSW and beyond.
Why it matters: LGBTQ+ health needs are still underfunded, and stigma continues to cost lives. ACON leads with lived experience, cultural safety, and fierce advocacy.
Name: Creative Recovery Network
Link: https://www.creativerecovery.net.au
About: Uses the arts to support individual and collective recovery after disasters — from bushfires to pandemics — through community storytelling, ritual, and resilience-building.
Why it matters: Disasters leave invisible wounds. Creativity reconnects communities, processes grief, and makes space for collective healing — especially in rural and trauma-impacted areas.
Name: We Are Union – Young Workers Centre
Link: https://www.youngworkers.org.au
About: Empowers young people to stand up for workplace rights, mental health, and fair treatment through education, legal support, and activism.
Why it matters: Young people face high rates of wage theft, exploitation, and unsafe workplaces. Mental health doesn’t stop at the job site — and neither should support.
This is a growing page so if one that's close to your heart isn't here feel free to reach out otherwise check back regularly for updates.