Health & Wellbeing

headspace Katherine is a free and confidential service that can help young people aged 12 to 25 with their mental health and wellbeing. headspace Darwin provides assistance in four key areas: Mental Health,Physical and Sexual Health,Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD) and Vocational Support. Regular outreach visits occur in specific remote communities within the region. Clinical services are provided by registered allied health practitioners,which include private providers who deliver services under Medicare Benefits Scheme (MBS) and Access to Allied Psychological Services (ATAPS).

Pandanus is a free,voluntary and confidential youth friendly Child Birth Education and Perinatal support service. It is for pregnant young women and young parents (12 – 25 years of age). Midwives provide one off Child Birth Education (CBE) information sessions,adapted CBE group courses. The Caseworker provides short term case management support,practical assistance,referrals to ongoing assistance and new parent information and connection group sessions. Pandanus promotes healthy relationships,pregnancy awareness,positive parenting and peer support and is guided by a Youth and Professionals Reference Groups.

Parlpu­ru Nin­ji Kari — Health Ser­vices sup­port health and well­be­ing for every stage of our clients’ life.

Anyinginyi Health pro­vides cul­tur­al­ly respon­sive pri­ma­ry health care ser­vices that are client cen­tred and con­tribute to improv­ing the health of the Abo­rig­i­nal com­mu­ni­ty of Ten­nant Creek and the Bark­ly region. Our Abo­rig­i­nal health mod­el means that Abo­rig­i­nal Health Prac­ti­tion­ers (AHPs) are in the front­line tend­ing to clients in the first instance. The AHPs pro­vide triage, man­age­ment and treat­ment that is with­in their scope. As a mul­ti­dis­ci­pli­nary team, this mod­el is sup­port­ed by Reg­is­tered Nurs­es, Gen­er­al Prac­ti­tion­ers, Spe­cial­ists and Allied Health teams.

The Kalpa Purru Wirran­jar­l­ki — Pub­lic Health team deliv­er pre­ven­ta­tive and edu­ca­tion­al pro­grams across a broad spec­trum of health areas.

Through rais­ing aware­ness of health issues peo­ple of the Bark­ly Region can gain con­trol over their own health.

Our approach is to ​“make the healthy choice the easy choice” by pro­tect­ing, main­tain­ing and improv­ing the health stan­dards of the pop­u­la­tion through health edu­ca­tion, rais­ing aware­ness, con­duct­ing research and encour­ag­ing a healthy lifestyle.

Arthritis & Osteoporosis NT (AONT) provides support services and relevant information to improve the understanding of arthritis and osteoporosis.

We promote healthy lifestyles and self-management to reduce the burden of arthritis and osteoporosis.

No referrals are needed and we welcome all enquiries.

Helping Territorians Breathe Better

The Asthma Foundation NT is largely funded by the NT Government to provide services and education to people with asthma across the NT. These Services also extend to carers, families, teachers, childcare workers, community groups and work places but still rely on the support of their members.

Our Services extend to health professionals including Aboriginal Health Workers, schools, childcare, university students, clinics, other training organisations such as St John Ambulance, workplaces, nursing homes, aged care providers and others.

We provide breastfeeding information and support to mums and their families from Fowlers Bay to Mount Gambier, Adelaide to Darwin.

Providing mother-to-mother support for breastfeeding mothers and their families. This page is to provide information on local activities to members and non-members alike.
For breastfeeding support:
Please call the National Breastfeeding Helpline 1800 MUM 2 MUM (1800 686 268). Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
LiveChat hours:
Monday to Friday – 8pm to 10pm AEST/AEDT*
Monday – 12pm to 2pm AEST/AEDT*
Friday – 12pm to 2pm AEST/AEDT*
*AEDT applies October to April. Excludes national public holidays.

Vision: Breastfeeding is recognised as important by all Australians and is culturally normal.
Mission: As Australia’s leading authority on breastfeeding, we support, educate and advocate for a breastfeeding inclusive society.

Our network of local groups offers breastfeeding education, information and support from pregnancy through to your child’s first birthday and well beyond.

Our qualified volunteers also engage with local health professionals to ensure that they have the information and skills they need to provide best practice care of breastfeeding women and babies.

We are involved in a range of activities and advocacy programs to support our vision of a breastfeeding-inclusive society.

We look forward to supporting you to achieve your breastfeeding goals, whatever they may be.

AHPA NT is your professional body when you work in the field of health promotion, and is a great place to network with other like-minded public health professionals.
The NT Branch is the leading health promotion association in the NT, dedicated to advocacy in health, improving professional development, networking opportunities and communication between health promoters.
Key priorities for the NT Branch include:

• Advocacy – We are committed to advocacy at the local, or territory level on a range of health and related social issues. AHPA NT is a member of NT Council for Social Service (NTCOSS) and Multicultural Council for NT (MCNT).
• Professional Development – We organise and collaborate with existing health professional bodies and support innovative ways to build capacity and the local workforce.
• Scholarships – We provide financial support for NT Branch Members to access and attend professional development opportunities intra- and inter-state.
• Communication – We co-facilitate ongoing networking opportunities for health promotion professionals in the NT.
• Mentoring – We encourage early-career health professionals to be engaged and assisted through AHPA’s National Mentoring Program

Red Cross mobilises the power of humanity to bring people and communities together in times of need and builds on community strengths to achieve the following outcomes.

• Disasters and emergencies in Australia – Communities are prepared and resilient to the increasing number of climate-related disasters and other emergencies.
• International disasters – In Asia Pacific and globally, communities have an increased capacity to prepare for, anticipate, respond to and recover from disasters and crises.
• Migrants in transition -Refugees, people seeking asylum and people in immigration detention experience a safe, fair, welcoming and inclusive world.
• Laws of war – Better humanitarian outcomes are reached for people and communities impacted by armed conflicts.
• First Nations peoples -First Nations peoples and communities build on their strengths to lead systematic changes and have more opportunities to shape their own futures.
• People in the justice system – As many people as possible never reach the justice system and those who come out of the system are supported to participate in society.
• Community services – People falling through the gaps, including those experiencing homelessness and loneliness are supported, feel included and empowered in society.
• Lifeblood – Life-giving blood, plasma, transplantation and biological products for world-leading health outcomes.