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Living with HIV support in Australia

For people living with HIV and those newly diagnosed. Talk with people in Australia who know what it is like, find help near you, and join the worldwide circle too. Free, always.

Next gathering in the Australia circle: Weekly check-in ยท

If you need someone right now

Help for living with HIV in Australia

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Northside Debt Advice, Bunbury

Practical help for people dealing with chronic illness and ms, parkinson's, als and neurological conditions, plus a weekly drop-in.

Weekdays and Saturday mornings

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Cooper Counselling

Practical help for people dealing with ms, parkinson's, als and neurological conditions and chronic pain, plus a weekly drop-in.

Tue to Sat, 10 to 6

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Launceston Grief Counselling

We help people with chronic pain and rare disease, in person in Launceston and online. Sessions are relaxed and you set the pace.

Weekdays and Saturday mornings

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Adelaide Home Help

A small team supporting adjusting to a disability and living with cancer. Free first conversation, then low-cost sessions.

Weekdays and Saturday mornings

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Easy Ride Patient Transport, Brisbane

We help people with caring for someone with cancer and diabetes, in person in Brisbane and online. Sessions are relaxed and you set the pace.

Evenings and weekends

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Hands Together Alice

We help people with caring for someone with dementia and heart conditions, in person in Alice Springs and online. Sessions are relaxed and you set the pace.

Mon to Fri, 9 to 5

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Parramatta Grief Counselling

Practical help for people dealing with stroke recovery and facing a terminal illness, plus a weekly drop-in.

Weekdays and Saturday mornings

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Rod Counselling

We help people with chronic pain and organ transplant, in person in Launceston and online. Sessions are relaxed and you set the pace.

Evenings and weekends

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The Lantern Trust, Geelong

We help people with chronic illness and diabetes, in person in Geelong and online. Sessions are relaxed and you set the pace.

Evenings and weekends

From people who came through it

  • โ€œmaybe you just found out. or maybe you've known for a while. either way, it's heavy. the pill is tiny. the fear is huge. tell one person you trust. for me that was grace. she didn't act weird about it. the undetectable thing is real, it's science, not just a promise. but the fear might stick around for a bit. that's fine. find something to hold onto. for me it's my plants. for you it might be something different. you're not the only one in this, even when it feels like it. (i know, i dislike that phrase too. but it's true.)โ€

    Silver Thunder ยท been through living with hiv
  • โ€œI've been there. For me it was two years ago. Telling a new partner, every single day. I picked up the guitar again. You've got this, even if it doesn't feel like it.โ€

    honeyjune84 ยท been through living with hiv
  • โ€œYou just found out. Everything feels upside down. I know. For weeks I couldn't say the word out loud. But the pills work. The doctor explained U=U, and I'm still learning to trust it. You don't have to tell anyone yet. Take your medicine. Go to your appointments. Find one person you can trust, even if it's a nurse. It's not the end of your life. It's a different beginning.โ€

    Cherry A ยท been through living with hiv
  • โ€œTo whoever needs this: I was where you are this time last year. It was u=U and believing it and I couldn't see past it. This year I did a 5k, slowly. The bad days get further apart. From someone who gets it.โ€

    dad.autumn81 ยท been through living with hiv

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