lifeline

Wednesday, September 23

"Unprecedented" number of calls to Lifeline during COVID-19 crisis

Lifeline is taking about one call every 30 seconds from Australians suffering loneliness and anxiety on the back of the coronavirus crisis.

Pandemic sparks highest-ever demand for Lifeline help

Mental health counselling service Lifeline faced a tsunami of desperate calls in March, recording its highest monthly total in the organisation’s 56-year history.

LifeLine volunteer Angela Henwood with a portrait of her son, Jonathan, who died in 2008. Photo: Tony Lewis

The LifeLine volunteers who “take the pain”

Eleven years ago, Angela Henwood’s son took his own life. She now helps others in their darkest moments.