Towards Zero Suicides - Safe Havens

The Safe Haven initiative provides a calm, culturally sensitive and non-clinical alternative to hospital emergency departments, for people experiencing distress or suicidal thoughts. Safe Havens are staffed by peer-support workers and other mental health professionals.

Safe Havens aim to:

  • provide immediate, personalised, and compassionate care
  • connect people to support services to address the underlying factors in their distress
  • reduce pressure on hospital emergency departments
  • reduce self-harm, suicide attempts and deaths by suicide.

There are three Safe Havens in the Hunter New England Central Coast PHN catchment:

Newcastle Safe Haven - 22 Stewart Avenue, Hamilton East NSW 2303

Open 4pm-9pm Friday to Sunday

Gosford Safe Haven - 89 Holden Street, Gosford NSW 2505 (Currently telehealth only)

Open 12:30pm-4pm Tuesday and Thursday

Tamworth Safe Haven - 214 Bridge St, West Tamworth NSW 2340

Open 4pm-9pm Friday to Sunday

To learn more about the Safe Haven initiative, please click here.

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