Help and support from health and redress schemes

Advocacy and support services

Lotus Place

Lotus Place provide services for people who are living with the lifelong impacts of institutional childhood abuse in Queensland. With them, you will find a safe place to connect, heal, build resilience and access justice.

Their services include:

• an information resource centre and gateway
• personal and skills development opportunities and peer support activities
• individual advocacy and support to seek access to government and community services
• help to seek redress of past abuse through the criminal justice system, civil processes, or internal church or religious institutional processes.
• help to obtain personal records, reconnect with family and trace your history
• support for regional peer networks and activities
• access to professional support and counselling services
• information and referral to other services.

Call them on 07 3347 8500 or learn more from Lotus Support Services.

Micah Projects

Micah Projects is a not-for-profit organisation. They're committed to providing services and opportunities in the community to create justice and respond to injustice.

Their services include:

• an information resource centre and gateway
• personal and skills development opportunities and peer support activities
• individual advocacy and support to seek access to government and community services
• help to seek redress of past abuse through the criminal justice system, civil processes, or internal church or religious institutional processes.
• crisis services
• information and referral to other services.

Call them on 07 3029 7000 or learn more at Micah Projects.

Government Health Schemes

National Hearing Services Program

The Hearing Services Program provides subsidised high-quality hearing services and devices to eligible Australians with hearing loss.

Learn more about The Hearing Services Program

Queensland Medical Aids Subsidy Scheme (MASS)

Subsidy funding for medical aids and equipment is available to eligible Queenslanders with permanent/stable conditions or disabilities. Aids and equipment are subsidy funded either on a permanent loan basis, private ownership or through the supply of consumables.

Learn more about the Medical Aids Subsidy Scheme

Redress schemes for those abused as children in institutional settings

National Redress Scheme

The Australian Government has developed the National Redress Scheme to provide support to people who were sexually abused as children in institutional settings. The Scheme seeks to ensure that the institutions that were responsible for the abuse acknowledge the harm they caused and provide redress to the survivors of sexual abuse. The scheme started on 1 July 2018 and will run for 10 years.

You can find out to apply from the National Redress Scheme website. You can also call on 1800 737 377, Monday to Friday from 8am to 5pm.

Learn more about the National Redress Scheme

The Territories Stolen Generations Redress Scheme

The Territories Stolen Generations Redress Scheme provides support to those whose removal took place in the:

• Northern Territory, before 1 July 1978
• Australian Capital Territory, before 11 May 1989
• Jervis Bay Territory.

You can find out how to apply from the Territories Stolen Generations Redress Scheme website. You can also call on 1800 566 111 or email [email protected] for help.

Learn more about the Territories Stolen Generations Redress Scheme

Victorian Redress Scheme

The Victorian Redress Scheme for Historical Institutional Abuse (Victorian Redress Scheme) began accepting applications on 10 December 2024 and will operate for 18 months.

You find out how to apply from the Victoria Government website. You can also call on 1800 716 870, Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm.

Learn more about Redress for Historical Institutional Abuse