Defence Support


Dents in the Soul - DVD dealing with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Frightening and overwhelming traumatic experiences can have a strong impact on your mind and emotions. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD, is an anxiety disorder and is one of a range of psychological reactions you can have to a traumatic incident. PTSD can be distressing with negative consequences for your health and wellbeing. It can affect anyone, but there is help available.

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Wounded Digger is an Army initiative which aims to provide serious casualties and their families with a wide range of information on support organisations and benefits.
The wounded Digger website is a directory of information that seeks to provide education, interaction and networking for injured or ill members, their families and other key stakeholders.

Defence Community Organisation (DCO)
Defence is dedicated to recognising the very important and valuable role of ADF members and their families in the achievement of the Defence mission. While carrying out their daily tasks, whether here in Australia or deployed overseas on operations, our personnel need to be assured that their families are well cared for and have the support they need.
Defence Community Organisation provides support by providing a wide range of services that all members and their families can access to help them cope with aspects of the Defence lifestyle which may be new or different to them and may present challenges which they have not previously experienced.

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Partners In Defence
Members of the Australian Defence Force perform complex, challenging, and at times dangerous missions to defend Australia and its national interests. Defence understands that the requirements of Service life impact as much on the member's family as they do on the member. This website summarises key information about military service, conditions and benefits, services and programs that all in the Defence Community are entitled to access that members and their families may find useful.

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Your Defence is a Sydney-based (our current posting!) family-run business. The Your Defence Crew are here to provide practical resources for Defence children and families. We remain dedicated to the welfare and well-being of the children and families of ADF members. We celebrate the life lived alongside our Defence partners. We support our children by helping them to stay connected when they are physically apart from their serving mum or dad and by demystifying the sometimes secretive world of the ADF. We too are a Defence family, we live this life just as you do. We want to ensure all families are well-equipped to thrive in this at-times challenging life style.

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Army Community Support

Blue September

Blue September
Did you know men are twice as likely as women to die from cancers that in many cases can be prevented? It's time to face facts and get cancer aware. Proudly supporting Cancer Council, Blue September aims to raise awareness about cancers causing death in Australian men each year.You can reduce your risk of developing these cancers by making better lifestyle choices.

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White Ribbon Day

The White Ribbon Foundation of Australia
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Lieutenant General Ken Gillespie, Chief of Army is proud to be an Ambassador of the White Ribbon Foundation.

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Bowel Cancer Australia

Bowel Cancer & Digestive Research Institute Australia
We have embarked on our largest single research project to date and an Australian first – the establishment of an inaugural Chair in Bowel Cancer Research and associated Centre of Excellence.We support the Australian Government's National Bowel Cancer Screening Program and encourage participation by all Australians in appropriate screening for bowel cancer

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Prevent Child Abuse

Prevent Child Abuse Australia - A new, simple,effective approach to keep children safer from child serial abuse
Child sexual abuse is a public health problem that has devastating effects on the lives of children. At Prevent Child Abuse Australia we believe that child sexual abuse can be prevented, or at least its incidence can be significantly reduced. Protecting children from sexual assault is largely incorporated within services that deal with all forms of child abuse.

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