Directions Health Services

29/01/2026

📍 Canberra City, ACT

We'll have some changed service hours today due to the heatwave - Directions Health's mobile clinic, Chat to PAT, will be at Veterans Park today from 9:30am to 12:30pm.

The team will head back to the Woden office after this and be available for walk-in support.

Give us a call on 02 6132 4800 for more info.

29/01/2026

📍 Goulburn, NSW

Returning in 2026 to Pathways Goulburn - free legal support.

Give the team at Pathways Goulburn a call on 02 4824 6400 or follow us for updates.

28/01/2026

📍 Wagga Wagga, NSW

The Pathways Murrumbidgee team will be at Kooringal Kicks & Tricks on Thursday 29th Jan. With the ongoing heatwave conditions, the event will be moving inside the Bolton Park Stadium.

Come along for free food 🌭, free haircuts, styling & barber cuts 💇‍♂️ and free school supplies ✏️. Visit the Relax-Station 🧘‍♀️ to hang out and escape the heat with low-key games, mindfulness activities and giant beanbags, and visit the teams at the Healthy Hub for free general health checks, AOD and mental health info 🍎.

📅 Thursday 29th January 2026
🕚 1:00 - 5:00pm
📍 Bolton Park Stadium on Morgan Street

Follow for updates on the day.

22/01/2026

📍Canberra

Lift access to our Woden office in the Cosmo Centre on Bowes St is restricted for the rest of the day (Thursday). We apologise for any inconvenience.
Got an appointment in Woden? Give us a call for assistance accessing the office.

Our Chat to PAT van will not be at Ainslie Village this afternoon.

Need to access the Woden or Chat to PAT walk-in services urgently? Call us for a phone appointment or to make arrangements to come in on 02 6132 4800.

T25 Clinic will not be at Belconnen this afternoon. Call or text the team on 0455 587 062 to arrange a phone appointment or to make arrangements to come in.

16/01/2026

📍 Canberra City, ACT

CanTEST is open tonight from 6 to 9pm.

It's a completely free and confidential service - no appointments needed.

11/01/2026

📍 Merimbula, NSW

Our South Coast team from SHaWS will be at Festival of the DAD this weekend! The event aims to celebrate Dads and highlight the vital role they play in children's lives.

Festival of the DAD is a drug and alcohol free event. There'll be local food vendors, info from local community services, games and activities for the whole family and music from , the Banana Peel Sliders and

Dads who head to the SHaWS tent and join in with some of the activities there will get a $10 food stall voucher to use at the event 🌭🧋🍔

📍 Ford Park, Merimbula
📅 Saturday 17th January 2026
🕚 11:00am to 5:00pm

11/01/2026

📍 Online (CBR based)

Did you hear? We've partnered with our friends at Meridian ACT to take over the management of their existing SMART Recovery sessions.

Under Meridian's facilitation, the program has gained fantastic community support. If you'd like to receive updates and reminders about the new Directions LGBTQIA+ SMART Recovery meetings, to register to attend, you can visit https://au.meetings.smartrecovery.org/meetings/1573/

📅 Wednesdays
🕙 6:00 - 7:30pm
📍 Online

16/12/2025

We'll be at Festival of the Dad in Merimbula on 17th Jan - save the date!

Save the Date!! Saturday 17th Jan 2026 - hope to see you all down the park!

16/12/2025

Butterfield Property are kindly supporting Bega Mental Health Hub this holiday season through their annual Christmas raffle!

If you're in Bega you can grab a ticket from Butterfield Property on Carp Street - every ticket helps make a difference 💚

11/12/2025

📍 Canberra (various locations)

Where can you find Chat to PAT in the lead up to Christmas?

15th December
9:00am - 12:00pm @ Early Morning Centre, Canberra City
1:30pm - 4:00pm @ Windeyer Court, Watson

16th December
9:30am - 3:30pm @ Kanangra Court, Reid

18th December
9:30am - 3:30pm @ Ainslie Village, Campbell

19th December
9:30am - 12:00am @ Veterans Park, Canberra City

22nd December
9:00am - 12:00pm @ Early Morning Centre, Canberra City
1:30pm - 4:00pm @ Windeyer Court, Watson

Services will resume on 5th January in the new year.

03/12/2025

Looking for support over the Christmas period?
All of our programs in NSW and ACT will be closed from 3pm on Wednesday 24th December 2025 until 9am on Monday 5th January 2026.

During that time, we'll have some limited services available if you need to reach out 🧡

📍 New South Wales
We will have phone support available from 9am to 5pm on Monday 29th, Tuesday 30th and Wednesday 31st December.
During this time:
Pathways Goulburn and Pathways Murrumbidgee clients should call 0409 245 148.
Pathways Eurobodalla, Pathways Monaro, SHaWS and BMHH clients should call 0409 339 517.

📍 Canberra
From 10am to 2pm on Monday 29th, Tuesday 30th and Wednesday 31st December:
Althea Wellness Centre in Woden will have GP and Nurse scheduled appointments for existing clients;
Treatment & Support Services (TSS) in Woden will have walk-in and phone support services available (call 02 6132 4800 or come in);
and NSP Civic will be open.

CanTEST in the City will be open on Tuesday 30th from 4pm to 8pm.

📷 Gift donation from Canberra Circle of Women for NSP clients, Christmas 2025

02/12/2025

📍 National Zoo & Aquarium - Lady Denman Drive, Yarralumla, ACT

T25 Youth Group - what's on this week?

Join us for some fun and adventure at the National Zoo & Aquarium. A roaring way to end the year!
(Entry tickets are on us if you're under 25!)

Visit for more info.

📅 Thursday 4th December
🕙 10:00am - 12:00pm
📍 National Zoo & Aquarium - Lady Denman Drive, Yarralumla