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Building healthier lives together. AccessHC provide a diverse range of health and community services across 18 locations.

Access Health and Community (AccessHC) is a not-for-profit community health organisation, with over 150 years of history in supporting communities in Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrung Country (in the east, north or north-east of Melbourne)

With caring at its centre, AccessHC’s mission is to build healthier lives within the community. Our services include GP, dental care, allied health, child and family services, mental health and alcohol and other drug services. We operate headspace Hawthorn and Malvern and community organisations including Camcare, Hawthorn Community House and Manningham Men’s Shed. AccessHC works within the community to address issues which can lead to ill health and operate a range of health education and disease prevention programs. With a commitment to help everyone in the community, AccessHC strives to proactively connect with and remove barriers for people who are hardly-reached. To find out more about what we do visit our website:
accesshc.org.au/about

22/12/2025

The holidays are almost here, and it’s time for our hardworking teams to take a well-deserved break! ✨

AccessHC and Inspiro will be closed for the holiday period from Wednesday 24 December 2025 and will reopen on Monday 5 January 2026.

The Richmond Urgent Care Clinic, Lilydale Medicare Urgent Care Clinic and other essential services will remain open. Check the details at: https://loom.ly/j_DJas0

For medical emergencies, call Triple Zero (000).

Wishing you a safe, healthy and joyful holiday season.

See you in the new year!

21/12/2025

🚨🩺 URGENT CARE CLINIC OPENING HOURS 🩺🚨

This post will be updated with any changes to the Lilydale Medicare Urgent Care Clinic and Richmond Urgent Care Clinic opening hours throughout the holiday period.

OPENING HOURS
Urgent Care Clinics are generally open everyday, including public holidays.
Changes to these hours will be listed below.
As our opening hours and wait times can change at short notice, please call our team to confirm these details.

LILYDALE: 17 Clarke Street. Located at Inspiro
Tuesday 23 December: 8am – 10pm
Wednesday 24 December: 8am – 3pm
Thursday 25 December: 8am – 10pm
Friday 26 December: 8am – 10pm
Saturday 27 December: 8am – 10pm
Sunday 28 December: 8am – 10pm
Monday 29 December: 8am – 10pm
Tuesday 30 December: 8am – 10pm
Wednesday 31 December: 8am – 10pm
Thursday 1 January: 8am – 10pm
Friday 2 January: 8am – 3pm

RICHMOND: 21-31 Goodwood Street. Located at Access Health and Community
Tuesday 23 December: 8am - 10pm
Wednesday 24 December: 8am – 10pm
Thursday 25 December: 8am – 10pm
Friday 26 December: 8am – 10pm
Saturday 27 December: 8am – 10pm
Sunday 28 December: 8am – 10pm
Monday 29 December: 8am – 10pm
Tuesday 30 December: 8am – 10pm
Wednesday 31 December: 8am – 10pm
Thursday 1 January: 8am – 10pm
Friday 2 January: 8am – 10pm

19/12/2025

The Lilydale Medicare Urgent Care Clinic will open on Monday 22 December.

Medicare Urgent Care Clinics are bulk billed, open for extended business hours, and people won't need an appointment or referral.

The clinic is for when you need urgent health care, but it’s not life threating, and when it can’t wait for an appointment with your regular GP.

This includes treatments for conditions like infections, fevers, cuts, burns, fractures, and sprains.

📍Find us at 17 Clarke Street, in the Inspiro building.

We will initially be open between 8am and 3pm. For opening hours and up to date information visit: https://accesshc.org.au/urgent-care-lilydale/

18/12/2025

Camcare Inc assists those from Boroondara and neighbouring areas who are facing personal hardships...

05/12/2025

We are thrilled to share that Access Health and Community will be opening the Lilydale Medicare Urgent Care Clinic at Inspiro - 17 Clarke Street - later in December.

The Lilydale Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (UCC) will be bulk billed, open for extended business hours, and people won't need an appointment or referral.

The clinic is for when you need urgent health care, but it’s not life threating, and when it can’t wait for an appointment with your regular GP. This includes treatments for conditions like infections, fevers, cuts, burns, fractures, and sprains.

The Lilydale Medicare Urgent Care Clinic will help people in the Yarra Ranges get the care they need, when and where they need it, and help to reduce pressure on emergency departments. We’re proud to help bring this essential service to the Yarra Ranges.

The Lilydale Medicare Urgent Care Clinic is an initiative funded by the Australian Government.

Keep an eye on our website and social media for opening details and updates: https://loom.ly/oi4Y5HU

04/12/2025

“Volunteering allows me to do something productive that is not paid employment, and I’m united with other volunteers who are all doing something good for someone else.”

This quote came from one of our volunteers, Kathy, who gives her time to help at Camcare Inc. and the Parenting Outreach Program.

Today is International Volunteer Day, and we're saying a big thank you to all of our volunteers who make our work supporting communities possible.

International Volunteer Day is a day to celebrate and acknowledge that every act of volunteering, big or small, makes a huge difference.

❤️ Thank you to all of the many volunteers at AccessHC, whom all make an enormous difference in delivering our services.

03/12/2025

Happy International Day of People with Disability!

International Day of People with Disability (IDPwD) is a United Nations Day that promotes awareness, understanding, and acceptance of people with disability.

Every year on 3 December, IDPwD is observed all around the world. It's a chance for us to come together—share stories, celebrate, and learn how we can all work towards a more inclusive future for everyone.

To recognise the day, AccessHC is celebrating disability inclusion with events and guest speakers across our organisation.

We’ve been lucky to hear from people with disability, and from carers, about their lived experience, and about how we can support disability inclusion. Thank you to everyone who so generously shared their stories with us.

01/12/2025

Today is World AIDS Day ❤️

This is a day to:
♥️ Support people living with HIV
📖 Raise awareness of prevention, treatment and care
👊 Stand up against stigma and discrimination
🕯️ Remember those we've lost to AIDS related illness

What we know today:
- HIV is NOT spread by hugging, touch or sharing food
- HIV and AIDS are different. HIV is the virus, and AIDS can develop later if HIV is not treated
- HIV can be managed long term with the right medication
- Effective treatment stops sexual transmission of HIV when medication is working correctly

Learn more:
World AIDS Day Australia: https://www.worldaidsday.org.au
Global message from UNAIDS: https://loom.ly/dvVMkEI
Myth Busting video: https://loom.ly/E2hMSgg

25/11/2025

Get all the latest information on feeding, active play and nutrition for your baby by signing up for free INFANT sessions! 👶🍼💛

Sessions will be starting soon in Upwey - and there are still places available!

The program supports new mums, dads and carers with feeding, healthy eating and active play in the first 18 months of their baby's life.

Four face-to-face group sessions are led by a maternal and child health professional when the baby is around 3, 6, 9, and 12 months old.

👉 Register for the Upwey sessions today: https://bit.ly/3Kgvi5X

ℹ️ For more information and session times visit: https://loom.ly/f6FJV8A

23/11/2025

🌱 Respect grows through understanding 🌳

We are proud to support 16 Days of Activism (25 Nov to 10 Dec), a global movement to end gender-based violence and inequality.

Together we can create safe, supportive spaces where everyone can thrive - and nurture meaningful conversations about respect amongst friends, families and communities.

We encourage our community to visit a Unite Tree and share what respect, unity or kindness means to you by writing or drawing on a blank leaf.

Help these beautiful trees blossom into interactive displays of community storytelling and connection. 🧡💛

Crafted in partnership with Mt Evelyn Men’s Shed, the Unite Trees will be on display until 15 December 2025 at the following locations:

🌳 The Belgrave Hub - 1616/1624 Burwood Hwy, Belgrave
🌳 Lilydale Library - Jarlo Drive, Lilydale
🌳 Mt Evelyn Community House - 50 Wray Cres, Mount Evelyn

If you can’t visit in person but still want to participate, you can share your thoughts via the link below, and we’ll display it on a leaf and attach it to a Unite Tree for you.

✍️ Share your message here: https://loom.ly/tmgXSkk ✍️

Find out more: https://loom.ly/YqDKbYU

1800RESPECT is the national domestic, family and sexual violence counselling, information and support service.
Call 1800 737 732 or visit 1800respect.org.au.

16/11/2025

Did you know that there is a new lung cancer screening program available that can help to detect lung cancer early, when treatment is most effective?

🫁This new program offers free low dose CT scans to people aged 50–70 with a history of smoking.

For more information and to check your eligibility, book an appointment with one of our GPs here: https://loom.ly/YT4L0xc

Lung cancer screening saves lives.

14/11/2025

🏳️‍⚧️This week is Trans Awareness Week!🏳️‍⚧️
Every year, from November 13-19, Trans Awareness Week is held to celebrate transgender, gender diverse, and nonbinary people—as well as raise awareness about the issues they still face in our society.
It's also a time to get involved—by learning how to be allies, we can all help to create a more fair and equal world for everyone.
Here are some of Transgender Victoria's top tips for being a Trans Awareness Week Ally:
🩵Learn - find out more about what it means to be trans, and listen/read real stories from trans people
🩷Celebrate - champion diversity by attending things like Trans Day of Visibility, or other community events
🤍Amplify - lift up the voices of trans and gender diverse people, start by sharing Trans Awareness Week posts!

For more information about the meaning of Trans Awareness Week, or events happening in your area, make sure to visit the Trans Month website: https://loom.ly/6ikLo7g

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Access Health and Community is a not-for-profit community health service caring for the inner east of Melbourne, particularly the cities of Boroondara, Manningham and Yarra.

We provide a diverse range of health and well-being services including GP and dental care, mental health, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech pathology and other allied health services. We also offer child and family services as well as NDIS Early Childhood Intervention and specialist drug and other alcohol services. We also work within the community to address issues which can lead to ill health and offer a range of health and community programs at the Hawthorn Community House and the Manningham Men’s Shed.

Our purpose is to build healthier lives together with our communities and deliver excellent health services for all. Many of our services operate with Government support and are designed to support access for all income levels