Culture Care

Culture Care is a free program for mental health carers from multicultural backgrounds living in Queensland. Many carers from these communities find it hard to access services and information. This can affect their wellbeing.

Culture Care workers can help. They listen and give support by phone or face-to-face (Brisbane area). Our team works with multicultural peer support workers and interpreters so we can offer language, cultural and Lived Experience support. Culture Care also has group programs and support groups for social connection, education and to find out more about available services.

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How can Culture Care help you?

If you look after someone in your family or community who often feels worried, stressed or sad, you may be a carer.

We can help you with:

your stress and worries
finding support, services and information
feeling less alone – connect you with others who understand what you are going through.

Culture Care offers two support groups to support its Mental health CALD Carers in the community — one located on the Northside (Everton Park) of Brisbane and the other on the Southside (Upper Mount Gravatt).

These groups provide a safe and welcoming environment where participants can:

share personal experiences
explore alternative coping strategies
learn simple, practical tools to enhance wellbeing
offer mutual support to fellow group members
or simply listen and reflect.

Support groups also serve as a valuable opportunity to connect Carers with services and resources offered by Arafmi and the World Wellness Group (WWG), designed to assist them in their caring roles.

Express your interest here.

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Who can Culture Care help?

Adults (over 18) from a multicultural background who look after someone with mental ill-health. This could be a family member, a friend, a neighbour or someone in the community.
Community and faith leaders, who are often the first point of contact for support in multicultural communities.

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How do I contact Culture Care?

Call the Multicultural Line and ask for someone from Culture Care.

Phone: 1300 079 020
Open: Monday to Friday from 9am to 4:30pm

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Thanks for being with us throughout the three days cooking for us and driving us around, taking us for dinner etc. I would also like to thank all the staff there for making us feel special and the hugs and kindness. May God bless you all and your families.

I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for inviting me for the three-day retreat. After thirteen months of life in pain and distress, I got this chance to relax and learn so much. You were like an angel showing us how to cope through our hard days and our life especially dealing with our loved ones who are not well. Sharing your knowledge and teaching basic and 'powerful' skills, gave me the strength and courage to put the past behind and move on to a better future.

I have come back home with good hopes for a better life.

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How can carers contact Arafmi?

Phone: 1300 554 660 or 1800 351 881 (from regional areas)
Email: carersupport@arafmi.com.au