
We appreciate your interest in becoming a Volunteer Crisis Supporter with Lifeline Canberra and invite you to read and link to further information below.
The next Crisis Supporter Information Session will be on Thursday 22 May 2025 at 6pm till 7pm via Zoom
To register your interest or if you would like to know more about becoming a Telephone Crisis Support Volunteer please email:
TCSVolunteerEnquiries@act.lifeline.org.au
We appreciate all of your support.
Empathy over expertise: Lifeline welcomes volunteers from all backgrounds
From chefs to police officers, teachers to librarians, all genders, young and old, Lifeline’s volunteer crisis supporters come from every walk of life.
Lifeline Canberra programs manager Alisha Tarrant shares with the RiotACT, everything it takes to answer crisis calls.


What it’s like being a Lifeline crisis support counsellor during the coronavirus pandemic.
ABC Life by Ruben Mackellar, as told to Moataz Hamde
I’m a Lifeline crisis support counsellor.
Over the past couple of months, we’ve received more calls for help than any other time in Lifeline’s 57-year history.
People from all walks of life, from all over Australia waiting in the call queue.