Welcome to ME/CFS Australia (Tasmania)

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ME/CFS Australia (Tasmania) is the only state-wide support service for people with ME/CFS, their families, friends and carers in Tasmania. ME/CFS Australia (Victoria) auspices ME/CFS Australia (Tasmania), providing the only office in the state with a qualified, paid worker to support the Tasmanian ME/CFS community.

The office is staffed on Tuesdays and Fridays 9.00am – 12.30pm.

For information, support, details of health practitioners and support groups in Tasmania, please call ME/CFS Australia (Tasmania) on (03) 6224 2576. If the line is unstaffed, please leave a message and the Project Worker will get back to you as soon as possible.

Ph: (03) 6224 2576
Email: admin@mecfs-tas.org.au

ME/CFS Support Groups

Devonport

The Devonport Community House currently have regular support group meetings.  They meet every second Tuesday of the month except January from 2pm - 4pm. Groups are facilitated by a Community House worker, and family and friends are welcome.

The support groups at the Devonport Community House have up to 12 members who regularly attend sharing afternoon tea, books, information and tips. For more information or to register your interest, please contact Kate Beer, Coordinator, Devonport Community House Association Inc.

10 Morris Avenue
DEVONPORT TAS 7310
Ph. 6424 7060

Guest speaker bookings for 2010 include a reflexologist, podiatrist, iridologist and dietician.

Launceston

The Launceston Support Group meet at the Kingsmeadow Community Health Centre, McHugh Street on the 2nd Tuesday of every month at 11am - 1pm. A social group, they also keep in touch via phone. Currently the group has over over 15 members. Contact Sue Hilder for more information on 6344 3256.

We would like to help the younger people establish a teenage group and also a young adult group, and we would like ideas on how to do this.

For more information on support groups, please contact ME/CFS Australia (Tasmania) on 6224 2576.

ME/CFS Australia (Victoria)
15 Scott Street, Dandenong VIC 3175  | PO Box 7100, Dandenong VIC 3175
Support Line: (03) 9791 2199 | Admin: (03) 9791 3100 | Fax: (03) 9793 1866 | Email: admin@mecfs-vic.org.au
 
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