Lifeline Northern Beaches Conselling and Support for Seniors
Our guests for the meeting were the Counselling Manager of Lifeline Northern Beaches (LLNB), Barbara Stenhouse accompanied by Clinical Lead for Support Groups and Psychological Services, Jane Dartanian. They were also joined by Iresha Lehane & Yvonne Watson from the Financial Counselling team - plus our club member Rhonda from the telephone counselling team, via ZOOM. The strong affiliation between Rotary Balgowlah and LLNB dates back many years. Audience in the RSL Balgowlah Wine Room Barbara and Jane talked about LLNB's low or no cost counselling services on offer to the community and that LLNB have grown their face-to-face counselling and support groups by over 200% in the past two years to meet the demand. Barbara and Jane outlined the trends in our community seeking support and how it's helping to reduce suicide rates on the Northern Beaches, together with the club-funded Support for Seniors program . Left to right: Iserha Lehane (LLNB), Jane