ACT Health provides free support for adults who would like to improve their nutrition and health. Their team of Accredited Practising Dietitians and Allied Health Care Assistants can help clients individually or as part of a group. They also offer home visits for those who are home bound.

Their individual appointments offer dietary assessments and advice or counselling for nutrition related needs that are associated with medical conditions, including:

• Cardiovascular disease
• Chronic diseases
• Malnutrition
• Minor gastrointestinal conditions
• Overweight and Obesity
• Palliative care
• Wound healing

Please visit the website or contact the Community Health Centre intake line on (02) 5124 9977 for more information.

Gamblers Anonymous hold regular support meetings at Tuggeranong and Gungahlin to help those dealing with problem gambling.

Please visit the website or contact Gamblers Anonymous ACT/NSW on (02) 9726 6625 and ga_nsw [at] hotmail.com for more information.

Anglicare’s Gambling Help Counselling Service provides a confidential, professional counselling service for people affected by problem gambling. The service also provides information, education and community awareness.

Please visit the website or contact Anglicare Gambling Help on 1800 234 988 and helen.ford [at] anglicare.com.au for more information.

Juliana Lisboa APD offers a range of services including:

• Non-diet nutrition
• Sports nutrition
• Food intolerance management
• Women’s health
• Organisational nutrition

Please visit the website or contact Juliana Lisboa APD on 0444 518 082 for more information.

Gambling Help Online is a secure and confidential 24/7 online counselling service for anyone affected by gambling, including people concerned about their own gambling or people concerned about a family member or friend.

Their services include:

• Chat counselling
• Email support
• SMS services
• Forum access
• Self-help modules
• Self-assessments

Please visit the website or contact Gambling Help Online on 1800 858 858 for more information.

Focus ACT offer dietitian services to people living with disability in the ACT and NSW with additional services provided through My Aged Care, Medicare, and private sessions. Their dietician services allow participants and their families, carers and support providers to make positive lifestyle changes and achieve realistic nutrition goals.

Their services include:

• Dietary advice
• Counselling for lifestyle change
• Nutrition care plans
• Training for disability support workers
• Mealtime management plans
• Meal planning frameworks and adapted recipes
• Shopping and cooking skills training
• Workshops / group-based skills development
• NDIS Access and Nutrition Support Assessor

They also offer mobile services.

Please visit the website or contact Focus ACT on (02) 6282 9422 and dietetics [at] focusact.org for more information.

ACT Health offer a range of services including individual nutrition care, outpatient clinics and group education sessions as an initial point of contact for different types of diabetes. The service includes a multidisciplinary team of dieticians, diabetes educators, podiatrists, social workers and endocrinologists.

Group education services include:

• Gestational diabetes
• Pre-diabetes
• Step Two – introduction to Type 2 diabetes
• Staying well with diabetes
• Type 1 diabetes

This service is available at the Canberra Hospital, Centenary Hospital for Women and Children, Winnungah Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health Service and Tuggeranong, Belconnen and Gungahlin Community Health Centres.

Please visit the website or contact the ACT Heath Directorate on 13 22 81 for more information.

LiveLighter is an online resource which provides a range of tools and resources to assist with healthy living. These resources and tools include:

• Physical Activity Calculator to help work out recommended activity levels
• Junk Food Calculator to help work out how much junk food is consumed
• Healthy meal plans
• Recipe books
• Workout programs

Please visit the website for more information.

The Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine offers a free adult asthma education service on how to manage asthma.

Please visit the website or contact the Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine on (02) 5124 2066 and respsleep [at] act.gov.au for more information.

ACT Government walking and cycling maps show on-road cycling lanes, shared use paths, unsealed paths, roads and free bicycle parking facilities. The information on the maps reflect current ACT and NSW Road Rules and road and path safety advice. The service includes:

• Journey Planner for cycling and walking routes and distances
• Park & Pedal locations map in 3D on CycleLifeHQ
• Bike Stop locations on CycleLifeHQ
• Bike & Ride Map for locations of bike cages and bike rails

A physical copy of the maps can be purchased from the Canberra and Region Visitor's Centre or Pedal Power ACT.

Please visit the website or contact ACT Government on (02) 6248 7995 for more information.