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[email protected]

Resource Centre
Level 2, 210 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
Open 10am – 5pm Mon, Wed, Thurs
(closed public holidays)

Become a Peer Support Volunteer

Apply by Monday 21 April to join our 2025 intake, and use your cancer experience to help other women.

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Support for women by women

Counterpart brings together women with shared experiences to offer strength, information, and hope during difficult times.

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Webinar: menopause after cancer treatment

Our latest webinar explains menopause symptoms as a result of cancer treatment, and gives suggestions about how they can be managed.

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Our year in review

Counterpart's Year in Review 2023–24 looks back on the highlights of our service and support for women with cancer.

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What we do

We are a free and confidential service of Women's Health Victoria. Our Peer Support Volunteers have experienced a cancer diagnosis and are here to listen and support you. We also run events online and across Victoria, and provide reliable information.

I would never say I’ve walked in another’s shoes, but having walked a similar path means I can offer support that others aren’t always able to.
Greta, Peer Support Volunteer
I wish I’d found Counterpart earlier in my cancer experience. I may not have felt so alone. To be able to speak to a volunteer would have brought much comfort and information that would have been invaluable.
Helen, Counterpart service user
The Peer Support Volunteers understood my fears, the stress of navigating a cancer diagnosis and they are brilliant at answering questions and empathising.
Ashleen, Counterpart service user

Latest news

What’s new – March 2025
What’s new – March 2025
Posted March 17, 2025
Category Latest News

What’s new in March, with links to support, information and other items of interest. Advance Care Planning Week Study: Psychosocial care and the role... 

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Lymphoedema: what you need to know
Lymphoedema: what you need to know
Posted March 4, 2025
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March is Lymphoedema Awareness Month, so we are sharing information for people who have had treatment for cancer and may be at risk of... 

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Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month is happening now
Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month is happening now
Posted February 11, 2025
Category Latest News

Every February, Counterpart joins others in acknowledging Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. We support the important work others are doing to educate women about ovarian... 

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What’s new – February 2025
What’s new – February 2025
Posted February 10, 2025
Category Latest News

What’s new in February, with links to support, information and other items of interest. National Medically Induced Menopause Survey Study on advanced cancer online... 

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What’s new – January 2025
What’s new – January 2025
Posted January 14, 2025
Category Latest News

What’s new in January, with links to support, information and other items of interest. 4 February is World Cancer Day Cancer Council Australia study... 

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Alps to Ocean fundraiser
Alps to Ocean fundraiser
Posted December 12, 2024
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The weather was touch and go, showing signs of bad conditions in the days leading up to the flight. Theresa and Delia kept a... 

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