Support on your Production

Screen Well works with individuals, educators, businesses and industry to improve the mental health and wellbeing outcomes of the Australian Screen Industry. We have created this page to connect you to trusted, free, confidential, 24/7 helplines, and resources that you might find useful on your current production.

The production you’re currently working on wants to make you aware of some helpful support pathways for yourself, or a peer you’re worried might be struggling with a mental health challenge - so they’ve shared this page with you.

Support Act Wellbeing Helpline - 1800 959 500

A free, confidential, 24/7 counselling service for anyone working in the Australian music, arts or screen industry.

Lifeline - 13 11 14

A national charity providing Australians experiencing a personal crisis access to 24 hour crisis support and suicide prevention services.

13 Yarn - 13 92 76

A crisis support line for mob who are feeling overwhelmed or having difficulty coping. Confidential, one-on-one yarning opportunity, 24/7.

Feeling stressed, anxious or down? Whether for work reasons or otherwise, you might find these resources from Beyond Blue helpful.

Beyond Blue’s anxiety and depression test

Completing this test will help you understand what kind of support you might need right now.

Finding a mental health professional

This page explains what different mental health professionals do and how to find mental health services near you.

Free guides and posters for your production

What producers and production managers have said

  • “Screen Well Is a vital part of our industry. From helping us all to normalise mental health to be in our everyday conversations and work practises to providing great resources, research and education. Screen Well’s journey has only just begun and needs more funding and industry support to continue supporting us”.

    Ange Lavey-Manche, freelance production manager

  • "It's all too easy in the busy environment of a production to miss the small but vital details that can make a big difference to the mental health of our crews. Screen Well's practical resources offer that opportunity to step back, recognise and implement a range of strategies that will change our industry culture for the better. They've done all the research and hard work for us, and provided information, templates and ideas that can be easily used on a project of any scale.”

    Kirsty Stark, producer, CrewHQ

  • "For far too long we have accepted unhealthy work practices as the norm in our industry and these have come at a high cost in terms of mental wellbeing. Screen Well is the first organisation to properly look at how we can better resource productions, cast and crew to manage this challenge and I welcome using their guides on our future productions at Film Art Media”.

    Sue Maslin AO, producer, Film Art Media

  • "Industry resources from Screen Well are free and support producers and production teams provide basic well being focused processes for everyone. It takes the pressure off not knowing what to do or 'getting it wrong’.”

    Chloe Rickard, executive producer, Jungle Entertainment

  • "Screen Well has some of the most important, practical resources directly applicable to our industry that is so easy to incorporate! I love that they are free and accessible for anyone to use - it makes my job that much easier."

    Tsu Shan Chambers, Actor, Writer, Producer, Wise Goat Productions