Arafmi currently provides a service from the Carnarvon, Broome and Port Hedland offices.   Please click Location for more information.  

Services are also provided in the South West and Great Southern Mental Health Services in partnership with Bunbury Pathways and LAMP Inc.   Please click Location for more information.  

For carers in other regions professional Family Support Counsellors are available FREE, for one-to-one counselling for rural carers, either by telephone, or in person when visiting Perth. Appointments may be made by telephone, or in person when visiting Perth .
Although we can offer only limited face-to-face contact in many rural regions, we can provide information and other support via our freecall number:
 
1800 811 747

Our small but growing library contains books, videos, audio tapes and journal articles and newsletters of interest. These are available for loan free of charge to Arafmi members. Membership runs annually from 1/11 each year through 31/10 of the following year.

Arafmi acknowledges the difficulties that country members experience in accessing suitable reading material. In order to increase access to valuable information, a special policy for the lending of books from the Arafmi library has been introduced. Books may be posted to country members on loan (with a stamped return envelope enclosed). Arafmi members who pay full membership fees will be invoiced for the cost of postage both ways. Arafmi members who pay concessional fees will be invoiced for the cost of postage one-way.

Arafmi Aims to be responsive to carers in rural areas. We acknowledge the limitations to our current rural support services and we are eager to further our understanding of the issues facing families and friends in country regions.

We are also keen to establish links with existing service providers in rural areas, both non-government and government agencies, to determine regional needs and develop supportive networks.

Please contact our Family Support Workers on our Freecall number (1800 811 747) or e-mail arafmi@arafmi.asn.au to discuss how we may better meet the needs of carers living in your rural community.