Lifeline Shop Lismore (Magellan Street) Lifeline Northern Rivers

Lifeline Northern Rivers operates 6 retail outlets which allows are volunteer crisis supporters to answer phone calls from the Lifeline 131114 crisis line. In 2015 our volunteers answered more than 16,000 calls. About 800 of those calls were from people at high risk of suicide. Every call we answer costs us about $20.00 in operational expenses related to recruiting, training, mentoring and supporting our volunteers.