Support Act

Support Act is Australia's only charity delivering crisis relief services to musicians, crew and music workers as a result of ill health, injury, a mental health problem, or some other crisis (such as COVID-19) that impacts on their ability to work in music. It was established with support from founding members, ARIA PPCA and APRA AMCOS, and incorporated as a public company limited by guarantee on 7 August 1997. It was granted charity status in 2000. The Support Act Wellbeing Helpline was established in June 2018 to provide free, confidential phone counselling to anyone working in Australian music who needs to talk about any aspect of their mental health. The service was expanded to all arts workers in May 2020 thanks to financial assistance from the Australian Government through the Office for the Arts. It can be accessed by calling #1800 959 500.