We acknowledge that the project will have a genuine impact on community members and landholders and appreciate that that these impacts may affect mental health. It is our hope to alleviate these impacts by engaging thoughtfully with the community to answer questions and seek input into the project. We will also work closely with landholders to seek to identify a location for transmission that minimises impacts.

We acknowledge that although we will do our best to mitigate impacts to mental health through the engagement process, professional support may be more useful for some community members and landholders.

We encourage anyone experiencing challenges to their own, a friend or a family member’s mental health and wellbeing to utilise the professional health and wellbeing support service engaged by TCV.

Community Support Service

Members of the community can contact the Community Support Service to make an appointment to speak to a professional counsellor for free and confidential advice.

The service engaged by TCV is Converge International.

Converge provides personalised and qualified counselling services, designed to support a variety of complex wellbeing issues.

Converge provides 24/7 service with more than 1,800 qualified clinical professionals providing mental health and wellbeing support.

The service is confidential, in that TCV does not see or have access to personal data.

However, Converge will need to collect personal data to support the person's access to the service.

Please call 1300 687 327 and reference 'VNI West'.