Lifeline (Crisis Support Service) - International Operations

International Operations

Lifeline is part of an international network and through LifeLine International has centres in nineteen countries. All Lifeline Centres adopt the same standards but use different names in some countries. For example, in Canada the service is called Telecare; in Japan, Inochi no Denwa (meaning "life phone"); and in the United States of America, Contact.

Lifeline is also a member of the Volunteer Emotional Support Helplines (VESH) – a partnership between Befrienders Worldwide, International Federation of Telephone Emergency Services (IFOTES) and LifeLine International. Members have pledged to work together to provide an effective telephone crisis counselling service throughout the world. The VESH network of volunteer counsellors provides services in 61 countries.