Mums In Distress
Keeping mums alive and in their kids lives
What is MIDs?
MIDs (or 'Mums in Distress') is a national support service for separated mums doing it tough. Suport is free, confidential, female friendly and non judgemental.ย
The things mums speak to us most about include:
Separation and divorce
Custody and contact issues
Parental alienation
Financial problems
Child support matters
Family and criminal Legal issues
Communication difficulties
Domestic violence
If you have any questions, call us on 1300 853437 (or book a callback from a female operator below). 1300 853 437.
Support
All support is 100% free, confidential, non judgemental and female friendly.ย
Immediate access
โ๏ธ Helpline (PRE-BOOKED WITH FEMALE OPERATOR)
Calls with a female MIDs (Mums in Distress) helpline operator need to be pre-booked using the calendar below.ย
โ๏ธ Helpline (no booking - male operators)
Call 1300 853 437, open 365 days of the year:
Mon - Tue:ย 9am to 7pm Sydney/Melbourne time zone (AEST/AEDT)
Wed - Sun:ย 9am to 5pm Sydney/Melbourne time zone (AEST/AEDT)
Operators are male - refer below to pre-book a female operator
โ๏ธ Email
By invitation after a booked call
๐ฅ๏ธ ZOOM - Online weekly MIDs Group
By invitation after a booked MIDs call (book call below)
๐ฌ Private MIDs 24/7 chat forum
By invitation after a booked MIDs call (book call below)
Why do you need to book a call before accessing our online groups?
These support services are specific to some (not all) separated mums
Those struggling with mental health challenges may find group support triggering and more detrimental than helpful
This is a non clinical support service and we are not mental health practitioners
Book a mum peer call ๐
This is a 1-2-1 support call but it's also your intake to join our online groups
Talk about how you feel, difficulties you're facing, child custody and contact issues, child support matters, legal problems, domestic violence, difficulties communicating with the other parent, parental alienation or anything else you're currently struggling with in relation to family breakdown.
Other support for mums
General health and wellbeing
Mental Health
Legal
Financial
Accommodation
Domestic Violence
Parental Alienation
Support for Kids
Other support
MIDs website early 2000's
History of MIDs
We've been looking after mums right from the start of our organisation in 1999, our charity originally being called 'Dads in Distress'.ย Separated mums would turn up at the meetings and were always made welcome.ย
Later, around 2004, we launched a dedicated support for mums called called 'Mums in Distress' (MIDs) to better focus on the needs of mums.
In 2016, we rebranded the overall charity to Parents Beyond Breakup to better reflect that we were equally supporting all parents, with separate and gender specific frontline programs 'Mums in Distress' and 'Dads in Distress'.ย
Here's a screenshot from our early website showing our original MIDs branding.ย
Today, 'Parents Beyond Breakup' is a fully gender neutral and gender inclusive national suicide prevention charity, focussing on supporting all parents post family breakdown. We're extremely proud to have joint Chairs of the Board (one male, one female) and having a high gender mix in our Board and HQ Operational team.