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It's not uncommon in waiting rooms to pick up a magazine from 2001. So a great way to recycle your magazines is to donate them to doctor’s surgeries, hospitals and medical centres.

That’s exactly how I recycled my Marie Claire this month. I chose to leave my mag with The Blue Mountains Women’s Health and Resource Centre in Katoomba.

The Women’s Health Centre is a feminist, community-based organisation, run by women for women. They are funded by NSW Health and NSW Community Services.

I personally prefer a Women's Health Centre over a medical centre for pap tests and contraception advice. Thursday nights are also free for women 25 and under to drop in without an appointment to see a GP.

They don’t just provide traditional medical practice but they also run women’s help groups and provide low cost counselling services. The Women’s Health Centre offers counselling for women by qualified and experienced female counsellors. They work with women on issues relating to depression, anxiety, grief, fertility and pregnancy. They also have counsellors, who specialise in domestic violence, sexual assault and childhood sexual assault. They can help refer you to legal advice, domestic violence court support, accommodation and couples counselling.
  
Here's a list of Women’s Health Centres around NSW   http://www.whnsw.asn.au/centres.htm

If you are a female who has been affected by verbal, physical or sexual abuse, and you'd like to talk to someone for professional advice, The Womens Health Clinic, is a perfect place for you to call or visit for help. But you can also see any GP to arrange a referral to a Psychologist. Psychologists' fees will be covered by Medicare, when you have a refferal from a GP. Medicare will cover up to 12 individual or group sessions. This is good to know if you are at all worried about the cost, or you think seeing a Psychologist is not worth it. If its free then you really have nothing to lose.

AM