Denise Cumming, Mind Australia’s recently appointed Executive Director of Operations for New South Wales, is excited to be part of the 2026 One Door Mental Health Symposium this month. Denise will be welcoming attendees, making some opening remarks and is looking forward to participating in the interactive panel discussions through the day long program.
Mind Australia is now accepting applications for the second round of the Victorian government’s Peer Cadet Program.
Mind is one of nine community service organisations taking part in the program, which provides paid employment opportunities for people with lived and living experience of mental ill-health.
Thought provoking presentations and passionate discussions were the order of the day at the 2026 One Door Mental Health Symposium held in Sydney on Wednesday 20 May.
Families and carers of people experiencing mental health and wellbeing challenges in the Ballarat, Horsham, Stawell, Daylesford, Edenhope, Great Western, Hopetoun, Kaniva, Nhill, St Arnaud, Warracknabeal and Ararat areas will be able to get support from a new service to be provided by Mind Australia in partnership with Ballarat Community Health and Grampians Community Health.
Mind Australia welcomes the continuation of funding for essential mental health services in the Victorian Budget announced today.
Researcher Helena Roennfeldt’s own experience has been the catalyst for her interest in the personal meanings of mental health crises.
By Leilani Darwin, Director, Mind Australia. Leilani is a proud Quandamooka woman, whose ancestral home is Stradbroke Island.
When you are somebody who happens to work nationally across both the mental health and suicide prevention sectors you would hope that finding help would be possible. What if I told you that it is, in fact, the complete opposite?
Mind Australia has signed the Changing the Landscape Statement to advocate for better, peer led, suicide prevention services for LGBTIQA+SB* people.
The Changing the Landscape campaign is a project of Switchboard Victoria, generously funded by LGBTIQ+ Health Australia’s Mindout Program.
Students in Victoria studying a Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work will soon be able to apply for a cadetship with Mind through the Victorian government’s Peer Cadet Program.
Mind is one of nine community service organisations taking part in the program, which provides paid employment opportunities for people with lived and living experience of mental health challenges.