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Mind CEO Gill Callister said the exponential growth of the Haven Foundation’s building program and recognition of Mind’s lived experience leadership have made this a landmark year for Mind Australia.
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Mind Australia’s new Family, Friends and Carers Support (FFCS) provides targeted support to young people who care for someone with mental ill-health or drug and alcohol addiction.
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The phrase ‘knowledge is power’ sounds good in theory, but it has not been a reality for people with a lived experience of mental ill-health in Australia.
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Victorians studying a Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work will soon be able to apply for the 2025/2026 intake of the Peer Cadet Program.
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Mind Australia Peer Practitioner Jesse Rochow says peer support brings acceptance, empathy and understanding into a person’s mental health recovery journey.
Peer practitioners, like Jesse, use their own lived experience of mental health and wellbeing challenges to provide practical and emotional support to others who are struggling.
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Mind Australia congratulates Dr Louise Byrne, who has been awarded the Australian Mental Health Prize 2024, in the Lived Experience category.
The Australian Mental Health Prize was established in 2016 by the University of NSW. Each year the prestigious award recognises Australians who have made outstanding contributions to mental health advocacy, research, and service provision.
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Mind Australia is encouraged by the Queensland Government’s Better Care Together plan for mental health and alcohol and other drug (AOD) services.
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The link between mental health and safe, secure housing was a prominent theme during Mind Australia’s second webinar in the ‘Respect in action’ series.
Mind’s Respect in action webinars are designed to foster conversations and provide an opportunity to learn more about the mental health needs of people from all backgrounds, ages and abilities.
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Mind Australia is delighted to announce Victoria’s first Lived Experience Residential Service will be developed in Moolap, a suburb in Greater Geelong.
Mind is delivering the groundbreaking Victorian Government service with strong local support from Barwon Health.
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Mind’s inaugural Stratford Lecture brought together nearly 200 lived experience advocates and supporters – in Melbourne and livestreamed nationally - to celebrate excellence in lived experience leadership and its capacity to challenge and change how the mental health system functions.