Last Thursday 23rd and Friday 24th, Being held its Annual Consumer Workers Forum for 2017 at the Mercure Hotel in Sydney. This forum was attended by well over 70 NSW Health consumer peer workers across the state. It was wonderful to have so many voices of peer workers present in one setting and to […]
Read moreThe winner of this year’s Australian Mental Health Prize says more needs to be done to include people with a lived experience of mental health issues in the development of services. Janet Meagher has schizophrenia and has spent the last 37 years advocating on behalf of people with mental illness and psychosocial disabilities. She is […]
Read moreSt Vincent’s are presenting a five-day Open Dialogue Training Seminar where Australian expert trainers will present core theoretical principles and teach Open Dialogue psychotherapeutic skills through hands-on training exercises. The teachers are Carl Gray, Judith Brown, Kristof Mikes-Liu, and Niels Buus. Send your inquiries about the seminar to: niels.buus@sydney.edu.au Please register at SVHS’s website. Places are limited – first […]
Read moreTime: 10am – 1pm (Registrations open at 9.30) Date: Friday 9th March 2018 Location: Glebe Town Hall, 160 St Johns Road Glebe NSW Alternatives to Suicide is an innovative peer led suicide prevention program from the Massachusetts Recovery Learning Community (USA). Being and inside out & associates australia are pleased to bring Caroline Mazel-Carlton and […]
Read moreCaroline Mazel-Carlton Caroline Mazel-Carlton first interfaced with psychiatry at the age of eight, and years later was able to find a path out of a world defined by diagnoses and medications through roller derby, social activism. Since moving out of a staffed group home eight years ago, she has worked tirelessly to create change in […]
Read moreFor more information about the new job opportunity at Being, follow the link below: Project Coordinator – Co-located in Sydney and Wollongong 1 year Fixed Term – Full-time (38 hours per week over 5 days) This exciting, new role will involve managing a portfolio of projects including developing Consumer Engagement Strategies, designing and facilitating community events, […]
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