Mind Australia has been chosen to deliver the new Medicare Mental Health Centre in Cairns, Queensland.
Medicare Mental Health Centres are jointly funded by the Australian and Queensland governments, via the local Primary Health Network, to provide a safe and welcoming place for people experiencing mental health challenges to access free, quality mental health and wellbeing support.
Every community is different. That’s why it’s important that Mind Australia and its partners understand the challenges, different cultural backgrounds and beliefs of people in each of the three regions in which we deliver Mental Health and Wellbeing Local services.
One Door Mental Health staff and volunteers were delighted to connect with the LGBTIQA+ community and celebrate diversity and inclusion at Mardi Gras Fair Day at Sydney’s Victoria Park.
The Canterbury Head to Health service in New South Wales is rebranding and will soon be called the Canterbury Medicare Mental Health Centre.
While the name is changing, people living in Sydney’s west will continue to benefit from a safe and welcoming space at the centre located at Level 1, Suite 10, 1205 Canterbury Road, Wiley Park (NSW).
This article by members of Mind’s Research team (Dr Lauren Gibson, Helena Roennfeldt, Edith Botchway) and members of Mind’s Lived Experience team (Katie Larsen, Deb Carlon) was originally published in Volume 38 – Issue 1 of Parity.
By Belinda Gazic and Marnie Deller.
Mental health challenges are a strong predictor of unstable housing throughout a person’s life. Without access to stable, supported accommodation, cycles of unwellness, housing instability and interactions with clinical systems persist. ₁ (Brackertz, Borrowman, Roggenbuck, Pollock, & Davis, 2020).