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).
Mind Australia, Ballarat Community Health and Grampians Community Health are delighted to announce the official opening of the Grampians Mental Health and Wellbeing Connect – a centre providing lived experience-led support for family members, carers, kin and other people who support someone experiencing mental health and/or substance use challenges.
Mind Australia and Primary Care Connect are seeking expressions of interest to help design a new compassionate community based support service in Shepparton, Victoria.
The One Door Mental Health Fellowship has celebrated its one-year anniversary at an end-of-year gathering at Parramatta Town Hall in New South Wales.
Referrals for Mind Australia’s LGBTIQA+ Aftercare support service have increased 65% between 2023 and 2024.