Mental Health Families and Friends Tasmania – Families and friends of people affected by mental ill health

Media Release – New website design for MHFFTas

MENTAL HEALTH FAMILIES AND FRIENDS TO LAUNCH NEW WEBSITE DESIGN DATE: Monday 20 March 2023 RELEASE: IMMEDIATE Mental [...]
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Eligibility Rules For The Disability Support Pension

Eligibility rules for the Disability Support Pension have been updated, effective from 1 April 2023. Under the new legislation, people with mental [...]
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Rising Together Report

The Rising Together study was a co-produced study funded by the Centre for Mental Health Learning (CMHL) and led by the University of Melbourne. The [...]
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Last chance to take part in the 2023 Carer Wellbeing Survey.

If you are a carer, Carers Australia wants to hear from you. Please take the time to complete the 2023 Carer Wellbeing Survey and be entered into a [...]
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The primary organisation providing systemic advocacy for and with mental health families and friends in Tasmania.

We do this through:

Ensuring mental health families and friends have access to quality personal support, peer support and knowledge of available mental health and alcohol and other drugs services and families and friends support.
Providing training, education and information for mental health families and friends about the practical aspects of advocating for their care recipient and building their own capacity to continue to provide support.
Providing families and friends with relevant information on current policies in relation to mental health and alcohol and other drug funding of services both locally and nationally and avenues to provide feedback on their implementation.
Ensuring mental health families and friends have input to research development and implementation.
Recruiting, training and supporting mental health families and friends to participate in our Families and Friends Representation Program which ensures their perspective is represented on Tasmania’s Mental Health Services committees, staff selection panels and consultation forums.
Supporting Statewide Mental Health Services to consult with and learn from mental health families and friends.
Representing the “Caring Voice” across Government and non-Government Mental Health Services in how to engage with mental health families and friends .