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

Headspace Youth Reference Group

Headspace are currently on the hunt for some young people to join the Youth Reference Group. Meetings are fortnightly on a [...]
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Subject: Media release: Launceston Head to Health moves to new purpose-built premises

Subject: Media release: Launceston Head to Health moves to new purpose-built premises We would like to share the attached media release, which [...]
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Carers Tasmania – Community discussions info and dates on NDIS with carers

You may be aware that on Tuesday, 18 October 2022, the Hon Bill Shorten MP announced a review of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). The [...]
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Family and Friends Needs Analysis Report

Mental Health Families and Friends Tasmania have recently completed a Statewide consultation with families and friends who have lived and or living [...]
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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 .