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

The Hobart Clinic – July’s Free Carer Support Session

The Hobart Clinic is running a free Carer's Support Session on Tuesday the 6th of July, specifically focusing on Understadning Bipolar Affective [...]
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Heartache and Beyond Workshop

On the 19th of June, Mental Health Families and Friends TAS and Primary Health Tasmania are providing a half a day workshop for family members, [...]
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Caring Voices Newsletter (May 2021)

Read all about it ... in our latest newsletter including Tasmanian State Election Staff changes Volunteer opportunity Family & [...]
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Heartache and Beyond

Have you, or has someone you know, lost someone to suicide? Would you like to connect with others impacted by suicide bereavement? [...]
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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 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 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 .