SAFE SPACES PEER SUPPORT
Peer support is where people use their own lived experience to support each other. The aim of peer support is to bring together people with shared experiences to support each other, learn from each other, connect with each other, is space where they are accepted and understood.
Our Safe Spaces Peer Support Program is for those who support or supported a family member and or friend who lives with or lived with mental ill health and or alcohol and other drug use (AOD). Your role as a mental health and or AOD family and friend is invaluable, and your experiences and needs are valid and deserve to be acknowledge, recognised, and understood.
Not sure if you are a mental health and or AOD family and friend?
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Do you support someone who is living with and or struggling with their mental ill health and or AOD use?
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Do you support your family member and or friend’s mental, emotional, social, financial, practical, and or physical health?
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Are you impacted by your family member and or friend’s mental ill health and or AOD use?
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Are you feeling burnout, like you need to talk to people who get it, or like you need some support?
Then…
These sessions provide an opportunity to listen to, and share your own, experiences with others who are also support persons. We know that connecting is important for self-care and your continued wellbeing, and we know that mental health and AOD families and friends can feel isolated, disconnected, and alone.
In these sessions, families and friends talk about the things that really matter and impact them, such as:
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managing medications
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managing expectations
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boundary settings
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advocating for ourselves and our loved ones
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managing grief and loss
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where to find help and support
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how we look after ourselves
and so much more.
We invite you to come along to our online and or face-to-face peer support sessions; to share your story and make connections that will help you maintain resilience, cope with challenges, strengthen your support role, feel understood and heard, and feel less alone and isolated.
This is a safe space and time just for you, so you’re welcome to come along for a whole session or just a little while. You can share your story, or you can just listen.
These sessions are only for:
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mental health and or AOD families and friends.
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mental health and or AOD families and friends living in Tasmania.
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mental health and or AOD families and friends who are over the age of 18.
Our sessions are NOT open people with lived and living experience of mental ill health and or AOD use.
These sessions are NOT open to those who work in service provision and are coming in their work capacity. If you work in service provision, but in your personal life, support a family member and or friend living with mental ill health and or AOD use, then you are more than welcome, we just ask that you wear your “family and friend hat”.
INFORMATION & REGISTRATION
STATEWIDE ONLINE SAFE SPACES
HOBART PEER SUPPORT
LAUNCESTON PEER SUPPORT
DEVONPORT PEER SUPPORT
Email admin@mhff.org.au or phone 6228 7448 for more information
Statewide Online Safe Spaces Peer Support Sessions:
Wednesday 8th of March at 1pm-2pm | Register for this session HERE
Wednesday 8th of March at 5:30pm-6:30pm | Register for this session HERE
Wednesday 12th of April at 1pm-2pm | Register for this session HERE
Wednesday 12th of April at 5:30pm-6:30pm | Register for this session HERE
Hobart Face to Face Safes Space Sessions:
Wednesday March 15th at 5:30pm – 7pm | MHFFTas – 2 Terry Street, Glenorchy | Register HERE
Wednesday April 19th at 5:30pm – 7pm | MHFFTas – 2 Terry Street, Glenorchy | Register HERE
Thursday April 20th at 12pm – 1:30pm | Peacock Centre – 10 Elphinstone Road, North Hobart | Register HERE
Launceston Face to Face Safe Spaces Sessions:
Wednesday April 5th at 5:30pm – 7pm | Head to Health – 62-64 Canning Street, Launceston | Register HERE
Thursday April 6th at 12pm – 1:30pm | Head to Health – 62-64 Canning Street, Launceston | Register HERE
WednesdayJune 7th at 5:30pm – 7pm | Head to Health – 62-64 Canning Street, Launceston | Register HERE
Thursday June 8th at 12pm – 1:30pm | Head to Health – 62-64 Canning Street, Launceston | Register HERE
We are still offering one on one chat over coffee with the Lived Experience Project Officer while we are in Launceston.
If you are interested, give us a call on 0429 121 576, or email Rahnee, at rahnee@mhff.org.au
Devonport Face to Face Safe Spaces Sessions:
Wednesday May 3rd at 5:30pm – 7pm | Rural Health Tasmania – 1/64 Best Street, Devonport | Register HERE
Thursday May 4th at 12pm – 1:30pm | Rural Health Tasmania – 1/64 Best Street, Devonport | Register HERE
Wednesday July 5th at 5:30pm – 7pm | Rural Health Tasmania – 1/64 Best Street, Devonport | Register HERE
Thursday July 6th 12pm – 1:30pm | Rural Health Tasmania – 1/64 Best Street, Devonport | Register HERE
We are still offering one on one chat over coffee with the Lived Experience Project Officer while we are in Devonport.
If you are interested, give us a call on 0429 121 576, or email Rahnee, at rahnee@mhff.org.au
How do I use Zoom?
You will be able to attend our Online Safe Spaces chats using Zoom. You do not need your own account to register, just the link and meeting ID that we send you.
We are conscious of your privacy and have taken measures to ensure your security when using Zoom. These include a specific password for each meeting and suggestions for maintaining your privacy during our meetings. For more information, please take a look at the guidelines for our video chats.
If this is your first time using Zoom, don’t worry, many of us have not used Zoom before! Please look at the step by step instructions on how to join the Zoom meeting. If things are still feeling a bit unfamiliar, you can get in touch with us by email.
Based on your feedback, we have decided to run the Online Safe Spaces sessions fortnightly. Each session will be held at 6.30 pm on a Wednesday evening or 1:00 pm on a Wednesday lunch time and will run for 1 to 1.5 hours.
The sessions will be held in English.
Before joining us online, please read our guidelines for video chats.
