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- Media Release Mental Health Week October 2016
- Response to our online survey & Engagement Think Tank Workshop
- 33rd Annual Report
- State Budget Submission 2018-2019
- Media Release – Response to the Labor Party Mental Health Services policy release
- “I Care” Campaign
- MHFFTas – hobart Headspace “The Guide” Project – Final Report January 2018
- Mental Health First Aid & Suicide Prevention Training Report
- Hospital in the Home
- 34th Annual Report
- Men Care Too
- State Budget Submission 2019-2020
- MHFFTas and Baptcare “The Guide” Project – Final Report (Appendices)
- MHFFTas and Baptcare “The Guide” Project – Final Report
- Who cares for our carers?
- Federal Government Budget Response
- Productivity Commission Inquiry into Mental Health – Submission
- Media Release – Tasmanian Government Budget – Response from Mental Health Carers Tasmania, Maxine Griffiths (CEO)
- Skills Tasmania Draft Adult Learning Strategy 2019-2020 Submission
- Mental Health Integration Taskforce Report
- Wellways “Building a Future” Program for families, friends, and carers
- SUMMARY: Government Response to the Mental Health Integration Taskforce Report
- Up and About Program
- A Carer’s Charter of Resilience
- Newsletters
- Peer Workforce Development – Consultation Report
- A New Approach to Mental Health Service Planning and Delivery in Tasmania
- National Mental Health Commission: Consumer and Carer Engagement – a Practical Guide
- Free DORSET Suicide Prevention Workshop
- Name Change for MHCTas
- Skills Training for Families and friends of a Person with an Eating Disorder
- Scholarships for Cert IV Mental Health Peer Work
- FREE Carers Support Session – Nov 6th
- NDIS Self-Management Workshops for Participants, Families, and Carers
- Carer and Consumer Peer Worker Vacancies – Information Session
- Safewards Information Session with Geoff Brennan
- MHFFTas Forum Presentations
- Mental Health Act 2013 – Review (Have your say)
- Safe Space Forum (Nov. 19th)
- Conversations with Statewide Mental Health Services Staff – Hobart (26th November)
- Tasmanian Mental Health Reform Program
- Certificate IV Mental Health Peer Work
- Safewards
- SANE Australia Hocking Fellowship Winners
- Caring Voices Newsletter (Nov. 2019)
- 2019 Annual Report
- Have your Say on a National Obesity Strategy
- Peer Worker Roles with Baptcare
- Health Consumers Tasmania Meeting (Hobart)
- SANE Forum and Call for Survey Respondents
- UTAS Associate Degree in Applied Health and Community Support
- Safe Space Forum – Tues 10th December
- Tasmanian Mental Health Reform Information Sessions
- REPORT: Review of the Defence of Insanity
- 2020-21 MHFFTas Budget Priority Submission
- NDIS Barriers (Have your say)
- MHFFTas Opening Hours
- Wellways Recognised Facilitator Training (Launceston) EOI
- Suicide Prevention Training (Burnie and Launceston)
- Tasmanian Mental Health Reform Program Update
- Skills Training for Families and Friends of a Person with an Eating Disorder
- Butterfly Support Group (Tues. 14th January)
- NDIS – Barriers and Solutions (Have Your Say)
- Wellways My Recovery
- Productivity Commission Draft Report into Mental Health – MHFFTas Response
- Sane Forum (Tuesday 28th 7-9 pm)
- Wellways to Health Group Program Hobart (Wed. 4th March 10–11 am)
- Butterfly Support Group (Tues. 11th February)
- Sane Forum (Tuesday 25th February 7-9 pm)
- Managing Carer Stress and Fatigue Workshops
- Safe Space Forum – Tues. 18th February
- Youth Mental Health Community Engagement Sessions
- Caring Voices Newsletter (February 2020)
- Conversations with Statewide Mental Health Services Staff – Hobart (3rd March)
- Carers Support Session (Wed. 4th March)
- SANE Australia Hocking Community Grant Survey
- Open Arms Training
- Training for Health Consumer Representatives
- Barriers to NDIS Report
- Tasmanian Mental Health Reform Program Update 5
- Take the Peer Workforce Survey
- Cert IV in Mental Health (Launceston)
- Mental Health First Aid Courses
- Safe Space Forum – Tues. 24th March POSTPONED
- National Safety and Quality Digital Mental Health Standards – Consultation Draft
- Coronavirus and your wellbeing
- COVID-19 Preparation and Advice
- National 5th Mental Health Plan Consumer and Carer Surveys
- Sane Forum (Tuesday 31st March 7-8 pm)
- MHFFTas E-news (2020-03-26)
- Health Consumers Tasmania (COVID-19 Survey)
- Peer Work and the NDIS Induction Training Registration
- MHFFTas E-news (2020-04-02)
- Health Consumers Tasmania COVID-19 Survey
- Self Care Tips For Families and Friends
- MHFFTas E-news (2020-04-09)
- MHFFTas – Change to Work Arrangements (COVID-19)
- Care2Serve
- MHFFTas E-news (2020-04-16)
- Rethink 2020 (April Update)
- Sane Forum (Tuesday 28th April 7-8.30 pm)
- Caring Fairly COVID-19 Survey
- Mental Health First Aid (North West)
- MHFFTas COVID-19 Impact on Families and Friends Survey
- Mental Health Families and Friends Policy Response
- MHFFTas E-news (2020-04-23)
- Have Your Say – 2020 National Carer Survey
- Have YOUR Say
- MHFFTas E-news (2020-05-07)
- MHFFTas E-news (2020-05-14)
- Engagement Project Officer Position (MHFFTas)
- Peer Work and the NDIS Induction Online Training
- Conversations with Statewide Mental Health Services Staff (26th May)
- MHFFTas E-news (2020-05-21)
- An Exciting Support Initiative for MHFFTas
- MHFFTas E-news (2020-05-29)
- Hobart Clinic Telehealth Group
- Introduction to Co-design Webinar (26th June)
- Baptcare Mental Health TasConnect Launch
- Tasmanian Mental Health Reform Program – Recommences in June
- Do you really want to know? Episodes 1-3
- Gift Cards by Nick Salisbury
- You are not alone
- Tasmanian Mental Health Reform Program Update
- Royal Hobart Hospital Consumer and Community Engagement Council (RHH CCEC) EOI
- MHFFTas E-news (2020-06-25)
- Care Farming Tasmania
- Health Consumers Tasmania (COVID-19 July Survey)
- Peer Work Training Open Day
- Do you really want to know? Episodes 4-6
- What do I say? What do I do?
- Collaborative Care Skills Workshop
- Caring Voices Newsletter (July 2020)
- Sane Forum (Wednesday 26th, August)
- Hobart Clinic Support Group (2nd September)
- Reducing Stigma and Discrimination Project
- Have Your Say about Mental Health Support Services and the NDIS
- Treasured Lives (Survey)
- Staged Supply Survey
- Do you really want to know? Episodes 7-8
- MHFA Glenorchy Update
- SANE Forum (Tuesday 22nd of September)
- PARTICIPANTS NEEDED
- Caring Voices Newsletter (September 2020)
- Join us for Our Annual Forum
- Hobart Clinic Support Group (7th October)
- National Carers Week
- Mental Health Week and National Carers Week
- SANE Forum (9th of March 2021)
- MHFFTas Annual Report
- MHFFTas Strategic Plan (2021-2024)
- Caring Voices Newsletter (October 2020)
- Lived Experience Australia Survey
- Welcome Alison!
- Have your say on the future of health care in Tasmania
- Conversations with Mental Health Services: Nov 24th
- International Summit on Psychedelic Therapies for Mental Illness
- FREE safeTALK Suicide Prevention Training – Launceston
- Tasmanian Mental Health Reform Program – Communique
- Are you a family/friend of someone with mental ill health and passionate about supporting them and helping yourself ? Then we need you!
- Opportunity to study and gain a Certificate III
- The Butterfly Foundation Carer Support Group
- A new, shared approach to Tasmania’s mental health plan
- MHFFTas Online Safe Space (Video Chats)
- Lived Experience Australia are Seeking Feedback!
- Carer Gateway – Have Your Say
- Understanding Tasmania’s Health Complaints System
- Caring Voices Newsletter (February 2021)
- International Women’s Day
- SANE Forum (Tuesday 13th of October) Copy
- Conversations with Mental Health Services
- Peer Work and the NDIS Induction Training – free 2 day workshops
- Budget Priorities Submission to the Tasmanian Government for the 2021-2022 State Budget
- Mental Health First Aid Training (Glenorchy)
- Sorell/Tasman Mental Health First Aid Courses
- Derwent Valley Mental Health First Aid Courses
- Budget Priorities Submission to the Tasmanian Government for the 2021-2022 State Budget
- 2021 State Election
- The Hobart Clinic – May peer support session for Families and Friends
- Free information session for parents and family members of people on the autism spectrum, or who show autistic characteristics
- Training – Conversations About Suicide – Ravenswood
- Training – Conversations About Suicide – Devonport
- SANE – Topic Tuesday
- Training – Health Consumer Representation and Engagement
- Training – Conversations About Suicide – Glenorchy
- SANE Topic Tuesday – Schizophrenia
- Be The Change
- Heartache and Beyond
- Caring Voices Newsletter (May 2021)
- Heartache and Beyond Workshop
- The Hobart Clinic – July’s Free Carer Support Session
- SANE’s Topic Tuesday – Physical health and Mental Health
- SANE Topic Tuesday – Self Care for Carers
- Housing Ends Homelessness; Children’s Homelessness Forum
- The Hobart Clinic’s Carer Support Sessions
- NDIS Home and Living Consultation
- Do you have a child aged 4-17 years? Psychological Science Student Research
- SANE Topic Tuesday
- Help Develop a Website
- Do you know a young person who experiences anxiety and drinks alcohol to cope?
- Young Carers Network
- Common Assessment and Referral (CARe) Project
- Risk Factors for Alcohol and Other Drug Use
- Book your free Covid-19 Vaccination
- SANE Topic Tuesday
- Caring Voices – August 2021 Newsletter
- SANE Topic Tuesday
- Brotherhood of St. Laurence: What, Where and How: Experiences of Adults with Disability Participating in the Community without NDIS Funding
- Young Carers Connect
- CEO Communique – August 2021
- Young Carers Network
- Your Experience of Service & Carer Experience of Service Survey
- headspace Family and Friends Open Hour
- MHFFTas Website Consultation
- SANE Topic Tuesday
- The Hobart Clinic Carers Support Session
- The Hobart Clinic Mental Health Week
- 9-week online parent and child mental health improvement program
- Our Healthcare Future
- SANE Topic Tuesday
- The Hobart Clinic Carers Session
- The Voices of Senior Families and Friends
- Telehealth and Virtual Care in the Community
- National Initial Assessment and Referral
- Talking Point: Carer Peer Workers
- Caring Voices – November 2021 eNews
- COVID-19 Vaccinations
- CEO Communique
- Submission to the Tasmanian Government’s Carer Recognition Legislation Consultation Paper
- NDIA’s Psychosocial Disability Recovery-Oriented Framework to Improve Experiences for Participants
- Office Closure over the festive season
- COVID-19 UPDATE
- CEO Communique – January 2022
- Safe Space Peer Support Sessions for February and March
- We are here to support you during Covid
- Study Community Support at UTAS – No Tuition Fees!
- Active Ageing Community Consultation
- CEO Communique – March 2022
- Caring Voices Newsletter – March 2022
- “Get Up Mum” A Justin Heazlewood Performance
- Do you engage with children 0-12? Burnie Communities for Children Forum and Workshops March – April 2022
- We’re Hiring!
- Recovery College update – Mental Health Reform Program May 2022
- Survey Opportunity
- Caring Voices Newsletter – June 2022
- Introducing Access Mental Health
- Impacts of Confidentiality and Privacy – From a Family and Friend Perspective
- Self-Advocacy Toolkit and Workshop Program Launch
- Tasmanian Suicide Prevention Strategy – Lived Experience Focus Groups
- One-on-One Support to Families & Friends
- Conversations with Mental Health Services
- Do You Want to Join Our Board?
- FREE MENTAL HEALTH SELF-ADVOCACY WORKSHOPS ACROSS TASMANIA
- Have Your Say on Youth Suicide Prevention in Tamania
- “Safer than a Google Search” — A New Alcohol, Tobacco & Other Drugs Online Resource For The Tasmanian Community
- Recovery College Milestone!
- Caring Voices Newsletter – August 2022
- Call2Connect Launch
- Family and Friends Representative Promotion
- Family and Friend Mentoring Program
- Emerging Minds Families
- Commencement of Recovery College
- Caring Voices E-News November 2022
- Online resource gives hope for improved physical health for people accessing mental health services
- New Website – Healthtalk Australia
- Family and Friends Needs Analysis Report
- Carers Tasmania – Community discussions info and dates on NDIS with carers
- Subject: Media release: Launceston Head to Health moves to new purpose-built premises
- Headspace Youth Reference Group
- National Forum: Better Access, Mental Health Equity and Access Evaluation
- Recovery College – Autumn Timetable
- MHFFTas E-News – February 2023
- Last chance to take part in the 2023 Carer Wellbeing Survey.
- Rising Together Report
- Eligibility Rules For The Disability Support Pension
- Mental health families and friends to launch new website design
- Young Families & Friends Literature Review
- Focus Group for Carers, Families and Friends
- Mission Australia is calling on all young people aged 15-19 to have their say in the charity’s 22nd annual Youth Survey.
- Wellways Recovery Program have spaces for new Referrals
- Do you have personal experience with the Tasmanian mental health system?
- Position paper on Carer leave- public enquiry
- Schizophrenia Awareness Week 21 – 27 May
- National Mental Health Consumer and Carer Forum
- MHLEEN (Mental Health Lived Experience Engagement Network) Annual Forum 2023
- Current Board Vacancies at MHFFTas
- CEO Communique
- Joint Response to State Budget 2023
- Tasmanian Mental Health Peer Work Scholarship Program
- MHFFTas Caring Voices June 2023 E-News Is Out Now
- June – Recovery College Calendar Information
- Families and Friends Consultation – With You Project
- AOD Families & Friends Needs and Experiences Analysis Report
- Can You Give Feedback On Our Programs
- Understanding Non-Suicidal Self-Injury (NSSI)
- Positions for Peer Workers for the Detox@Home
- Charter for Families & Friends – Your feedback is wanted!
- NDIS Review Panel – What We Have Heard – Moving From Defining Problems To Developing Solutions For A Better NDIS
- Understanding the Voice Workshop
- Australian Early Psychosis Collaborative Consortium
- Tasmanian Government’s Tasmanian Drug Strategy 2023-2028
- Conversations with Families & Friends
- State of the States In Suicide Prevention
- Family Therapy for all AOD Treatment Programs
- Carers and Mental Health Week 2023
- International Overdose Awareness Day
- The Tasmanian Carer Recognition Act 2023
- Commencement of Detox@Home Service
- Mental Health Service Conference August 2023
- NDIS – What We Have Heard Webinar
- Recovery College – New Spring Timetable
- MHFFTas CEO Communique
- Caring Voices E-News
- MHFFTas Annual General Meeting 2023
- Position Vacant – MHFFTas Chief Executive Officer
- Surveys on Psychosocial Services
- Initial Assessment and Referral (IAR) Tool
- It’s World Mental Health Day
- Revisiting the Mental Health Integration Taskforce Report
- “Brushes of Compassion: Family and Friend Stories of Love, Hope, and Resilience” book
- Incoming CEO at MHFFTas
- Project: Disclosure of Suicidality at Work
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