MHCN Board Election Nominees 202415th November, 2024
Mental Health Carers NSW (MHCN) are having an election for the Board for the following positions: Voting closes next Friday 22 November at 4.00pm. Election results will be announced at MHCN’s Annual General Meeting on Friday 22 November at 4.40pm. Only members of MHCN can vote. Members can only vote once. Voting is not mandatory. […]
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MHCN’s Annual General Meeting for 202428th October, 2024
You’re invited to MHCN’s Annual General Meeting for 2024! Hosted by MHCN’s CEO Jonathan Harms, join us as we speak about the highlights of the 2023 – 2024 financial year, including the presentation of our Annual Report, President’s Report, and hear from MHCN’s staff members. In addition, there will be an election for expiring and […]
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EOI: Carer Focus Group for Feedback on Universal Aftercare Resource8th October, 2024
MHCN and the Agency for Clinical Innovation (ACI) invite carers to an online focus group on Monday 28 October from 4pm – 5:30pm to provide feedback on a proposed suicide-prevention resource. The resource is for service providers delivering the NSW Universal Aftercare Program which involves non-clinical and rapid, assertive follow-up support for individuals who have experienced […]
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Wayahead 2024 Mental Health Matters Awards4th October, 2024
The MHCN team had a wonderful time attending the Wayahead 2024 Mental Health Matters Awards last Friday to celebrate the achievements of individuals and organisations who provided excellent mental health support in NSW over the past year. With 340 people in attendance, it was the biggest and brightest Mental Health Matters Awards event yet and […]
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Artistic Dialogue: Creative Workshop for Carers18th September, 2024
You’re invited to MHCN’s Mental Health Month event, Artistic Dialogue: Creative Workshop for Carers, on Thursday October 10th at Surry Hills Neighbourhood Centre. This workshop, led by art therapist Lisa McArthur-Edwards, promotes open discussions on mental health through creative expression and aims to help participants develop the skills and language to communicate their mental health […]
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Leading the Change: A Toolkit to Evaluate Lived Experience Inclusion and Leadership20th August, 2024
‘Leading the Change: A Toolkit to Evaluate Lived Experience Inclusion and Leadership’ provides practical tools and resources for self-reflection and action planning in mental health and social services organisations. It was developed in partnership between Mental Health Carers NSW, the Mental Health Commission, and BEING – Mental Health Consumers, to address Action 9 of Living […]
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Carer Participation Opportunity: Survey for Forensic and Correctional Service Experience7th August, 2024
MHCN’s Policy and Advocacy Team has designed a survey to better understand the service experiences of carers of forensic and correctional patients. Carer feedback was included during the survey development to ensure the content covers key areas like communication from services, carer involvement, and the support received for carers and the person they care for. […]
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Carer Participation Opportunity: Focus Groups on Urgent Care Services15th July, 2024
The NSW Government is set to deliver 25 Urgent Care Services (UCS) across NSW over the next three years to offer new options for people when their care needs are urgent, and non-life threatening. They want to hear from people who find it difficult to access healthcare including patients, carers, families, friends, and community members […]
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Peak Bodies Announced to Represent Mental Health Carers and Consumers4th July, 2024
On 2nd July 2024, Minister Emma McBride, witnessed by key members of Mental Health Carers Australia and the National Consumer Alliance, made the historic announcement of the creation of 2 national ‘peak’ lived experience mental health representative bodies for Australia. This thrilling announcement has crowned a victorious 30-year campaign by mental health consumers and carers for […]
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Raise the Age NSW Submission for the Inquiry into Community Safety in Regional and Rural NSW28th June, 2024
Mental Health Carers NSW is one of 108 NSW organisations and groups who have made a joint submission with Raise the Age NSW to the NSW Government Inquiry into community safety in regional and rural communities. We’re calling on the NSW Government to: We all want communities to be safer. In our submission we say […]
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MHCN Team Update5th June, 2024
Over the last few months, the MHCN team have been hard at work preparing for accreditation interviews that were held at our office in Wynyard last Monday and Tuesday. Participating in accreditation has allowed MHCN to demonstrate a commitment to continuous quality improvement which will further enhance systems and processes and enable us to further […]
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News from the Network (Vol 7) is Here11th January, 2024
MHCN’s News from the Network for 2023 has now been released! In this quarterly newsletter, we share our staff highlights, summarise MHCN’s yearly activities, feature carer services spotlights, and much more! Read the latest edition below:
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