How we advocate:

• We comment on policy and legislation through submissions and other advocacy.
• Provide policy advice through advisory committees with government agencies, and in collaboration with non-government organisations, and other stakeholders.
• Work closely with other advocacy groups.
• Consult with carers on issues to feedback into policy and legislative reform through our Mental Health Carers Advocacy Network.
• Psychosocial disability advocacy through the Disability Advocacy Futures Project.
• Providing submissions to government inquiries:
  1. 2025 – 2026 Pre-Budget Submission, 16 December 2024 – Click here to download
  2. Inquiry into the Prevalence, Causes and Impacts of Loneliness in New South Wales, 29 October 2024 – Click here to download
  3. Review of the NSW Mental Health Commission, 21 June 2024 – Click here to download
  4. Submission to Joint Standing Committee on the NDIS, 23 February 2024 – Click here to download
  5. Submission to the NSW Special Commission of Enquiry into Healthcare Funding, 15 November 2023 – Click here to download
  6. Review of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977, 29 September 2023 – Click here to download
  7. Response to the Inquiry into Equity, Accessibility and Appropriate Delivery of Outpatient and Community Mental Health Care in NSW, 13 September 2023 – Click here to download
  8. Response to the Open Justice Review, 3 August 2021 – Click here to download

We are dedicated to working with and engaging carers in our policy and advocacy work:

• Our Carer Connections Meeting meets monthly to engage with carers regularly on issues for advocacy.
• Our Carers of Forensic and Corrections Patients Network meets monthly to advocate for change.