Mental Health Carers NSW

Location: Western Sydney

Address: Not known

Catchment Area: Western Sydney

Eligibility: Aboriginal and non-Indigenous clients

Supported By: Gilgai Aboriginal Centre

Website: gilgai.org.au

Contact Number: 02 9832 3825

Main Contact: unknown

Availability: unknown

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Carers

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Join us tomorrow for MHCN’s next Carer Connections Meeting! 💬

Each meeting offers a supportive and friendly space for mental health carers to connect, meet new people, and explore advocacy interests. The meetings also play a key role in shaping MHCN`s policy and advocacy work, ensuring that the voices of mental health carers, families, and friends help guide the organisation`s priorities and areas of focus.

If you`re a carer, we’d love for you to join us for a chat! 👋

🔗 Click the link in our bio to register!

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Join us tomorrow for MHCN’s next Carer Connections Meeting! 💬 Each meeting offers a supportive and friendly space for mental health carers to connect, meet new people, and explore advocacy interests. The meetings also play a key role in shaping MHCN's policy and advocacy work, ensuring that the voices of mental health carers, families, and friends help guide the organisation's priorities and areas of focus. If you're a carer, we’d love for you to join us for a chat! 👋 🔗 Click the link in our bio to register!

📣 MHCN stands with @beingmentalhealthconsumers in calling for urgent action on alternatives to police-led responses to mental health crises.

A recent ABC News story has once again highlighted the traumatising and disproportionate use of force by police during a welfare check. The confronting bodycam footage shows a person in distress being pepper sprayed, despite posing no physical threat.

We echo BEING’s call to the NSW Government: enough is enough. For over two years, alternatives have been under discussion, now is the time for action.

We urge all concerned NSW residents to share your story about police responding to mental health challenges with your local Member of Parliament.

Some things you can include in writing to your Member of Parliament:
▪️ Call on the Government to publicly share what alternatives are being discussed
▪️ Urgently invite relevant advocacy groups like BEING and MHCN into their conversation
▪️ Demand increased funding for Safe Havens so that people in crisis have somewhere to receive appropriate support when experiencing a mental health crisis

It’s time to move beyond a law enforcement-first response to mental health.

🔗 Click the link in our bio to go to BEING’s blog post which includes details on how to find your MP and their contact details

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📣 MHCN stands with @beingmentalhealthconsumers in calling for urgent action on alternatives to police-led responses to mental health crises. A recent ABC News story has once again highlighted the traumatising and disproportionate use of force by police during a welfare check. The confronting bodycam footage shows a person in distress being pepper sprayed, despite posing no physical threat. We echo BEING’s call to the NSW Government: enough is enough. For over two years, alternatives have been under discussion, now is the time for action. We urge all concerned NSW residents to share your story about police responding to mental health challenges with your local Member of Parliament. Some things you can include in writing to your Member of Parliament: ▪️ Call on the Government to publicly share what alternatives are being discussed ▪️ Urgently invite relevant advocacy groups like BEING and MHCN into their conversation ▪️ Demand increased funding for Safe Havens so that people in crisis have somewhere to receive appropriate support when experiencing a mental health crisis It’s time to move beyond a law enforcement-first response to mental health. 🔗 Click the link in our bio to go to BEING’s blog post which includes details on how to find your MP and their contact details

📣 You’re invited to take MHCN’s 2025 Member Survey, seeking feedback on our programs and activities, and what matters to you as a mental health carer.

Your feedback is invaluable to us. We want to know about your experiences as a mental health carer, what you think are the most important issues facing mental health carers in NSW, and we want your feedback on MHCN`s activities and programs.

This information will help inform our advocacy and policy work, focus our work on the greatest needs of carers, and help us to guide and improve our activities and programs.

🔗 Click the link in our bio to join MHCN`s membership and complete MHCN’s 2025 member survey!

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📣 You’re invited to take MHCN’s 2025 Member Survey, seeking feedback on our programs and activities, and what matters to you as a mental health carer. Your feedback is invaluable to us. We want to know about your experiences as a mental health carer, what you think are the most important issues facing mental health carers in NSW, and we want your feedback on MHCN's activities and programs. This information will help inform our advocacy and policy work, focus our work on the greatest needs of carers, and help us to guide and improve our activities and programs. 🔗 Click the link in our bio to join MHCN's membership and complete MHCN’s 2025 member survey!

📣 MHCN stands with @beingmentalhealthconsumers in calling for urgent action on alternatives to police-led responses to mental health crises.

A recent ABC News story has once again highlighted the traumatising and disproportionate use of force by police during a welfare check. The confronting bodycam footage shows a person in distress being pepper sprayed, despite posing no physical threat.

We echo BEING’s call to the NSW Government: enough is enough. For over two years, alternatives have been under discussion, now is the time for action.

We urge all concerned NSW residents to share your story about police responding to mental health challenges with your local Member of Parliament.

Some things you can include in writing to your Member of Parliament:
▪️ Call on the Government to publicly share what alternatives are being discussed
▪️ Urgently invite relevant advocacy groups like BEING and MHCN into their conversation
▪️ Demand increased funding for Safe Havens so that people in crisis have somewhere to receive appropriate support when experiencing a mental health crisis

It’s time to move beyond a law enforcement-first response to mental health.

🔗 Click the link in our bio to go to BEING’s blog post which includes details on how to find your MP and their contact details

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📣 MHCN stands with @beingmentalhealthconsumers in calling for urgent action on alternatives to police-led responses to mental health crises. A recent ABC News story has once again highlighted the traumatising and disproportionate use of force by police during a welfare check. The confronting bodycam footage shows a person in distress being pepper sprayed, despite posing no physical threat. We echo BEING’s call to the NSW Government: enough is enough. For over two years, alternatives have been under discussion, now is the time for action. We urge all concerned NSW residents to share your story about police responding to mental health challenges with your local Member of Parliament. Some things you can include in writing to your Member of Parliament: ▪️ Call on the Government to publicly share what alternatives are being discussed ▪️ Urgently invite relevant advocacy groups like BEING and MHCN into their conversation ▪️ Demand increased funding for Safe Havens so that people in crisis have somewhere to receive appropriate support when experiencing a mental health crisis It’s time to move beyond a law enforcement-first response to mental health. 🔗 Click the link in our bio to go to BEING’s blog post which includes details on how to find your MP and their contact details

📣 You’re invited to take MHCN’s 2025 Member Survey, seeking feedback on our programs and activities, and what matters to you as a mental health carer.

Your feedback is invaluable to us. We want to know about your experiences as a mental health carer, what you think are the most important issues facing mental health carers in NSW, and we want your feedback on MHCN`s activities and programs.

This information will help inform our advocacy and policy work, focus our work on the greatest needs of carers, and help us to guide and improve our activities and programs.

🔗 Click the link in our bio to join MHCN`s membership and complete MHCN’s 2025 member survey!

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📣 You’re invited to take MHCN’s 2025 Member Survey, seeking feedback on our programs and activities, and what matters to you as a mental health carer. Your feedback is invaluable to us. We want to know about your experiences as a mental health carer, what you think are the most important issues facing mental health carers in NSW, and we want your feedback on MHCN's activities and programs. This information will help inform our advocacy and policy work, focus our work on the greatest needs of carers, and help us to guide and improve our activities and programs. 🔗 Click the link in our bio to join MHCN's membership and complete MHCN’s 2025 member survey!
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