Mind Australia

17/10/2025

Staff from Mind's Youth Residential Recovery (YRR) and Youth Outreach Recovery Support (YORS) services in Wodonga will be there!

If you're in the area today, come down and say hi to the team

headspace Day is coming to Albury 💚✨

We are incredibly grateful for the support of the local services attending, we couldn't make this happen without you!

📅 Saturday 18 October
📍 QEII Square, Albury
⏰ 10:30am-2:00pm

FREE activities include..
🍦 Topolino Ice Cream
🎪 Flying Fruit Fly Circus workshops and performances
🎾 Pickleball, lawn games and other sports
🧘‍♂️ Yoga, mindfulness and slow movement workshops
💍 Jewellery and craft workshops
😌 First Nations aromatherapy workshops
And more!

This family-friendly event is free to attend.

❌ This is a smoke, alcohol and drug-free event, hosted by headspace Albury Wodonga ❌

See you there!

17/10/2025

Hundreds of people turned out for this year’s Wellness Walk for mental health, uniting in a powerful show of community spirit and support for the thousands of Australians living with mental health challenges 🧡

One Door Mental Health

Many people turned out for this year’s Wellness Walk for mental health, uniting in a powerful show of community spirit and support for Australians living with mental health challenges.Hosted by One Door Mental Health and Mind Australia, this year’s Wellness Walk took place on Sunday 12 October i...

16/10/2025

Grampians Mental Health and Wellbeing Connect and headspace Horsham have recently teamed up to deliver Spaces4Us - a support program for young people (aged 12-18) who are caring for someone experiencing mental health and/or substance use challenges.

Space4Us is a peer support group that provides a unique opportunity for young people to meet others in a similar situation, learn self-care strategies, and participate in fun social activities. Click below to find out more ⬇️

Grampians Mental Health and Wellbeing Connect and headspace Horsham have teamed up to support young people (aged 12-18) who are caring for someone experiencing mental health and/or substance use challenges.Space4Us is a peer support group that provides a unique opportunity for young people to meet o...

15/10/2025

We’re delighted to announce the appointment of Tim Heffernan as a Temporary Board Director.

Tim is an experienced consumer peer worker and currently serves as Chair for BEING – Mental Health Consumers, the peak body for consumers in New South Wales. Welcome, Tim!

Mind Australia is delighted to announce the appointment of Tim Heffernan as a Temporary Board Director.Tim is an experienced consumer peer worker and currently serves as Chair for BEING – Mental Health Consumers, the peak body for consumers in New South...

14/10/2025

What a wonderful initiative from our team at headspace Box Hill 💚

12/10/2025

10/10/2025

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐜𝐨-𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧: 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 (𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐩𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐨𝐧)
“Some people don’t feel safe accessing mainstream mental health services for a range of reasons – fear of discrimination because of their cultural background or gender or sexuality for example. We really wanted to involve hardly-reached people in the design of the service so they’d feel safe accessing support.”

This co-design process is an important way to build trust, help a new service connect with the communities it is designed to support, and tailor the service to truly meet their needs. It is a vital step that Mind’s Lived Experience division undertakes with all new services. Carolynne White, Senior Manager, Lived Experience Design and Development at Mind Australia, explains how it helped develop the new Distress Support Service in Shepparton.

For Mental Health Week 2025, Mind is celebrating the healing power of connection and the supports and services that help make it possible.

How do you ensure that a new support service is relevant for the community it is designed for, so it is embraced as a safe and worthwhile place to come for support? When Mind was chosen to deliver the new Distress Support Service in Shepparton, Victoria...

10/10/2025

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭: 𝐊𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦

"Being part of the Youth LEAT feels like more than just a role – it’s a genuine community. We’re not only sharing our lived experiences, but also using them to shape services that truly support young people." – Katie, member of Mind’s Youth Lived Experience Advisory Team (LEAT).

As a member of the Youth LEAT, Katie lends her lived experience of mental health challenges to help make decisions at all levels of the organisation, including advocacy projects, service design and delivery, recruitment and selection processes.

Recently, Katie and the team have helped guide the development of the new Caboolture Youth Residential Rehabilitation (YRR) service in Queensland – ensuring it is truly connected and informed by young people with a lived experience, so that the support provided reflects the real needs of service users.

For Mental Health Week 2025, Mind is celebrating the healing power of connection and the supports and services that help make it possible. We thank Katie and the Youth LEAT for their efforts in helping to ensure that connection is embedded in everything we do!

08/10/2025

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲: 𝐍𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐤, 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐥𝐭𝐨𝐧
For Mental Health Week 2025 we’re celebrating the healing power of connection and the supports and services that help make it possible.

Mind Bicultural worker Nanchok is originally from South Sudan and now lives in Melton, which is home to the second largest South Sudanese community in Victoria. She bridges gaps to build connections between her community and the Mental Health and Wellbeing Local.

“A service is more approachable when it embraces and understands cultural diversity”, Nanchok said. “Mental health is different in all communities, and information can often come from a very white lens and so it doesn’t always integrate with all communities. A lot of South Sudanese people view people with mental health with labels and attach stigma to that person, and because of that people feel less inclined to access services.

“Through the Local we try to cater support to what the person needs, so I am meeting people in the library, in their homes or talking over the phone. There are people I speak to in my mother tongue so they can understand how they can receive support.”

Find out more about Mental Health and Wellbeing Locals: https://bit.ly/4ljaAQH

07/10/2025

We’re connecting with our communities this World Mental Health Day, and you can too!

Our peak body Mental Health Australia, in collaboration with ReachOut and Gayaa Dhuwi (Proud Spirit) Australia, has created a calendar of daily tips that promote positive mental health and wellbeing, and encourage us to connect with our communities.

Find out more about World Mental Health Day by visiting www.mentalhealthaustralia.org.au

07/10/2025

Are you going to Elmore Field Days this week? Be sure to visit the team from the Bendigo and Echuca Mental Health and Wellbeing Local!

Staff are available to chat, and share information and resources about the Mental Health and Wellbeing Local's free support services. Our stall can be found in the Community Bank, Elmore Lockington & Rochester Pavilion near Food Court 7 (stall site HH.6).

06/10/2025

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬: 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐃𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
Helping people experiencing mental health challenges identify the supports they need can be life-changing.

For more than 35 years, One Door Mental Health has been helping people to choose and coordinate the services they need to live well. Now, as a subsidiary of Mind Australia, their Support Coordination services are available nationally.

“At the heart of our work is connection,” says Kisi Williams, One Door Support Coordination Program Manager.

“We start by asking people what they want to do with their life, what they want to achieve, and trying to understand each person on a human level. From that understanding, we can link people with mainstream or NDIS services that are truly going to support their journey.

“Connection is at the essence of the work itself, but what we also see is improved connection with family, friends and loved ones. People in caring roles can go back to being mothers, fathers and partners because their loved ones are getting the support they need.”

This Mental Health Week, Mind is celebrating the healing power of connection and the supports and services – like Kisi and our fantastic Support Coordinators - that help make it possible.

Find out more about Support Coordination: https://bit.ly/48hTmir