NDIS Educational Support Requirements Paid opportunity: What educational support do family members and friends need from the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) to positively impact their caring and support role. HelpingMinds® is reviewing the education, training and information needs of family members supporting people with psychosocial disability. Psychosocial disability refers to disability related to severeRead more
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NAIDOC WEEK 2017 The end of June 2017 saw the NAIDOC week celebrations take place across Australia. HelpingMinds® offices ran a variety of activities across WA. Broome HelpingMinds® celebrated NAIDOC week in a number of ways. The NAIDOC Walk & Opening Ceremony held on Friday 23rd June. This event attracted a huge crowd across theRead more
Wellbeing Wonderland Talk It Out’s School Holiday Workshop for 10yo to 13yo girls – Wellbeing Wonderland During the July school holidays, the Talk It Out program based in Swan, facilitated a two day workshop for a group of fifteen girls aged between 10 to 13 years. The aim of this free workshop was to provideRead more
Alternatives To Suicide WA – Steering Committee We invite you to apply to join this Steering Committee in its collaborative work to introduce Alternatives to Suicide groups to WA. 1 x Consumer Representative 1 x Family/Carer Representative 1 x Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Community Representative This unique group model offer peer support groups byRead more
A Father’s Story A father’s story tells how his son mental health challenges affect his life. My son’s mental health issues began when he was in his 20s – he’s 52 now. He came to see me at work one day and he looked terrible. He said to me: “Dad, I think I’m dying.” ThatRead more
I Learned To Love Food Again When asked if I would be prepared to share my story about my experience with an eating disorder I jumped at the opportunity. It distresses me to think of the amount of people living every day with this illness so I would like this to be a message ofRead more
Carers Conference Adelaide 2017 Expression of Interest from a Family or Friend Carer for Sponsorship to attend the 7th International Carers Conference in Adelaide 4-6th October 2017 HelpingMinds® values the input and knowledge of family members and friends who are in a caring role. In order to support family members and friends who are inRead more
South Hedland REGIONAL FOCUS South Hedland have had a busy few months. Firstly HelpingMinds® would like to welcome Kesi-Maree on board, Kesi has hit the ground running and has already been involved in a number of community programs and is working on many more. Here are some of the highlights from the last few months.Read more
Digital Mental Health Supports Apps/Site In this fast paced world we live in, smart phones, facebook, instagram, twitter, google chat, Snapchat, Viber, WhatsApp, Kik messenger keeping up with family and friends we sometimes we do not take time out for ourselves. This is often the case for carers. HelpingMinds® aim is to provide support forRead more
Family and friends of people with mental ill health save the Australian economy $13.2 billion a year Research undertaken by the University of Queensland and commissioned by MIND Australia has calculated that there are at least 240,000 family members and friends across Australia providing ongoing unpaid care to someone close to them aged 16 and over whoRead more
