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Inner South Family and Friends Carer Support Group Meeting 11 February 2025
Please note our new office address and venue for our February Meeting, 607 St Kilda Road is just a little closer to St Kilda junction. Our monthly meetings will generally be held at 607 (not 549 as previously). However for our March or April meetings we may invite individuals who are local candidates for the 2025 Federal Election. If so, that meeting may be held in a venue other than 607 St Kilda Road. Please diarise the dates of our meetings – always the 2nd Tuesday of the month – eg 11 March, 8 April, 13 June. Please remember – politicians need voters, so if we do hold a forum with candidates, please bring your family, friends and anyone who may be interested to meet the local candidates. They will be able to meet local candidates informally and the mental health world may respond more favourably when they see those impacted by mental health are a large group. Politics is a power in numbers.
ISFAF MONTHLY MEETING 7pm for 7.30pm TUESDAY 11 FEBRUARY 2025
GUEST SPEAKER: MICHAEL WHITE, Carer Engagement Team, Alfred Health Carer Services (AHCS).
TOPIC: CARER GATEWAY AND CARER SELF CARE
All Carers, family and friends of individuals are welcome to attend, as are all members of Staff (‘Team AMAH’) A light supper provided by our committee is served from 7.05pm, enabling mingling among individuals sharing similar challenging journeys. ISFAF monthly meetings are free. No need to book. However, a small contribution is always extremely welcome.
VENUE: Level 1, 607 St Kilda Road, Melbourne – a little to the St Kilda side of Wesley College. Lots of free parking in the centre lanes of St Kilda Road and in High Street, with many trams stopping at the door. If you are having trouble with transport, seek further information or just need a chat, about ISFAF. The ‘mental health world’ and/or issues faced by carers please phone: Judi mobile 0425 723 746 or Eleni mobile 0412 018 722 For security, we are required to pay a concierge at the door of the building. Latecomers may not be able to enter.
We are grateful to Alfred Mental and Addiction Health (AMAH) for their continued generous support, Including providing us with a lovely office, office facilities and venue for our meetings.
Turning Point Free Seminar Series
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Urgent Care Clinics
Urgent Care during the holiday season
If your patients require urgent but non-life-threatening care during the holiday closure period, direct them to Victoria’s Urgent Care Services for faster help.
Patients can get the right care at the right time with Victorian’s range of Urgent Care Services, which are available across Victoria.
Benefits
- Free and open to all, no Medicare card needed
- No appointment or GP referral required
- Staffed by urgent care doctors and nurses
- Faster care with no waiting in a hospital emergency department
Available services
- Urgent Care Clinics open late and on weekends
- Video call with Virtual Emergency Care 24/7
- Phone 1300 60 60 24 Nurse-on-Call 24/7
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Discovery College Upcoming Courses 2025
Click on this link for details of 2025 courses Discovery College Courses 2025
theMHS Envisioning 2050
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News from Heidi Everett
Schizy Inc – www.schizy.org
Lost Women film project – callout
Seeking women aged 50+ with schizophrenia in the public mental health system who are re-identifying as autistic to be part of this documentary.
EOI: skybeanz@gmail.com
Due to a disability affecting my working memory (Apple would say my CPU is ‘vintage’), feel free to hustle me through the year to stay connected and receive invites to more opportunities like these.
TheMHS Forum 2025
Inner South Family and Friends end of year Christmas Dinner
End of Year Christmas Dinner 6.30pm Tuesday 10 December 2024 at Cusina, 130 Erskine Street Middle Park
Bookings close 5 pm Wednesday 4 December. Free parking is available in Erskine Street.
TO BOOK
- Deposit $14 for pensioners or $28 for non-pensioners to ISFAF Community Account, BSB 033169 A/c No: 258307 to reach ISFAF account by Wednesday 4 December
Please ensure that your deposit shows your name and names of any others in your booking.
- Email confirmation to burstyner@gmail.com
In your email, include
- Name, phone number and email of each individual attending (pref. mobile phone no.)
- Choice of main course for each person and their special dietary needs, if any.
Cusina is a gourmet restaurant with a highly regarded chef. The 2024 ISFAF dinner at the same venue was reported last year as having been ‘the best ever’. Food will be cooked specifically for us on the night. We are a big group. To assist the chef, we must advise the restaurant of main courses by the previous Wednesday night.
Accordingly please let us know in your email which ONE of the following main courses you wish to have:
- any ONE pizza shown on the menu. The list of pizzas is shown below at: https://www.opentable.com.au/r/cusina-middle-park
- ONE of the following pasta dishes:
- beef ragu pappardelle (pappardelle pasta with slow cooked beef brisket in red wine and paprika sauce ),
- spaghetti with prawns in lobster bisque,
- gnocchi with pumpkin and gorgonzola
- chicken cacciatore : boned chicken thighs with roasted capsicum olives and onion with a touch of Napoli sauce served with roasted potatoes (GF)
- fish of the day: wild caught barramundi fillet roasted tomatoes, potatoes ,olives and caramelised red onion (GF)
If anyone in your booking has special dietary needs you must also let us know the specific needs in your email.
All of the above pastas and pizzas can be made GF if you advise ahead.
Please note that the meal is highly subsidised by AMAH. Drinks other than tap water are not included in the above cost. Any drinks other than tap water are to be ordered and paid for individually at the bar upon order.
Confirmation of booking will be emailed to individuals whose deposits show up in the above account AND who have emailed isfaf@alfred.org.au with their choice of main course (and any special dietary needs)
Extracts from Mental Health Australia CEO Weekly Update 13 November 2024
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