Tandem would like to welcome all new and continuing Board members, and express our gratitude to the retiring Board members for their huge contribution over the past years.

Tandem 2019 Board members: Simon Stafrace, Belinda Horton, Melissa Petrakis, Michelle Swann, Jacqui Hill, Katrina Clarke and Peter McKenzie. (Absent: Lisa Sweeney, Maurice Sheehan, Cathy Spencer, Margarett Leggatt and Violeta Peterson)

Christmas Toyshop Drive

Uniting Prahran and Stonnington Working Together Network are hosting a combined Christmas Toyshop Drive for 2018. The Toyshop gives parents, carers and legal guardians the opportunity to choose a free Christmas present for their children aged from birth to 15 years. More info

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Wellways News – Carer Coaching Service and an In-Person Peer Support Service
Wellways has been contracted to design, pilot and evaluate a new coaching and peer support service for carers as part of a new Australian Government initiative. The new service will offer online, face to face and group support for carers to sustain their caring role. Wellways has invited carers, from all backgrounds and perspectives to apply via an expression of interest which closed on 2 October, to work with Wellways to co-produce, evaluate and develop the Carer Coaching Model and In Person Peer Support Groups.
See flyer for more details
See further information here

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MONTHLY SUPPORT GROUP MEETINGS AND END OF YEAR DINNER SEPTEMBER – DECEMBER 2018

Generally held at 7.30pm on the second Tuesday of the month in Multipurpose Room, Betty Day Centre, 67 Argyle St, St Kilda (easiest access is via Bath St car park, off Inkerman Street).

No need to book, free entry, but a small donation is appreciated.  Light supper from 7.15 pm

7.30 pm Tuesday 11 September
Guest speaker Sam Hibbins Member for Prahran (Greens)

 7.30 pm Tuesday 9 October
Guest speaker David Southwick, MLA Member for Caulfield (Liberal)

7.30 pm Tuesday 13 November
Guest speaker Associate Professor Simon Stafrace, Programme Director, Alfred Mental and Addiction Health (AMAH), (formerly known as Alfred Psychiatry)

 6.30 pm Tuesday 11 December
End-of Year Dinner – Venue: Plus Thirty-Nine Pizzeria, 571 Malvern Road, Toorak (subsidised event)

Mental Health Australia’s submission to the National Disability Agreement review

Mental Health Australia recently provided a submission to the Productivity Commission’s review of the National Disability Agreement (NDA). The submission argues that an NDA is required to ensure all governments in Australia commit to, and are held accountable for addressing the support needs of people with psychosocial disability. The submission points out that there are a large number of people who will need psychosocial services outside of the NDIS and that a revised national agreement should provide clarity around the roles and responsibilities of governments to provide services.

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$200 million for medical research to overcome health challenges

Minister for Health, The Hon Greg Hunt MP, says the Government will invest $200 million in new medical research projects to improve the health of Australian through new treatments and support, tackling areas of obesity, mental health and cardiovascular disease. A total of 320 projects will receive funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) and the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) following a competitive process. The NHMRC projects total almost $192 million and will aim to find solutions mental health among a wide range of health challenges.

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