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Category Archives: Research
Turning Point
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Inner South Family and Friends Meetings and Social Activities October-December 2025
ISFAF MONTHLY MEETING 7pm for 7.30pm TUESDAY 14 OCTOBER 2025
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, 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 you are facing please phone: Judi on 0425 723 746 or Eleni on 0412 018 722
Please come early to chat and to enjoy delicious snacks which will be available from 7.05pm
For security, we are required to pay a concierge at the door of the building. Latecomers may not be able to enter.
GUEST SPEAKERS Brooke Paisley and Mark Graham
TOPIC Windana – Changing and Healing Lives
Windana provides many services, including Residential and Home based Recovery Programmes https://windana.org.au/services-category/aod/
FRIDAY 10 OCTOBER 2025 WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY (WMHD) Level 1, 607 St Kilda Road Melbourne (our usual venue for meetings).
As a token of ISFAF’S appreciation for the dedication to the challenging work of improving the lives of our loved ones and to express our gratitude for the generosity of AMAH, Inner South Family and Friends have invited Team Members of Alfred Mental and Addiction Health to join us for a buffet lunch on World Mental Health Day. WMHD provides an opportunity for Team Members of AMAH and Carers to meet informally.
SUNDAY 19 OCTOBER CELEBRATE CARERS WEEK
FILM FOLLOWED BY LUNCH AT BLOSSOM THAI RESTAURANT
Meet at Palace Como in Como Centre, corner Toorak Road and Chapel Street South Yarra. Meeting time will be approximately 10am but exact time depends on time of screening and will be advised to those who have booked. BOOKINGS MUST CLOSE BY 5pm MONDAY 13 OCTOBER
TO BOOK
1. Choose your meal from the attached menu. Pictures and further information are available at https://blossom-thai.nextorder.com/
ISFAF will pay for upto $30 per person. You are welcome to choose more and to pay the extra into an honesty jar in cash on the day.
2. deposit $14 pensioners, $26 non-pensioners to Westpac ISFAF Community One Account BSB 033-169 A/c No: 258307,
3. make sure your deposit shows your name,
4. email to isfaf@alfred.org.au and c/c to judi.burstyner@gmail.com with
· proof of booking,
· names of all the individuals in your booking,
· your menu choice
5. expect a confirmation via email on Tuesday 14 October. If you don’t receive a confirmation by 8pm please email isfaf@alfred.org.au and c/c to judi.burstyner@gmail.com urgently as we may not be able to increase our booking beyond Wednesday morning.
The film is due for release in October and therefore seats are limited
THE TRAVELLERS
‘The further we go, the closer we become’
The Travellers is an upcoming Australian family film directed by legendary Australian filmmaker Bruce Beresford, the acclaimed director behind four Oscar wins.
Stephen Seary, a stage designer, returns to Australia to say goodbye to his dying mother. A quick trip descends into chaos, drama, and funny moments as he juggles family tension, grumpy father, past lovers and returning to Europe for an opera contract.
The film stars Luke Bracey, Bryan Brown, and Susie Porter.
We thank AMAH and Carers Victoria for their generous assistance in making this and other events possible. 
ELWOOD BEACH WALK N CHAT ON THE 1st, 3rd and 5th (WHERE APPLICABLE) TUESDAY OF THE MONTH
PLEASE NOTE that by demand, it has been decided that Walk n Chats are so valuable that the 5th (and sometimes other) Tuesdays are included. Family members, including canines are very welcome. Walkers generally meet at 1pm, with non-walkers joining us at 2.15pm for a drink provided by ISFAF. Please book on the day prior to walk or by 10am on the day of the walk, contact Alexis 0423 939 949. Meeting place will be advised when you book. Bookings are. essential as times and starting points may vary,
Some 2025 Tuesday Walk n Chat dates to diarise October 7, 21, 28. But there are often more.
If you need help with transport or have other questions, please do not hesitate to contact Judi at email judi.burstyner@gmail.com or phone 0425 723 746
ISFAF Monthly Meetings
Tuesday 11 November Dr Simon Stafrace, Programme Director Alfred Mental and Addiction Health. Dr Stafrace’s annual end-of-year talks are always of interest, updating us of innovations locally and generally in the world of mental health and wellbeing.
December End of Year Dinner Please keep an eye on our website – Date yet to be advised.
Griefline 2025 National Grief Survey
Is your child aged 16-25 and struggling with their mental health?
Support the design of a Helpline for Overdose Prevention and Response
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Support the design of a Helpline for Overdose Prevention and ResponseAPSU is working with Harm Reduction Victoria on consultations with the lived/living experience community to identify the key service elements for an Australian first Overdose Prevention and Response Helpline. The new helpline will offer anonymous support and advice to individuals at risk of overdose across Victoria, encouraging safer drug use practices and assisting with emergency services responses. The findings from the consultations will inform the development of detailed service specifications for a trial of this new service. A report will be delivered to the department to help inform the final design of the Helpline. In the initial stages of the project, Harm Reduction Victoria and SHARC worked with the Department of Health and carefully selected subject matter experts to document key service elements. We are now seeking APSU members to participate in paid focus groups to provide feedback on this work to date. More information about the project is available below. |
About the Focus GroupsEach focus group will be made up of approximately 4-5 people who will be paid $185 for their participation. Consultation sessions will be led by facilitators who are either current drug users or people with past experience of using drugs. Peer support will be available before, during, and after the session. The sessions will be recorded. The recording will be destroyed once the transcript has been downloaded and de-identified. Any quotes or comments included in the final report will also be de-identified. This focus group is being run online via Zoom on: TUESDAY 12 AUGUST 2025, from 11:00am to 12:30pm |
Who we are looking forWe are looking for people who:
We need people who:
Within each Focus Group we aim to represent a diversity of experiences. |
How to express your interest in participating in this focus groupTo be considered, please click the Submit an Expression of Interest button below and complete the short online form. |
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Expressions of Interest will be accepted until 5pm, Monday 4 August, 2025. |
About the ProjectRead more about the project here: |
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Butterfly Foundation’s BodyKind Youth Survey 2024 findings are live
Butterfly Foundation’s BodyKind Youth Survey 2024 findings are liveThe findings of Butterfly’s BodyKind Youth Survey 2024, a nationwide snapshot of?body image in a large sample of young people in Australia aged 12 to 18 years, are now available. Body dissatisfaction is shaping young people’s everyday lives – particularly in school environments, where?over three-quarters of students report being subject to appearance-based teasing. For many, body image issues interfere with their education: from hesitating to raise their hand in class or focusing on schoolwork, to avoiding school altogether. Alarmingly, one in five say body dissatisfaction frequently impacts their school attendance. Body dissatisfaction is also a leading risk factor in the development of eating disorders. |
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Fitzroy Legal Service Law Handbook 2024
Purchase your copy of The Law Handbook today. Now available in hardcopy, as an ebook or formatted for your Kindle.
Areas of law
The Law Handbook covers 12 key areas of law that are each available for individual purchase in PDF format. These are:
- Understanding our laws and courts
- Going to court and getting help with legal problems
- Fines, infringements and criminal law
- Relationships, families and young people
- Managing your money
- Houses, communities and the road
- Consumers, contracts, the internet and copyright
- Disability, mental illness and the law
- Health, wills, and legal issues affecting older people
- Accidents, insurance and compensation
- Rights, activism and fair treatment at work
- Privacy law, FOI and complaints against government bodies
Flipbook now available!
You can now browse The Law Handbook for free as an online flipbook because everyone should be empowered to access the law.
Buy chapters individually.
From $10.00
Excerpt from COTA Newsletter Autumn 2025
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day |
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June 15 is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. This year we want to support our colleagues at Elder Abuse Action Australia to amplify the voices of older people. In our society we don’t hear from older people enough. So this year, Compass and Elder Abuse Action Australia (EAAA) are marking World Elder Abuse Awareness Day with an invitation to older people to share their stories. If you are over 50, over 60, over 70, over 80, over 90 or even over 100, we want to hear your story. To participate click HERE |
Talking Point Free Seminar Series
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