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⚑  Rarely identified by a client or addressed by practitioners. 

✘  Unaddressed, it will manifest in the many signs and symptoms

 of disadvantage, disempowerment, confusion and trauma. 

＝ Identifying and preventing Conversational Control is essential to addressing inequality and abuse.

What Exactly Is Conversational Control?

Conversational Control is a strategy that uses a pattern of unfair conversational tactics to gain and maintain control over a situation or a relationship.

It is a warning of and precursor to psychological and emotional abuse and a core strategy for gaining and maintaining control, as in domestic abuse and coercive control. 

Dr Torna Pitman has worked with practitioners and clients for 15 years and designed this short course to solve some of the challenges Human Service Practitioners raise with her:

• How do I help clients make sense of difficult conversations and relationships?
• Where do I start, and which framework or model can I use?
• What about clients I suspect may be disempowering others?
• When is it better for me to refer a client to another service?

What Will This Course Teach Me? 

• You will learn a straightforward, conceptual framework, language and techniques to use.
• You will be able to coach your clients to recognise the signs, symptoms and consequences of Conversational Control in their relationships.
• You will learn how to coach your clients on what they need to know, do and say to liberate themselves from Conversational Control.
• You will receive a complete set of client worksheets. 

 How Will I Learn?  

• Learn directly with Dr Torna Pitman 
• Live online sessions via Zoom
• 1.5 hours per week for four weeks
• 1 hour of live, interactive teaching
• 30 mins optional workshopping 
• Each session recorded
• Weekly client worksheets 

When Are The Sessions?

Week 1: Wednesday 8th September 19:30-21:00

Week 2: Wednesday 15th September 19:30-21:00

Week 3: Wednesday 22nd September 19:30-21:00

Week 4: Wednesday 29th September 19:30-21:00

Why Now?

This course is the first of its kind globally.

Conversational Control is a red flag and core strategy for all abuse and control

We are offering a discounted price for our first online intake

$300 for the entire course

How Do I Sign Up?

• Register directly via this link.

             OR 

• Register now via our website.
• Limited spaces

 What Have Others Had To Say?

"TalkingWise has a profound capacity to positively impact on people's lives, offering both theoretical and practical insights into understanding and responding to dysfunctional conversational patterns that fracture relationships. I use this information all the time."

Dr Sharon Thomas 2021

"This pivotal information has not been explored so deeply before in learning about relationships and family violence. Brilliant information that examines the core of the issues" Sally 2019 Practitioner

"I can highly recommend Torna's academic and practitioner expertise, and her new body of knowledge, Conversational Control, stands out as really helpful for human service practitioners to use with their clients and also for people in relationships where the conversations can feel disempowering and stuck." Dr Shirley Patton 2021 

"This workshop has honestly changed my life. I feel freedom and pure happiness from knowing about conversational equality and my rights. It has helped explain a lot of my emotional pain that I experienced in a toxic relationship and freed me to live my life". Sarah, 2018, Client

Women's Health Tasmania are hosting a webinar on vaccines and pregnancy, breastfeeding, children and youth after a popular last presentation on vaccine hesitancy. Hear Public Health Physician Dr Shannon Melody  talk about the issues that Tasmanians are asking about.

Find out more and to register the Webinar

This webinar is suitable to workers in the community sector, the allied health sector and anyone in a position of community leadership.

The Link Youth Health Service Inc (The Link) has been providing health services to Tasmanian young people (12-25 years) for over 30 years, and work with young people, the community and funders to enable young people to thrive. 

The Link Youth Health Service and headspace have the following vacant positions as follows:-

• Alcohol & Other Drugs (AOD) Worker - 0.6 FTE
• Horizons 47* Mental Health Clinician - 0.4 FTE
• headspace Access Team Member - up to 0.5 FTE
• headspace Mental Health Clinician - up to 1.0 FTE
• headspace Receptionist - 0.6 FTE
• headspace Private Mental Health Clinician/ General Practitioner contractor - various (1 session per week to full time available with no administration fees for the right applicant)

Find out more and how to apply

To apply for one of these positions, applications must address the selection criteria, be marked confidential and emailed to Lesley Jandric, Project Support Officer at lesley@thelink.org.au.  The headspace Reception position is due COB Monday 27^th of September and all other positions are due by COB Friday 1^st October 2021.  

 Only applicants who have been shortlisted for interview will be contacted.

For more information on these positions, and/or to obtain a position description please email lesley@thelink.org.au 

The Calvary Community Council was established by Calvary Health Care Tasmania to reach out and provide assistance to Tasmanian people in need, reflecting our Catholic social justice tradition and Calvary’s commitment to caring for marginalised and vulnerable people.

To further Calvary Community Council mission, the Community Council offers two statewide grant rounds per year  for not-for-profit Tasmanian organisations to improve the health and wellbeing of marginalised and vulnerable Tasmanian communities.

The Calvary Community Council gives preference for organisations who are addressing identified and specific unmet, under-resourced or under-serviced health needs in the community.

Find out how on how to apply

• Closes 22nd October 2021

Rapidly worsening climate change is hurting our communities. ACOSS has been on the frontline of helping communities respond to the impacts of more intense and frequent bushfires, drought, floods, storms, and heatwaves. Without fast, fair and inclusive action on climate change, these threats will continue to worsen.

In November, all Governments will be required to submit their climate pollution reduction targets at the United Nations Climate Summit. Australia's current targets are woefully inadequate and not in line with the science or a fair contribution to the global problem.

Join ACOSS for Community Sector Climate Change Advocacy Week 4-8 October in calling on the Australian federal government to commit to stronger targets and fair and inclusive policies to cut climate pollution this decade. A strong community sector voice will put pressure on the government to increase their emissions reduction ambition in the lead-up to the United Nations Climate Summit in November.

To participate as an organisation

• Sign the Community Sector Climate Change Declaration to show decision-makers that a fast, fair and inclusive plan to address climate change this decade matters to the community sector and the communities we work with. The Declaration will be delivered to Federal decision-makers in Advocacy Week.
• Share the Community Sector Climate Change Declaration with other organisations in your network.
• Join the chorus of community sector voices in a social media Day of Action on 7th of October to share your organisation's support for the Declaration and call for #FairFastClimateAction. 

Sign the Declaration

Palliative Care Tasmania (PCT) is pleased to announce the launch of the fifth annual Tasmanian Palliative Care Awards, celebrating compassion and excellence in the care of those who are living with a life-limiting illness, dying or grieving in Tasmania. People and organisations working, volunteering and caring for those living with a life limiting illness or who are dying are some of the most selfless people in the community.

The nomination process is very easy, and it should only take a few minutes to nominate someone – please take the time, you will make someone’s day just by nominating them.

Find out more on the Categories and how to nominate

Nominations are open until Monday, 1 November.

The University of Tasmania’s Housing and Community Research Unit recently published an update on conditions in the Tasmanian housing market. The data covered the period between March 2020 and March 2021 and included analysis of changes in housing costs, the demand for affordable housing, the public and private supply response, short stay accommodation trends, housing insecurity and homelessness.   A link to the report is available below

To read the report

Palliative Care Tasmania are running a Practice Nurse Forums which is an important up-to-date learning suitable for all practice nurses in Tasmania. Increase your awareness and understanding of palliative and end of life care and learn more about the Tasmanian Advance Care Directive and how you can improve uptake with your patients. The interactive session will bring together practice nurses from across the state to learn and share, build knowledge, empowerment and capacity in palliative and end of life planning.

These free 2 hour sessions will be held online at 3 different times and dates to accommodate as many practice nurses as possible.

Tuesday 26 August: 6.30pm – 8.30pm

Tuesday 28 September: 12.30pm – 2.30pm

Thursday 21 October: 10.00am – 12.00pm

Find out more and to register

Mental Health Families and Friends Tasmania and Primary Health Tasmania respectfully welcomes family members, friends and community members impacted by suicide bereavement to a 2.5 hour free online event (including breaks).

This event is free and open to families and friends at all stages of their bereavement journey.  Ages 16 + welcomed (those under the age of 18 will need to be accompanied by an adult).

MHFFTas support people will be available on the day to chat, during and after the event.

Media and service providers will not attend this event.

Find out more and to register, close on Monday, 27 September. 

Have you, or has someone you know, lost someone to suicide? Would you like to connect with others impacted by suicide bereavement?

Mental Health Families and Friends Tasmania will be providing an online 2.5-hour event for family members, friends, and community members, impacted by suicide bereavement, on Wednesday 29th of September starting at 11:30 am – 2:15 pm (including breaks). This online workshop will connect, support, and empower family members and friends who have been impacted by suicide.

If you, or someone you know is interested in this online event, to register.

For more information, please call us on 6228 7448 or email us at admin@mhfamiliesfriendstas.org.au

(Media and service providers will not attend this event)

The 'Understanding and Managing Child Safety Risks' 2-hour virtual classroom training will explore practical tools and ideas to enhance your organisation’s risk culture and ensure that child safety risk management becomes common practice for everyone. Risk frameworks can be overwhelming, yet understanding how to best identify, assess, mitigate and manage child safety risks within your organisation is key to being child safe.

Suitable for operational staff involved in running services for children and young people. This virtual training is also recommended for those who manage front-facing staff or who have responsibility for keeping children safe via a child safeguarding portfolio, including CEOs, Senior Managers and Risk Managers.

Find out more and to register

⚑  Rarely identified by a client or addressed by practitioners. 

✘  Unaddressed, it will manifest in the many signs and symptoms

 of disadvantage, disempowerment, confusion and trauma. 

＝ Identifying and preventing Conversational Control is essential to addressing inequality and abuse.

What Exactly Is Conversational Control?

Conversational Control is a strategy that uses a pattern of unfair conversational tactics to gain and maintain control over a situation or a relationship.

It is a warning of and precursor to psychological and emotional abuse and a core strategy for gaining and maintaining control, as in domestic abuse and coercive control. 

Dr Torna Pitman has worked with practitioners and clients for 15 years and designed this short course to solve some of the challenges Human Service Practitioners raise with her:

• How do I help clients make sense of difficult conversations and relationships?
• Where do I start, and which framework or model can I use?
• What about clients I suspect may be disempowering others?
• When is it better for me to refer a client to another service?

What Will This Course Teach Me? 

• You will learn a straightforward, conceptual framework, language and techniques to use.
• You will be able to coach your clients to recognise the signs, symptoms and consequences of Conversational Control in their relationships.
• You will learn how to coach your clients on what they need to know, do and say to liberate themselves from Conversational Control.
• You will receive a complete set of client worksheets. 

 How Will I Learn?  

• Learn directly with Dr Torna Pitman 
• Live online sessions via Zoom
• 1.5 hours per week for four weeks
• 1 hour of live, interactive teaching
• 30 mins optional workshopping 
• Each session recorded
• Weekly client worksheets 

When Are The Sessions?

Week 1: Wednesday 8th September 19:30-21:00

Week 2: Wednesday 15th September 19:30-21:00

Week 3: Wednesday 22nd September 19:30-21:00

Week 4: Wednesday 29th September 19:30-21:00

Why Now?

This course is the first of its kind globally.

Conversational Control is a red flag and core strategy for all abuse and control

We are offering a discounted price for our first online intake

$300 for the entire course

How Do I Sign Up?

• Register directly via this link.

             OR 

• Register now via our website.
• Limited spaces

 What Have Others Had To Say?

"TalkingWise has a profound capacity to positively impact on people's lives, offering both theoretical and practical insights into understanding and responding to dysfunctional conversational patterns that fracture relationships. I use this information all the time."

Dr Sharon Thomas 2021

"This pivotal information has not been explored so deeply before in learning about relationships and family violence. Brilliant information that examines the core of the issues" Sally 2019 Practitioner

"I can highly recommend Torna's academic and practitioner expertise, and her new body of knowledge, Conversational Control, stands out as really helpful for human service practitioners to use with their clients and also for people in relationships where the conversations can feel disempowering and stuck." Dr Shirley Patton 2021 

"This workshop has honestly changed my life. I feel freedom and pure happiness from knowing about conversational equality and my rights. It has helped explain a lot of my emotional pain that I experienced in a toxic relationship and freed me to live my life". Sarah, 2018, Client

Lived Experience Australia is offering 24 places for new Communities of Practice Skills Development Program for Consumers, Families and Carers. The program will run for 5 months with 6 Zoom sessions during this time with learning undertaken between sessions. The program is open to consumers, families and carers who currently undertake lived experience representational roles on committee, groups, forums in the mental health sector. Each Community of Practice will be limited to 12 participants to support learning. 

The program is aimed at developing knowledge and skills to support you as a systemic advocate and undertake representational roles in national, state, local and organisation specific forums, committees and groups to provide input and advocate on behalf of the lived experience voice. The program is fully subsidised (no cost to consumers, families or carers to undertake) and will commence in November 2021.

Applications must be submitted by 5pm (AEST) on Thursday 30 September 2021

Successful applicants will be notified in October 2021 and must be ready to commit to the full program. 

Contact Relationships Australia (Tas) team to chat about how you can promote positive mental health and prevent suicide in your organisation through this free initiative. 

The Suicide Prevention Team at Relationships Australia (Tas) can help you develop plans and strategies to improve mental wellbeing and there is a small grants program of up to $1500 available to support this work. 

If your organisation would like to hear more about this initiative please email tspcn@reltas.com.au.

Lived Experience Australia are conducting a survey to provide a national collective voice of people with lived experience who have sought support from a psychologist (consumers) or have supported someone to see a psychologist (carers). 

This is an opportunity to gather more information from you to inform the Australian Government, other interested parties and the review of the Better Access initiative. Your responses will also form part of an advocacy on behalf of people with a lived experience to support accessible, affordable and quality of services provided by psychologists.

Information collated and the results of this survey will be made available on website.

In appreciation of your time and input, two randomly chosen consumers and two randomly chosen carers who have completed the survey will be awarded a $50 Visa cards.

To take part in the survey

This survey will only be active until Monday 18 October 2021.

Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the Launceston Women’s Shelter Inc will be held on Thursday 30th September, 2021 at 6.00pm for 6.30pm.

General Business includes:
• Confirming the 2020 AGM minutes
• Receive Board and Worker reports
• Election of Board Members
• Appointment of an Auditor for year end 30th June, 2022

Special Business includes:
Amendments to Constitution - documents emailed to members
Please RSVP by email to financeofficer@lws.org.au before Monday 27th September, 2021 for catering purposes.

By order of the Board
Amanda Murphy, Public Officer

Disability Voices Tasmania are hosting community chats about making communities inclusive.

• Do you have ideas and views on how your community could be more inclusive?
• Do you want better planned and designed communities for all people all ages - particularly people with diverse disabilities, mental health needs and chronic illness?

Come along to a community chat with Dr Lisa Stafford PhD (QUT).  

• Chats are two (2) hours long.
• Free food provided.
• Visual artist will be there to draw key ideas and themes.
• Venues are wheelchair accessible. A portable audio loop will be onsite.
• Transport assistance can be provided, as well as any personal access requirements.

Anyone 9 years and older living in Clarence or the Greater Hobart area are welcomed to join the chat. If you are under 18 years you will need parent consent to be involved.

Locations

Risdon Vale                18 September          10.30 am to 12.30 pm

Rosny                          2 October               10 am to 12 pm

Clarence Plains           15 October              10.30 am to 12.30 pm

South Arm                   31 October             10.30 am to 12.30 pm

Find out more and to register

Lifeline Tasmania are running a free Mental Health First Aid training and support for Tasmanian Small Businesses* in state-wide locations. * up to 19 full-time staff or equivalent

The standard mental health First Aid course will teach you how to support initial support to other adults who may be experiencing a mental health problem or crisis until appopriate professional help is received or the crisis resolves, using a practical, evidence based Action Plan.

Find out more on dates and how to register

Lifeline Tasmania are running a free Mental Health First Aid training and support for Tasmanian Small Businesses* in state-wide locations. * up to 19 full-time staff or equivalent

The standard mental health First Aid course will teach you how to support initial support to other adults who may be experiencing a mental health problem or crisis until appopriate professional help is received or the crisis resolves, using a practical, evidence based Action Plan.

Find out more on dates and how to register

Join Eureka Clubhouse Open Day to celebrate Mental Health Week which falls from 9 to 16 October.

The Open Day at Eureka Clubhouse will be held on Tuesday, 12 October from 9am to 4pm.

Activities will include Live music, Cooking classes, Fitness classes, Mural painting, Adopt a plant, Sporting activities, Refreshments and Barista and Clubhouse tours.

Housing, Mental Health and Employment stalls will be available to access information.

Book now for a FREE Mentors in Violence Prevention Program Workshop, being held in communities around Tasmania.

The half-day workshops are for everyone in the community. In them we talk about seeing people being bullied or harassed; they get us to think about, and practice, the things we can safely do to help. We’ve all been bystanders! MVP gives us the skills to help end violence in our communities by helping us learn how to be effective bystanders.

A group of NGOs is delivering MVP Training around Tasmania over the next 12 months, with the support of a grant from the Tasmanian Community Fund. The workshops have been booking out, and we’ve had waiting lists.  SO BOOK EARLY!

We can all be part of the solution to gender-based violence, which can sometimes seem an unfixable problem.

Find out more and to register for the Tullah workshop

Wellways invites you and your dog to join them at Mental Health Week for their 2nd Annual Dog Walk. The stroll along Montrose Foreshore will be followed by a community BBQ.

This invitation is extended to everyone in the community to help raise awareness of mental ill health and the stigma often surrounding it. Wellways want to demonstrate the benefits of pet ownership for people living with mental illness.

Find out more and to register

Presented by Palliative Care Tasmania in conjunction with the City of Hobart this informative and thought provoking event is an opportunity to answer your questions about palliative care – and much more. It’s about knowing your options and living your best life. There will be interactive presentations from TasCOSS, the ISLAND Dementia Project, Meals on Wheels, Australian Red Cross Community Visitors Scheme, A Tasmanian Lifeline and Palliative Care Tasmania which will focus on ‘person centered’ ways to live, rather than simply focusing on death.

Find out more and to Register 

Due to COVID-19 restrictions, registrations will be capped at 50. This is a free event with Afternoon Tea provided

Disability Voices Tasmania are hosting community chats about making communities inclusive.

• Do you have ideas and views on how your community could be more inclusive?
• Do you want better planned and designed communities for all people all ages - particularly people with diverse disabilities, mental health needs and chronic illness?

Come along to a community chat with Dr Lisa Stafford PhD (QUT).  

• Chats are two (2) hours long.
• Free food provided.
• Visual artist will be there to draw key ideas and themes.
• Venues are wheelchair accessible. A portable audio loop will be onsite.
• Transport assistance can be provided, as well as any personal access requirements.

Anyone 9 years and older living in Clarence or the Greater Hobart area are welcomed to join the chat. If you are under 18 years you will need parent consent to be involved.

Locations

Risdon Vale                18 September          10.30 am to 12.30 pm

Rosny                          2 October               10 am to 12 pm

Clarence Plains           15 October              10.30 am to 12.30 pm

South Arm                   31 October             10.30 am to 12.30 pm

Find out more and to register

BECOME A MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AIDER to support friends, family members, colleagues and others.

About 1 in 5 Australian adults experience a common mental illness each year. Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training will teach you practical skills to support someone with a mental health problem. Make a real difference to people in your community.

Find out more and to register

BECOME A MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AIDER to support friends, family members, colleagues and others.

About 1 in 5 Australian adults experience a common mental illness each year. Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training will teach you practical skills to support someone with a mental health problem. Make a real difference to people in your community.

Find out more and to register

mental health families & friends TASMANIA offers state-wide peer support sessions for families and friends who support a person with mental ill health. As a support person of someone with mental ill health, it’s important to take a break and spend some time talking to people who understand what you’re going through. Our Online and Face-to-Face Safe Space chats provide an opportunity to share how you are feeling with others who understand the ups and downs of being a family member or friend of someone affected by a mental illness. Each session we will look at a particular topic that can prove challenging as a support person: handling conflict, having tough conversations, managing grief, understanding suicidality, and others (topics are determined by your feedback). Our chats are open to anyone over the age of 18 living in Tasmania and supporting a person with mental health. February topic: Casual chats, self-advocacy, and engagement: what are your needs? Face-to-Face Safe Spaces run from 5-6:30 every month in Hobart Online Safe Spaces run from 6:30-7:30pm every fortnight. First session: Weds Feb 3rd Second session: Weds Feb 17th

Palliative Care Tasmania are running a Practice Nurse Forums which is an important up-to-date learning suitable for all practice nurses in Tasmania. Increase your awareness and understanding of palliative and end of life care and learn more about the Tasmanian Advance Care Directive and how you can improve uptake with your patients. The interactive session will bring together practice nurses from across the state to learn and share, build knowledge, empowerment and capacity in palliative and end of life planning.

These free 2 hour sessions will be held online at 3 different times and dates to accommodate as many practice nurses as possible.

Tuesday 26 August: 6.30pm – 8.30pm

Tuesday 28 September: 12.30pm – 2.30pm

Thursday 21 October: 10.00am – 12.00pm

Find out more and to register

Theme: Children have the right to choose their own friends and safely connect with others.

Playgroup Tasmania along with the Children’s Week Working Group is again supporting Children’s Week in Tasmania and will be collating an activity guide. Invitations are now open to organisations and groups to participate and be involved in planning an activity during Children's Week.

Find out more and to register
Registrations close 30 June 2021

Disability Voices Tasmania are hosting community chats about making communities inclusive.

• Do you have ideas and views on how your community could be more inclusive?
• Do you want better planned and designed communities for all people all ages - particularly people with diverse disabilities, mental health needs and chronic illness?

Come along to a community chat with Dr Lisa Stafford PhD (QUT).  

• Chats are two (2) hours long.
• Free food provided.
• Visual artist will be there to draw key ideas and themes.
• Venues are wheelchair accessible. A portable audio loop will be onsite.
• Transport assistance can be provided, as well as any personal access requirements.

Anyone 9 years and older living in Clarence or the Greater Hobart area are welcomed to join the chat. If you are under 18 years you will need parent consent to be involved.

Locations

Risdon Vale                18 September          10.30 am to 12.30 pm

Rosny                          2 October               10 am to 12 pm

Clarence Plains           15 October              10.30 am to 12.30 pm

South Arm                   31 October             10.30 am to 12.30 pm

Find out more and to register

As part of ACOSS’s commitment to support the community sector to better engage and advocate around climate change and social justice, ACOSS is hosting a number of online capacity building workshops as part of Better Futures Forum from 16 – 19 August. See full list of free workshops below:

• Capturing how climate change impacts your organisation and the communities you work with

2PM – 4PM AEST | 17 August | REGISTER

• Building your community climate action engagement

1:30PM – 3:30PM AEST | 18 August | REGISTER

• Decarbonising your community organisation

2PM – 3:30PM AEST | 19 August | REGISTER

Registrations for the 26^th Asia-Pacific Regional Social Work Conference 2021 are now open. It will be held online from 11-13 November 2021. Early bird pricing is available, as well as reduced pricing for AASW members.

Attracting more than 1,000 registrants from across the Asia-Pacific, the Conference will focus on a wide range of issues related to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations Amina J. Mohammed, Professor Jioji Ravulo and former Deputy Premier of Victoria Professor John Thwaites AM are confirmed speakers at the upcoming Conference.

Find out more and to Register

Registrations for the 26^th Asia-Pacific Regional Social Work Conference 2021 are now open. It will be held online from 11-13 November 2021. Early bird pricing is available, as well as reduced pricing for AASW members.

Attracting more than 1,000 registrants from across the Asia-Pacific, the Conference will focus on a wide range of issues related to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations Amina J. Mohammed, Professor Jioji Ravulo and former Deputy Premier of Victoria Professor John Thwaites AM are confirmed speakers at the upcoming Conference.

Find out more and to Register

Registrations for the 26^th Asia-Pacific Regional Social Work Conference 2021 are now open. It will be held online from 11-13 November 2021. Early bird pricing is available, as well as reduced pricing for AASW members.

Attracting more than 1,000 registrants from across the Asia-Pacific, the Conference will focus on a wide range of issues related to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations Amina J. Mohammed, Professor Jioji Ravulo and former Deputy Premier of Victoria Professor John Thwaites AM are confirmed speakers at the upcoming Conference.

Find out more and to Register

mental health families & friends TASMANIA offers state-wide peer support sessions for families and friends who support a person with mental ill health. As a support person of someone with mental ill health, it’s important to take a break and spend some time talking to people who understand what you’re going through. Our Online and Face-to-Face Safe Space chats provide an opportunity to share how you are feeling with others who understand the ups and downs of being a family member or friend of someone affected by a mental illness. Each session we will look at a particular topic that can prove challenging as a support person: handling conflict, having tough conversations, managing grief, understanding suicidality, and others (topics are determined by your feedback). Our chats are open to anyone over the age of 18 living in Tasmania and supporting a person with mental health. February topic: Casual chats, self-advocacy, and engagement: what are your needs? Face-to-Face Safe Spaces run from 5-6:30 every month in Hobart Online Safe Spaces run from 6:30-7:30pm every fortnight. First session: Weds Feb 3rd Second session: Weds Feb 17th

BECOME A MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AIDER to support friends, family members, colleagues and others.

About 1 in 5 Australian adults experience a common mental illness each year. Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training will teach you practical skills to support someone with a mental health problem. Make a real difference to people in your community.

Find out more and to register

BECOME A MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AIDER to support friends, family members, colleagues and others.

About 1 in 5 Australian adults experience a common mental illness each year. Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training will teach you practical skills to support someone with a mental health problem. Make a real difference to people in your community.

Find out more and to register

Book now for a FREE Mentors in Violence Prevention Program Workshop, being held in communities around Tasmania.

The half-day workshops are for everyone in the community. In them we talk about seeing people being bullied or harassed; they get us to think about, and practice, the things we can safely do to help. We’ve all been bystanders! MVP gives us the skills to help end violence in our communities by helping us learn how to be effective bystanders.

A group of NGOs is delivering MVP Training around Tasmania over the next 12 months, with the support of a grant from the Tasmanian Community Fund. The workshops have been booking out, and we’ve had waiting lists.  SO BOOK EARLY!

We can all be part of the solution to gender-based violence, which can sometimes seem an unfixable problem.

Find out more and to register for the Circular Head workshop

mental health families & friends TASMANIA offers state-wide peer support sessions for families and friends who support a person with mental ill health. As a support person of someone with mental ill health, it’s important to take a break and spend some time talking to people who understand what you’re going through. Our Online and Face-to-Face Safe Space chats provide an opportunity to share how you are feeling with others who understand the ups and downs of being a family member or friend of someone affected by a mental illness. Each session we will look at a particular topic that can prove challenging as a support person: handling conflict, having tough conversations, managing grief, understanding suicidality, and others (topics are determined by your feedback). Our chats are open to anyone over the age of 18 living in Tasmania and supporting a person with mental health. February topic: Casual chats, self-advocacy, and engagement: what are your needs? Face-to-Face Safe Spaces run from 5-6:30 every month in Hobart Online Safe Spaces run from 6:30-7:30pm every fortnight. First session: Weds Feb 3rd Second session: Weds Feb 17th