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Exhausted, over-stretched and under-staffed: increased support needed for pandemic’s frontliners

Longer-term investment needed in recommendations for COVID-19 response report

2020-21 Annual Report

MHCC ACT Sector Outreach Initiative

Celebration of success as ACT mental health Recovery College wins award

MHCC ACT supports Motion from Michael Pettersson MLA on ACT Mental Health

ACT Budget: Mental health supports

The Community welcome Government support for the mental health of Canberrans

Stronger consultation needed for ACT Government budget announcements

Funding for community mental health services a welcome relief under lockdown

Hands off our charities: MHCC ACT joins the call to protect advocacy for those who need a voice

Community Sector celebrates win as NDIS Independent Assessments are scrapped

Community Sector unites in opposition to NDIS changes

Raise the Age and address social determinants for children’s mental health and wellbeing

Increased funding needed to ensure the mental health and wellbeing of the Canberra community are met

Celebration of success as ACT mental health Recovery College two-year trial ends

Reconciliation and Trauma

Increases in Federal Budget for mental health are missing the opportunity for an integrated system

Successful trial of ACT mental health Recovery College comes to an end

Lived Experience Committee Help Guide MHCC ACT Decision Making and Advocacy

Proposed changes to NDIS will impact mental health and wellbeing of participants

Positive mental health outlook for social housing project that supports Canberra women

MHCC ACT welcomes Bec Cody, former MLA as new CEO

JobSeeker will push people below the poverty line causing concerns for mental health and wellbeing

MHCC ACT pledges to a united and consistent voice on mental health in the ACT

Call to consider the impact of housing design on people’s mental health and wellbeing

Investment in mental health services welcomed by community sector

Expansion of ACT housing and homelessness services will benefit mental health and wellbeing

Enhanced Communication for NFPs

2019-20 Annual Report

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EO Musings: July 2020

The Science of Wellbeing

2018-19 Annual Report

“Peer work in Australia: A New Future for Mental Health” A reflection by Erin Cargill

EO Musings: August 2019

Rachel Perkins on matters recovery and Recovery Colleges

EO Musings: June 2019

2017-18 Annual Report