ACT Mental Health Sector Update - 12 May 2022
IN THIS EDITION ...read the latest COVID-19 updates, find out the 2022 theme for Mental Health Month ACT, as well as recent NDIS updates...
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- May 11
- 2 min
Lack of funding to leave Canberrans with mental health conditions without support
11 May 2022 Joint release with the ACT Council of Social Services (ACTCOSS). With half of the ACT’s community sector organisations...
- May 3
- 2 min
Long game of mental health recovery can't be played with short contracts
4 May 2022 Short-term government funding contracts for community-managed mental health services are making it almost impossible to...
- Apr 28
- 1 min
ACT Mental Health Sector Update - 28 April 2022
IN THIS EDITION ...read about the latest COVID-19 updates, an opportunity to be part of our Mental Health Month Advisory Committee and...
- Apr 27
- 2 min
Election focus on NDIS ignores needs of majority of people with mental illness
27 April 2022 Election policy announcements about the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) have so far failed to recognise the...
- Apr 14
- 2 min
Greens election focus on mental health welcome, but not enough for the community-based workforce
14 April 2022 The Mental Health Community Coalition ACT (MHCC ACT) welcomes the Australian Greens making mental health a priority in the...
- Apr 13
- 1 min
ACT Mental Health Sector Update - 14 April 2022
IN THIS EDITION Read about the latest updates on COVID-19, the Federal Election and Budget, our Understanding Sex and Gender Diversity...
- Apr 7
- 2 min
MHCC ACT urges all candidates to make mental health an election priority
7 April 2022 On the eve of a federal election campaign, the Mental Health Community Coalition of the ACT (MHCC ACT) has called on all...
- Mar 30
- 1 min
ACT Mental Health Sector Update - 31 March 2022
IN THIS EDITION Read about the latest COVID-19 updates, Trans Day of Visibility and World Bipolar Day, our Understanding Sex and Gender...
- Mar 17
- 1 min
ACT Mental Health Sector Update - 17 March 2022
IN THIS EDITION... ...read about the latest COVID-19 updates, our upcoming Understanding Sex and Gender Diversity training, as well as...
- Mar 2
- 1 min
ACT Mental Health Sector Update - 3 March 2022
IN THIS EDITION... ...read about the latest COVID-19 updates, our upcoming Mental Health First Aid Training for Workplaces, and an...
- Feb 16
- 1 min
ACT Mental Health Sector Update - 17 February 2022
IN THIS EDITION... ...read about the recently published Counting the Costs report on ACT Community Sector funding as well as recent NDIS...
- Feb 3
- 1 min
ACT Mental Health Sector Update - 3 February 2022
IN THIS EDITION... ... read about recent NDIS updates including the independent review of NDIA actuarial forecast model and drivers of...
- Jan 19
- 1 min
ACT Mental Health Sector Update - 20 January 2022
IN THIS EDITION... ...read about the community sector's calls for increased support amidst the Omicron outbreak, the implementation of...
- Jan 11
- 2 min
Exhausted, over-stretched and under-staffed: increased support needed for pandemic's frontliners.
The Mental Health Community Coalition of the ACT (MHCC ACT) highlights the impact of the recent Omicron outbreak on mental health and...
- Jan 5
- 1 min
ACT Mental Health Sector Update - 6 January 2022
IN THIS EDITION... ... in our first newsletter of the new year, find updates from yesterday's press conferences on COVID-19 from the...
- Dec 22, 2021
- 1 min
ACT Mental Health Sector Update - 23 December 2021
IN THIS EDITION... ... find an end of year message from MHCC ACT CEO, Bec Cody, read about the new NDIA Psychosocial Disability...
- Dec 8, 2021
- 1 min
ACT Mental Health Sector Update - 9 December 2021
IN THIS EDITION... ...find out about the new National Lived Experience (Peer) Workforce Development Guidelines. We invite our members to...
- Dec 5, 2021
- 2 min
Longer-term investment needed in recommendations for COVID-19 response report.
The Mental Health Community Coalition of the ACT (MHCC ACT) welcomes the recommendations made by the Select Committee on the COVID-19...
- Nov 24, 2021
- 1 min
ACT Mental Health Sector Update - 25 November 2021
IN THIS EDITION... ... we commemorate the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. We invite our members to...