Last year the MHCSA reflected on how healing our minds is intertwined with healing country, thanks to Nancy Bates and this song about her journey with bipolar. Thank you Nancy. Let's keep learning.
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#HealCountry#NAIDOC#NAIDOC2021#NAIDOCWeek
Last night, I had the privilege of launching LELAN’s Laneway of Lived Experience - an interactive artshow showcasing the lived experience community’s experiences through COVID and other uncertain times.
For more information, head over to our website: https://t.co/Hn6KUboKqD
MINDSHARE AWARD WINNER PROFILE
"It’s a big poem. I wrote it as I was starting to delve into looking to get help for my #mentalhealth…”
Read Nadia Patterson's full interview with @access2arts: //bit.ly/3vWd4tr
Find out more about the #mindshareAwards: https://t.co/r3cZDcI9xN
Gorgeous entries for our #StickerComp!
Artist Bianca Bampton says:
“The act of kindness and friendship is vital to the healing mind. I have autism, mental health and Autoimmune disease. If it wasn't for my loved ones and family I would be lost. These designs remind me of this.”
This State Budget is the first step of much needed investment in the Mental Health Services Plan - the blueprint to fixing our #mentalhealth crisis. Read our full statement.
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@GregWalshaw Hi Greg, I think the author is referring to the label ‘high functioning anxiety’ feeling like a joke, given their difficulties with what many see as everyday functions. The reflection on jokes is not around Kanye, or his diagnosis. Mental illness of any kind is certainly no joke!
"Kanye called his #BipolarDisorder his ‘superpower’ and whilst that sounds empowering, I wouldn’t call my #AnxietyDisorder a superpower….”
Read the rest of Isaac Edward's shortlisted piece, "Beyond the Punchline" from last year's #mindshareAwards here: https://t.co/aCm8ONcBj0
Our Lived Experience Workforce go above & beyond. This is your chance to give them a huge shout out!The 2021 Lived Experience Awards are now open for consumers and carers who work in the mental health sector. Head to our website to find out more.
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Thanks to a Community Development Grant, the MHCSA has been awarded funding towards #FestivalofNow 2021 from the City of Adelaide.
Find more info on the #FON website here: https://t.co/mO6Y8Pu8fQ
We’d like to thank the @CityofAdelaide for this opportunity and their support.
MINDSHARE AWARDS NOW OPEN
The #mindshareAwards is a poetry and creative writing competition open to South Australians with lived experience of mental illness.
For more information and to view our guidelines head to the mindshare website: https://t.co/6alTGH6iJm
HUGE ARTIST OPPORTUNITY
@Carers_SA is seeking to commission a public artwork to educate, raise awareness and celebrate carers in the community. More info here: https://t.co/nv2cqmqFLX
UMHCC OPENS TO THE PUBLIC
Adelaide's Urgent Mental Health Care Centre (#UMHCC) is now accepting presentations from the broader community for urgent mental health needs without a referral!
More info here: https://t.co/w5f6Ru4O5e
It’s #SchizophreniaAwarenessWeek and today we encourage you to learn by listening to this @mindshareOz chat with Edona, who spoke about Schizophrenia, multiples diagnoses, inner conflicts, and the power of creativity for recovery ☀️💛 #SAW2021
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STICKER SHARE
"My design reflects the beauty in growing and nurturing your #mentalhealth. It also symbolises that our trauma doesn't make us ugly. We bloom beautifully regardless. 🌺 "
- Tayla Christenensen
#mindshareStickerCompetition
Our #YouthMentalHealth art installation will be back tomorrow night at @ad_mental!
Come tell us what changes you want to see in the world to support mental health for young people!
📷 Photos by Nat Rogers, taken at @agsa.neo ✨
Keen to come along to AdMental tomorrow? Retweet this post mentioning a friend you’d love to bring (and make sure you like @UniofAdelaide and @ad_mental!) 🎈🎈🎈
WIN one of two double passes to @ad_mental at Bonython Hall tomorrow, 20 May!
To Enter:
☑️ RT and mention who you'd like to take with you
☑️ Follow @UniofAdelaide & @ad_mental
Entries close 9am (ACST)
More info on the event below 👇
@versemag_adl sat down with this year's creatives to chat all things @ad_mental! So excited to see what Alice and Dallas have come up with for this Thursday. Get your tix now: https://t.co/CTiW2hWhYp
STICKER SHARE
“”Humans are like complicated plants with feelings" To foster healing, creativity and connection, healthy minds need to be tended like a garden, or a tree”
- Kat Coppock
#mindshareStickerCompetition
The Festival of Now Committee have extended the deadline for their #PosterCompetition! Get your design based on the theme "Celebrating Our Stories" in by May 17!
More details: https://t.co/KKRhMTmlns