Applications for Grants from the Regina Brindle Foundation open December 7, 2022
The Regina Brindle Foundation formed in 2019 to honour Regina’s significant contribution to promoting the voices of Alcohol and Other Drugs and Mental Health service users, and all people that have lived and living experience of AOD and mental health issues, and to establishing practices that support their participation in civil society. Grants of up […]
SHARC’s AGM – Monday 21 November 2022
You are warmly invited to attend SHARC’s AGM on Monday 21 November 2022. Our theme this year is ‘It’s Time: Lived & Living Experience’, reflecting on achievements of the Lived & Living Experience movement and how we lead to shape services, perceptions, and policy into the future. Our Keynote Speaker is Mary O’Hagan, Executive Director […]
Our Agency Project Launched
We’ve got news! The Our Agency Project has launched SHARC is working in partnership with VMIAC to launch Our Agency, a new place and space for people with lived experience of mental illness and psychological distress to support mental health and wellbeing. The Project comes off the back of Recommendation 29 of the Royal Commission […]
Heather Pickard on ermha365’s podcast series – Get real: Talking mental health and disability
Listen to SHARC’s CEO, Heather Pickard, discussing the exciting times currently in play for the alcohol and other drug sector arising out of the Royal Commission into Mental Health Services, especially the central role of lived experience. Heather chats with the team from ermha365’s podcast series- Get real: Talking mental health and disability. This episode, entitled Helping […]
Lived and living experience workforces forum a great success
Designed to bring together lived and living experience workers from across the mental health and AOD sectors, this innovative, cross-sectoral forum “Coming Together: shared conversations with the Lived and Living Experience Workforces in the mental health and AOD sectors” was originally envisioned and planned over two years ago. Postponed and delayed multiple times due to […]
Coming Together: shared conversations with the Lived and Living Experience Workforces in the mental health and AOD sectors
SHARC is excited to host this important event on Tuesday, 23 November. Funded by the Health Department Victoria and co-hosted with Mental Health Learning, the forum will promote workforce development and wellbeing. Topics will cover lived and living experience work, both in consumer and family/carer workforces, with a focus on workforce wellbeing.
SHARC’s AGM Monday 15 November 6pm. Theme is “Agility”
You are warmly invited to attend SHARC’s AGM via Zoom on Monday 15 November 2021 at 6pm Our theme this year is ‘Agility’, reflecting on our efforts to continue and expand our work despite the restrictions and pressures of the COVID-19 pandemic. If you wish to attend, we kindly ask that you register via Eventbrite before 4pm […]
New research position working with SHARC
SHARC and Turning Point are looking for a Research Fellow with lived experience to build a research program examining the role of lived experience and peer models in shaping treatment and recovery services and community programs. Find out more here
SHARC Celebrates Overdose Awareness Day 2021
SHARC invites you to its annual reflection event in recognition of International Overdose Awareness Day. About this event Tue, 31 August 2021 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM AEST Virtual Event (Details provided after registration) International Overdose Awareness Day is the world’s largest annual campaign to end overdose, remember without stigma those who have died and […]
APSU featured in Primary Pulse (NWMPHN Magazine)
SHARC’s own Edita Kennedy, Program Coordinator of the Association of Participating Service Users (APSU) features on the front cover of the Autumn edition of Primary Pulse, the NWPHN magazine. A great opportunity to profile the great work that APSU does in making sure that the voices of service users are heard. For the full article […]