Whilst the funding focus of this initiative is focussed on digital and online supports, Deni MHAG will use every opportunity to continue to provide training and learning opportunities face-to-face in our community.
Unfortunately, our experience of face-to-face parent and carer sessions have not always been positive with regards to attendance as finding a time that suits most people can be very difficult.
Digital and online sessions - like the recent Small Steps Anxiety Seminars held in August - provides more flexibility, without the need for travel, babysitting or taking time off work and other commitments.
Deni MHAG will continue Mental Health First Aid training in the community, whenever funding opportunities arise.
Deni MHAG would like to share with the community that as part of the ‘5 Ways to Wellbeing’, using post-Covid funding, a full day of face-to-face sessions will be hosted at the Deniliquin RSL Club on October 18.
There will be learning across topics of wellbeing, stress, anxiety, depression, loss and grief.
A free community Mini Mental Health Conference, which will include forum style sessions with a Q and A with an expert panel, will form part of this event.
There will be eight sessions across two streams to choose from, and people can attend the whole day or just simply attend sessions of interest or relevance to them.
This will also include a shorter three hour evening session.
Aimed at community members, parents, carers, educators, employers, disability providers and anyone wanting to learn more, there should be something on offer that day that will appeal to most people in our community.
Full details of the program will be available soon.
In the meantime, prioritise this day - which has the theme of ‘Minding Your Mental Health’ and mark it in your diary as a must attend event.
You can join the Families Stronger Together Facebook group, where information and resources are posted twice per week, click here.
~ Lourene Liebenberg is a member of the Deniliquin Mental Health Awareness Group.
