What this year’s Mental Health Month theme means to one of the WayAhead team members. Sometimes when things are bad, when my emotions are exhausted and overwhelming, when my eyes are puffy and red from crying, on the lowest days, despite all the feelings, I can, even in a small way, feel some comfort in […]
Fact Sheets
We have a variety of Fact Sheets providing you with information about many aspects of mental health and wellbeing.
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Collective Purpose Speaker Series
WayAhead, in partnership with Being and Mental Health Carers NSW, have launched a speaker series inviting members of the public interested in mental health to hear from a prominent members of the NSW mental health sector. Read MoreThe Mind Reader
Your health in your hands
Monday 16 July marks the beginning of an extensive national community engagement and communications strategy to inform all Australians on the benefits of My Health Record and their right to opt out should they choose not to have a digital health record. This year, all Australians with a Medicare or Veterans Affairs Card will […]
Supporting employee’s mental health and wellness at work
In June, WayAhead Workplaces members came together to discuss the future of workplaces for the Annual Members Forum. “One of the key things we got our members to consider during the day was what they and their organisations were currently doing in terms of workplace wellness and how they can take that to the next […]
Letter from Liz – July 2018
Dear readers, I have spent many years working in mental health and one of many things that stand out for me is the importance the workplace has in mental health and wellbeing. Over the last decade we have made considerable progress in understanding how the workplace can build personal resilience, promote and encourage wellbeing and […]
Better mental health for Ryde’s Vietnamese community
Trying to find the right support for yourself or a loved one with a lived experience mental health issues can be hard, especially if English is not your first language. A new initiative between WayAhead and Mental Health Carers NSW (MHCN), supported by funding from the City of Ryde, aims to change that. The Vietnamese […]
He’ll Be Right: My Journey with Anxiety
I was probably always what people would assume was just shy, as a child, but there was always that worry that other kids didn’t seem to have. Things got really bad around Year 7, when I was going into high school and I wasn’t dealing very well with all the social changes and I started […]
WayAhead in Orange
In mid-June WayAhead went to Orange as part of the Collective Purpose Speaker Series. The event was a joint effort between the Collective Purpose partners, WayAhead, NSW Mental Health Carers and Being and the Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health (CRRMH) based in Orange. More than 50 locals braved the cold winter evening […]
Australian Mental Health prize 2018 – launched
National Mental Health Commission Chair Lucy Brogden has launched this year’s Australian Mental Health Prize at UNSW Sydney, seeking nominations to recognise Australians making exceptional contributions in promoting mental health or in the prevention and treatment of mental illness through advocacy, research and services. Mrs Brogden, a psychologist and advocate for mental health support in […]
