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On November 6, Victorian Transcultural Mental Health (VTMH) will hold its biennial forum at the Djerring Flemington Hub. The theme of this year’s forum is “Practice and research innovations towards culturally responsive systems”.  Across Victoria, there is innovative thinking and action that strengthens the cultural responsiveness of our sector. This forum is an opportunity to… Read more »

Victorian Transcultural Mental Health (VTMH) has been working with Kenya Community Victoria (KCV) to engage the state’s Kenyan community on mental health issues.  The project began in 2024, with VTMH and KCV planning out the initial stages for the project and officially beginning the partnership.   The team identified the effectiveness of community advocates who can… Read more »

This last year, we’ve held six seminars for the mental health sector. We’ve enjoyed the company of over 400 attendees from across the sector. We started the year with Empowerment thought community-led responses to racism, focusing on a project co-designed by Victoria University, Wyndham City Council, and the Wyndham Community and Education Centre to combat… Read more »

We realise that while many of you reading this work with some members of our team, many of you don’t know who we are! To change this, we have decided to share with you an interview with one of our team members in each of our e-newsletters. In August 2024, we shared our interview with… Read more »