September 3, 2024
Rural and Regional Approach Initiative
We are pleased to provide a mid-year update on the Victorian Transcultural Mental Health (VTMH) Rural and Regional Initiative Project. Our efforts have been met with significant success, delivering three highly engaging and impactful Foundations of Culturally Responsive Practice (FOCR) workshops for Goulburn Valley, Bendigo and Ballarat mental health services in May, June and July… Read more »
September 3, 2024
Spirituality & Diversity Discussions update and future
2024 has been another remarkable year for the Spirituality and Diversity discussions (S&D discussions) conducted by VTMH in partnership with Spiritual Health Association (SHA). We have conducted the following, thought-provoking sessions: 13 February 2024 “Is this a spiritual emergence or a mental health crisis?” 12 March 2024 “Medicate or contemplate? The time constraints of the… Read more »
August 29, 2024
VTMH & KCV ‘Meet & Greet’ Event
On Tuesday, 3 July 2024, VTMH hosted a ‘Meet & Greet’ event with Kenya Community Victoria (KCV). This was a wonderful opportunity for VTMH staff and KCV organisational leaders, mental health sub-committee members/volunteers and community members to meet and to formalise our relationship through an official signing of the KCV & VTMH Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The event… Read more »
August 29, 2024
VTMH’s Lived and Living Experience (LLE) CoP – an overview
In December 2021, VTMH held its first Lived Experience Community of Practice. This community of practice supports a diverse cohort of practitioners from a variety of workplace settings to come together and exchange ideas and experiences on a broad range of issues relating to lived experience, cultural diversity, and mental health. The group is run… Read more »
