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For almost 10 years, we have produced online learning modules covering a range of topics that support culturally responsive practice in the mental health system. We’re currently in the process of upgrading our Learning Management System (LMS) so that we can continue to provide easy to access online learning modules for years to come.  What’s new?  The LMS’s user interface is undergoing several enhancements which will make it… Read more »

We held our 2025 forum on 6 November. Over 100 people from across the sector gathered to explore this year’s theme: Practice and Research Innovations Towards Culturally Responsive Systems.  With over 19 speakers, including keynotes Kathomi Gatwiri and Indigo Daya, the day was full of discussion and celebration.  In the words of MC Tharindu Jayadeva (TJ), we were “tough on systems, gentle on each… Read more »

VTHM and Eating Disorders Victoria (EDV) entered into a partnership through VTMH Partners in Diversity (PiD) program in mid-2023. The PiD program provides the opportunity for VTMH to work with publicly funded mental health services who are committed to embedding cultural responsiveness within their organisations and service delivery.  Partnerships usually take place over a period of three years, before moving into a sustainability phase whereby the service continues… Read more »

VTMH is working on a new co-designed project that seeks to identify the range of factors that lead to the “invisiblising” of experiences of cultural and racial marginalisation within the Victorian lived and living experience workforce.  Both lived and living experience, and diverse communities, have been highlighted as priorities in the Royal Commission into Victoria’s… Read more »