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Staff training: Youth Mental Health First Aid, Dowerin District High School
24-01-2023
In December, MIFWA worked with staff from Dowerin District High School to deliver Youth Mental Health First Aid…
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Presenting the 2021-22 MIFWA Annual Report
19-12-2022
MIFWA is pleased to release our 2021-22 Annual Report. Our new Annual Report recognises and celebrates what has…
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Glenn Pickett Sunflower Awards Recognising MIFWA’s Gentle Leaders
19-12-2022
Congratulations to Jason and Rahul who were the winners in our 2022 Glenn Pickett Sunflower Awards. The Glenn…
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Winners of the Lorikeet Open Your Mind Poetry Competition 2022
17-11-2022
This judge’s report by Leonard James, judge of the Open Your Mind poetry competition, was delivered in the…
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Support after a hospital stay ‘flipped my whole life around’
10-11-2022
Hayley, 20, shares her experience of MIFWA’s Active Recovery Team of peer workers (ART) who support people who…
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A family’s journey through mental illness
18-10-2022
This submission is published anonymously. The writer shares her reflection on her journey as a mental health carer…
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How peer support has helped Tony become an extrovert
05-10-2022
Tony has been attending Lorikeet Centre for a year. He says the peer support and recovery coaching he’s…
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Thanks to peer support, I confidently take my kids to the park
27-09-2022
Milly is a 29-year-old mum raising two young children while recovering from mental illness. She recently shared her…
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What Margaret has learned from peers in her My Recovery groups
19-09-2022
Margaret, left in the photo above, is one of our facilitators of the wellways My Recovery Program. She…
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More support for family carers: the Grow Group for Carers
26-08-2022
Grow Group for Carers and Mental Illness Fellowship of Western Australia (MIFWA) held a morning tea for 15…
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