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New Zealand Youth Suicide Prevention Strategy Newsletter
The December 2004 (Issue 5) edition of the New Zealand Youth Suicide Prevention Strategy (NZYSPS) newsletter is now available on the Ministry of Youth Development website. Visit www.myd.govt.nz/pag.cfm?i=314 to view the newsletter as a PDF.
Australian and New Zealand Mental Health Achievement Awards
Service Awards
The Mental Health Service Award programme began in 1992. It is designed to reward and publicise services that have shown innovation and excellence. Award winners for 2004 are:
Consumer-run Program or Service
Consumer Evaluation of Mental Health Services (CEO-MHS) Project, Illawarra Area Mental Health Services, Illawarra Institute for Mental Health, University of Wollongong.
Family/Carer-run Program or Service
The Apollo Program - Richmond Fellowship of Victoria (RFV).
Recovery Program or Service
Gippsland Accommodation Rehabilitation Support Service Inc (GARSS), Newtown, Wellington.
Specialist Service, or Part of a Larger Service
Northern Area Mental Health Service - Consumer Participation in Staff Selection Strategy, Victoria.
Dual Diagnosis
Triple Care Farm, Mission Australia.
Infant, Child and Adolescent
Addressing Family Violence Programs (AFVP's), including the PARKAS Model & Training Package, Royal Children's Hospital Mental Health Service (RCH MHS), Victoria.
Mental Health Promotion or Mental Illness Prevention Program or Project
OutaSite: Intergalactic Guide to High School, transition to high school educational CD ROM, Central Coast Health, Children and Young Peoples Mental Health Service, and Department of Education and Training (DET), Central Coast District Office, NSW.
Exceptional Contribution to Mental Health Services in New Zealand or Australia
Lifeline's 24 hour crisis telephone counselling service, Lifeline Australia.
Media Awards
The Mental Health Media Awards programme commenced in 1998. It is designed to encourage accurate and sensitive media coverage of mental health issues, to break down stigma and to educate the community about mental health. Award winners for 2004 are:
Broadcast Media
All in the Mind, ABC Radio National (and freelance).
Journalist: Natasha Mitchell.
Print Media
Joint Winners:
Dancing with Strangeness, Good Weekend
Journalist: Janet Hawley
Suicide: Men at Risk, The Age
Journalists: Steve Waldon and Julie-Anne Davies
For more information about the awards, and award winners and their programmes, visit www.mentalhealth.org.nz.
2005 New Zealand Special Education Association Conference
This conference, for which the theme is 'Future Directions: Mental Health Well-being in Schools' will be held in Christchurch, 11-13 July 2005. The focus of the conference is quality information, from identifying to actively planning for the wellbeing of students. For more information, visit www.nzsea.org.nz.
Hikoi in the Park - Celebrating Difference - 23rd January 2005
Due to bad weather, the Hikoi planned for Mental Health Awareness Week 2004 has been postponed until 23rd January 2005. The Hikoi, hosted by Framework Trust, will be held in the Auckland Domain. The day begins at 10am with a Hikoi from the Auckland Hospital entrance through the Domain to the Auckland Museum site. There will be live entertainment, including music, sports and activities, and a range of stalls. For stall hire or more information, please contact catherine.ross@framework.org.nz.
Tailored mental health promotion training
The Mental Health Foundation is now rolling out the promised Mind Your Health mental health promotion training. We are aiming to provide this training around the country in partnership with local host organisations. A tailored training programme could include:
- Mind Your Health - a practical guide to doing mental health promotion in New Zealand. One day.
- Te Kete Whaiora - Young People and Depression. One day.
- Natural High - a mental health promotion approach to dealing with drug and alcohol issues. Two days.
What are the needs in your community?
For more information please contact Nikki Woolley on 03 353 6988 or nikki@mentalhealth.org.nz. Please note the first two of these resources are available from our National Information and Resource Centre, 09 300 7030.
Aotearoa Mental Health and Addiction Workforce Development Conference
This conference will be held on the 8 & 9 March 2005, Sheraton Hotel (Langham), Auckland. For more information, visit www.mhwd.govt.nz. Te Rau Matatini will host a 1/2 day pre conference workshop to 'discuss collaborative approaches across mental health workforce development initiatives'.
Working Well Seminars
Working Well is the Workplace Mental Health Arm of the Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand. They will be offering the following seminars at the beginning of 2005:
Wellington, 25th February
- Working Well Together
- A Managers Guide to Mental Illness
Christchurch, 10th & 11th March
- Working Well Together
- A Managers Guide to Mental Illness
- 'Keeping cool under pressure' for call centre staff and receptionists
Dunedin, 24th & 25th March
- Anxiety in the workplace
- Depression in the workplace
- Supporting Your Staff
- Working Well Together
- A Managers Guide to Mental Illness
Auckland, 21st & 22nd April
- Anxiety in the workplace
- Depression in the workplace
- Supporting Your Staff
- Working Well Together
- A Managers Guide to Mental Illness
For further information on these and other seminars in 2005, visit www.workingwell.co.nz.
Free Weekly Information Bulletin
The Mental Health Foundation's National Information Service sends out a free weekly information bulletin by email. What was initially developed as a current awareness bulletin for Foundation staff, is now available to key contacts. It alerts readers to upcoming conferences, workshops & services throughout New Zealand and to new resources and research in the mental health & community development fields. Ideally we would like this to become a two-way process whereby recipients can also provide us with information about new developments in their region, that we can include in the bulletin.
To be added to the list to receive the bulletin, please email Kim Higginson at kim@mentalhealth.org.nz
