COPMI Project Update - (Mar 16, 2006)

AICAFMHA:
promoting mental health for young Australians
Australian Infant, Child, Adolescent and Family Mental Health Association Ltd
ABN 87 093 479 022

Last chance to complete a survey

The on-line surveys for Consumers, Carers and Mental Health Workers will be removed from the COPMI website http://www.copmi.net.au at the end of this month. If you haven?t done so already, please go to the site and complete a survey form so that we can gain a ?snapshot? of ?copmi? related activities and service gaps across Australia.

"COPMI? Workforce Development Roundtable

People involved in the delivery of workforce development strategies relating to children and families affected by parental mental illness have been invited to attend a teleconference ?Roundtable? on March 27th to share information about the planning, delivery and evaluation of their programs and to share their ?learnings?. If you have not yet received an invitation and are providing workforce education in this area, please contact the COPMI Project Office on 08 8161 6859. Teleconference sites have been booked in all State capitals, Canberra, Albury and Newcastle.

Mental Health and Wellbeing Small Grants Storybook ? ?Break Away? story

Auseinet http://www.auseinet.com have recently published a ?Mental Health and Wellbeing Small Grants Storybook?, the culmination of 18 months? work in providing small grants to the mental health consumer, carer and non-government sectors to support initiatives that focus on mental health and enhancing resilience. One of the stories is about a project called ?Break Away? for young people between the ages of 12 and 18 years living on the Gold Coast whose parents or siblings have a mental illness.

Elizabeth Fudge
Project Manager,
COPMI Initiative
Ph (08) 8161 6859
Fax (08) 81616983
fudgee@aicafmha.net.au
PO Box 387, Stepney SA 5069
http://www.copmi.net.au