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AUGUST 2017 DaytoDayLiving Calendar OUT NOW
Calendar August 2017 Check out what is on at MHACA this month, Participant planning day August 9th.
June 2017 D2DL Calendar OUT NOW!!
check out what’s new at MHACA! lots of activities including Drama, Gardening and crafts! Calendar June 2017
D2DL Calendar March 2017
Calendar March 2017
February D2DL Calendar Out Now!
Check out the February Calendar jam packed with fun things to do. As usual, please book into activities at least one week in advance where possible. D2DL Calendar February 2017
Forming new habits
Do you make New Years resolutions? Statistics show that although 75% of New Years resolutions are kept for the first week of January and less than half make it through the first 6 months. Let’s talk about this topic during at our regular Tuesday talk. Helpful or harmful? You make the call! Are you interested
Carer Burnout!
The busy holiday period is over, which usually means it’s time that when burnout hits us. During this live chat we look at the warning signs of burn out and explores ways manage it.
Ending the Stigma of Mental Health Illnesses.
It is just a mental illness – I can help you understand….
Suicide Story wins the NT Fitzgerald Human Rights Award for Social Change
Our Suicide Story program was honoured to receive The Northern Territory Fitzgerald Human Rights award for Social Change last week in Darwin. We would like to extend a big thanks to the officials and judges for acknowledging the program with this prestigious award, among so many incredible nominations. We are very proud of ‘Suicide Story – Our
Launch of Watchful Eyes painting by Akeyulerre Healing Centre
We were very happy to have the ladies from the Akeyulerre Healing Centre visit yesterday, to celebrate the launch of a beautiful painting called “Watchful Eyes.” “Watchful Eyes” was commissioned by MHACA to celebrate Mental Health Week in 2016, and sponsored by a grant from the Northern Territory Government Community Benefit Fund. This painting was created by Margaret Turner, Patricia
Day to Day Living December 2016 – January 2017 Calendar Released!
MHACA offers a fantastic range of activities as part of our Day to Day Living program. Click on the calendar link below to see what’s on offer in December 2016 – January 2017. D2DL December 2016 – January 2017 Calendar Please contact us on 8950 4600 for further information, or if you would like to attend an activity.
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Congratulations to Cherry Hayward who has won the MHACA Wellbeing Hamper to the value of $150. Cherry dropped by the MHACA stall at Stress Less In The Park on Friday and answered a question about what mental health focused activities she would like to see organised in our community. Well done Cherry!
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We know that exercise and keeping active supports good mental health. Tomorrow is #Ride2Work Day and with cooler weather forecast if you have a bike why not ride it to work, or to the shops or to see a friend?
Register to be part of this national initiative and go in the draw to win a $1,000 travel voucher: bit.ly/2yOK910
It is Anti Poverty Week. This year communities across Australia are supporting the national Raise The Rate campaign, calling on the Federal Government to increase the rate of Newstart and associated allowances by at least $75 per week.
In the Northern Territory, we have the deepest rates of poverty and homelessness in Australia. Income inequality is widening, with the income disparity between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal households the highest in the country.
Cost of living pressures are going up for those who can least afford it, with too many people struggling for the basics of food, housing and energy.
Find out more at raisetherate.org.au/ and the Anti-Poverty Week and Northern Territory Council of Social Service Facebook pages
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Join the campaign to Raise the Rate
$40 per day is too low to give people the support they need to get through tough times and into suitable, paid work.Let's truely try improve people's mental health. Let's truely try in giving them a hand up, rather than increasing their hand out. Let's try giving these people the tools they need to keep themselves out of poverty and genuinely increase their self esteem and self worth. Increasing the rate won't achieve anything
A lovely relaxing day at Stress Less In The Park, with a special performance by MHACA music group Kututu Wattle Seeds. Great to see all the support organisations raising awareness about the services available in Alice Springs, and the community members who attended.
#mentalhealthweek #endthestigma
It's Stress Less In The Park tomorrow, Friday 11th October. Come down between 9am-1pm to the Hospital Lawns, Stuart Terrace. 20 local organisations who support health and wellbeing in our community will be there. Lots of fun activities, speakers, music and a high tea. See you there!
#mentalhealthweek #endthestigma #AliceSprings
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Thankyou to those who came, stretched and relaxed for World Mental Health Day! It was a great class led by Charmaine from Get Physical. Thankyou to the Alice Springs Town Council for supporting this event, and the Alice Springs Aquatic and Leisure Centre for hosting.
#mentalhealth #endthestigma #relax
It's World Mental Health Day! We know that exercise and being active is an important tool in supporting good mental health. If you're in Alice Springs then come join us at the Alice Springs Aquatic and Leisure Centre for the Stretch & Relax For Good Mental Health classes. There's still some spots left in both in the 10am and 12pm classes. Entry is free.
Regular exercise may alleviate symptoms of depression by:
• increasing energy levels
• improving sleep
• distracting from worries and rumination
• providing social support and reducing loneliness if exercise is done with other people
• increasing a sense of control and self-esteem, by allowing people to take an active role in their own wellbeing.
More information at: blackdoginstitute.org.au/docs/default-source/factsheets/exercise_depression.pdf?sfvrsn=8
A great start to Mental Health Week here in Alice Springs with the film screening of 'Mental' last night and the Morning Tea at MHACA today.
World Mental Health Day is tomorrow, Thursday 10th October and you are invited to join us to Stretch & Relax For Good Mental Health at the Alice Springs Aquatic and Leisure Centre at 10am and 12pm.
#mentalhealth #endthestigma
Only in Australia....only in Alice... Jenni Shaw - screening the mad movie, Mental...to kick off International Mental Health Week! 🤣
Good news! More tickets have been released for tonight's screening of the Australian comedy 'Mental' at 6pm - Cinema 3 at the Alice Springs Cinema!
RSVP at events.humanitix.com.au/mental-free-film-screening up until 4pm.
Tickets will be available at the door also - first in, first seated from 5.45pm
'Mental' - Free Film Screening Tickets, Tue 8th Oct 2019 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm | Humanitix
It's Mental Health Week! Join us for a free film screening of 'Mental', a 2012 Australian comedy-drama film directed and written by P. J. Hogan. It stars Toni Collette, Rebecca Gibney, Anthony LaPagli...Online RSVP's have now closed. There will be 30 tickets left at the door. First in first seated from 5.30pm
Great to see these initiatives, Blue Tree Project and CheckMate Mens Health coming from rural Western Australia to increase awareness of mental health in rural and remote communities.
#endthestigma #mentalhealth
www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-01/painting-the-country-blue-to-tackle-suicide-regional-australia/115...
The blue trees appearing around Australia are the 'bittersweet legacy' of a 'terrible waste'
Jayden Whyte's death has inspired grassroots projects aimed at reducing the amount of suicides in regional Australia.