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MHACA – a Finalist in the 2016 Telstra Business Awards
MHACA are thrilled to have been nominated and recognised as a finalist in the Inaugural Charity Category of the Telstra Business Awards. Entering its 24th year, the Telstra Business awards celebrate the contributions and achievements of the small and medium business sector. In 2016, a new category for Charities has been added to recognise the
MHACA is now Open for Business
We’re pleased to announce that our Day to Day Living activities and the Drop In Centre will resume normal opening hours – 8:30am to 3:00pm – from Monday 25 July. Please continue to use the rear entrance to the building while the front half of our building undergoes repairs over the next 8 to 10
MHACA Beanie wins at Alice Springs Beanie Festival 2016
CONGRATULATIONS To our Participants and Staff on winning the Inaugural Nancy Hall Mad Cap Prize at the 2016 Alice Springs Beanie Festival! Thanks to Jude Mapleson for guiding us to our win.
MHACA staff complete Certificate IV in Mental Health
Congratulations to our staff – Sharon Harris, Shannon Toombs, Samantha Alampi, Be Ward, Daniel Tavai and Mike Cassidy – for successfully completing Certificate IV in Mental Health at Charles Darwin University. At MHACA we are committed to excellence and proudly support staff and participants to achieve their goals and aspirations. Pictured below are Ashesh Patel
Changed services at MHACA due to Storm Damage
Our premises have suffered damage from the storms that hit Alice Springs on Friday 17th June 2016. MHACA continues to offer limited services as a result. From Wednesday 29th June MHACA will open its Day to Day Living activities and Drop In Centre at its premises from 9am to 2pm Monday to Friday. Our Support
Day to Day Living June 2016 Calendar Now Out!
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 June 2016. D2DL June 2016 Calendar Please contact us on 8950 4600 for further information, or if you would like to attend an activity.
Schizophrenia Awareness Week Wellness Walk
Some shots of our Wellness Walk on Sunday 22 May 2016. We had about 80 people walk with us. Thank You all for your support.
Day to Day Living May 2016 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 May 2016. D2DL May 2016 Calendar Please contact us on 8950 4600 for further information, or if you would like to attend an activity.
MHACA Awarded Gold Mental Health First Aid Skilled Workplace Accreditation!
MHACA has been awarded a Gold badge for the Small Workplaces category, for having maintained a ratio of 40% of staff with a current Mental Health First Aid Certificate! We’re proud to report that currently 16 of our 21 staff have completed Mental Health First Aid in the last three years.
MHACA delivers a Suicide Story Workshop in Tennant Creek
Suicide Story was delivered in Tennant Creek earlier this year. A record number of people completed the program, with 24 people receiving certificates of attainment. Everyone who participated in this workshop found it to be worthwhile. According to Tennant Creek based Facilitator Valda Shannon ‘It really lit my fire being at this workshop among my
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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