04-10-2024 04:11 PM
04-10-2024 04:11 PM
Dear Community,
Next Thursday, 10th October, between 10am and 12pm AEDT, SANE will be showcasing our digital support services at Parliament House in Canberra.
During this time, SANE staff will be giving Change Makers, including Government Ministers and high-ranking officials, access to the Forums so that they can see for themselves the wonderful support this community provides to each other.
They will be having a look through the Advocating for Change space and we’ve started a discussion there that we’d love you all to get involved so they can hear from you directly: one improvement you'd like to see in the mental health system to make the experience better?
How can you help?
The discussion is open now and we encourage all community members to contribute in the lead-up to the event:
I want to do more!
If you want to do more, you can also send an email to your local Federal MP and tell them to look out for SANE at 10am on 10th October and encourage them to have a look at the forums.
The most effective messages to Government are brief, positive and personal - so you might like to consider sharing what the forums mean to you and why; and include a link to www.saneforums.org so they can check it out online at 10:00am on 10th October AEDT.
There is a link below so that you can work out who your local MP is by entering your postcode:
Members – Parliament of Australia (aph.gov.au)
I’m sorry I can’t help!
That’s ok. If you’re not available or don’t feel like you are in a good space, that’s totally ok. You could add a post to the Advocating for Change discussion anytime and there will be other opportunities to get involved. Supports will still be provided as normal on the day too.
04-10-2024 04:35 PM - edited 04-10-2024 08:18 PM
04-10-2024 04:35 PM - edited 04-10-2024 08:18 PM
We NEED YOU! Please see the above post.
@Shaz51 @Zoe7 @Oaktree @Anastasia @Rockdog @Captain24 @MJG017 @Faith-and-Hope @MDT @ArraDreaming @Macqua @Cleo2 @Jacques @TAB @Dimity @Eve7 @outlander @Glisten @Snowie @StanD @Patches59 @Loner57 @cam @sam @BPDSurvivor @Bow @NatureLover @creative_writer @wellwellwellnez @Millieme @Spirit_Healer @Healandlove @GreyWolf7 @Squishy @Andarna @ENKELI
Please tag anyone who may be able to help out on 10th October 2024 10am-12pm
04-10-2024 04:50 PM
04-10-2024 04:50 PM
@Ru-bee @tyme I assume 10am is Vic/NSW time. As far a so know I should be free then so i'm happy to be around on those forums.
My local MP is Amanda Rishworth... is she one of the VIPs?... although I guess it's anonymous, but as the minister of social services I would have thought this was right in her wheelhouse. I can send her an email. Just a thought, I've seen a few of these 'send your MP and email' things and a lot of them have a message you can copy and paste. I just wonder if providing that would make it easier and simpler for more people here to email their MPs.
04-10-2024 05:11 PM
04-10-2024 05:15 PM - edited 04-10-2024 08:18 PM
04-10-2024 05:15 PM - edited 04-10-2024 08:18 PM
As part of this, we'd love for you to answer the question here: https://saneforums.org/t5/Recovery-Club/MENTAL-HEALTH-AWARENESS-MONTH-Let-s-Talk-October-2024/td-p/1...
We can share this link on the day.
@Shaz51 @Zoe7 @Oaktree @Anastasia @Rockdog @Captain24 @MJG017 @Faith-and-Hope @MDT @ArraDreaming @Macqua @Cleo2 @Jacques @TAB @Dimity @Eve7 @outlander @Glisten @Snowie @StanD @Patches59 @Loner57 @cam @sam @BPDSurvivor @Bow @NatureLover @creative_writer @wellwellwellnez @Millieme @Spirit_Healer @Healandlove @GreyWolf7 @Squishy @Andarna @ENKELI
04-10-2024 05:35 PM
04-10-2024 05:35 PM
I'll be at work then, sorry - otherwise I'd help.
04-10-2024 06:21 PM - edited 04-10-2024 08:18 PM
04-10-2024 06:21 PM - edited 04-10-2024 08:18 PM
No worries. If you want to support beforehand, feel free to respond this question: https://saneforums.org/t5/Recovery-Club/MENTAL-HEALTH-AWARENESS-MONTH-Let-s-Talk-October-2024/m-p/15...
04-10-2024 09:42 PM
04-10-2024 09:42 PM
06-10-2024 05:02 PM
10-10-2024 11:04 AM
10-10-2024 11:04 AM
@Ru-bee Have I got the time right? I thought this thing was supposed to be happening now (it's 11:05 now, so been going for an hour already?) but I can't see much happening on here. 🤔
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