2007 Conference - Count me In
The NSW NGO Conference, ''Count-Me-In'', was held at the Sydney Masonic Centre on 1 - 2 March 2007.
MHCC organised this Conference in partnership with the NSW Health Mental Health and Drug and Alcohol Office.
The conference theme, ''Count-Me-In'', was chosen to promote the importance of inclusiveness in all aspects of community life for people with mental health problems. It also promotes the need for inclusiveness in the planning and delivery of the services needed for better mental health. Click here for Conference brochure.
Conference Evaluation Report
Conference Outcomes by Session
Papers:
- Jenna Bateman CEO MHCC - ''In from the margins - NGOs working in mental health''
- Ann De-Belin, Wendi Etherington and Anne-Lyse De Guio, Tresillian Family Care Centre - ‘Parenting between cultures: Family school readiness as a mental health early intervention activity
- Carol Berry - ''Mental Illness in NSW Prisons''
- Mark Buckingham, Kedesh Rehabilitation Services - MISA
- Ann Chamberlain, Mission Australia - ‘Strategies for implementing outcomes measurement in a men’s SAAP service’
- Brett Collins, Justice Action - Count prisoners too
- Eva Cox, University of Technology Sydney - Social inclusion and third sector activism
- Pedro Diaz, Aftercare - ‘Promoting recovery at Aftercare through people friendly systems’
- Sean Fielder, LifeForce - ''In communities, with communities, for communities’
- Barry Frakes, Watts McCray Lawyers - Some practical implications of the family law amendment
- Abigail Gray and Emily McCarron, Law and Justice Foundation - ‘On the edge of justice: The legal needs of people with a mental illness in NSW’
- Debbie Greene, MISA Pilot Project
- Cliff Hawkey, On Track Community Programs - ‘Amalgamations and mergers’
- Nicola Hensler, Mission Australia - ‘Young People Connected’
- Mark Jackson, Kaiyu Enterprises - ‘Community inclusion / community recovery’
- Michael Mason and Maureen Fitzgerald, Uniting Care - ‘Ponderings of a cultural nomad’
- Jenni Mazlin-Law, Northern Sydney and Central Coast - ‘Reaching out for recovery’
- Dennis Meijer, AIDS Council of NSW (ACON) - ‘ACON’s mental health promotion strategy ’
- Chris McCabe, Education Centre Against Violence (ECAV) ''See me, hear me'': Mental Health service provision and sexual Corinthian Room assault trauma ''
- Jonine Penrose Wall - Implementing Routine Consumer Outcome Monitoring in NSW NGOs
- Cindi Petersen, South Eastern Sydney & Illawarra AHS - ‘Kings Cross Youth at Risk project’
- James Pitts, Odyssey House - MISA
- Felicity Reynolds and Liz Giles, City of Sydney, Peter McGeorge, St Vincent’s MH Service, and Jenny O’Mahony, St Vincent’s Accident & Emergency - ‘Help the homeless: spend less money’
- David Rich, MIDAS, Sydney South West Area Health Service - MISA Janet Walk - Garden Group Council
- Mary Waterford, Miriam Bevis, and Julianne Abood, Mountains Community Resource Network - small NGOs’ role in responding to mental illness’ West Sydney Drug and Alcohol Resource Centre Inc - ''Reducing harm through education and community development''
Workshops
- Professor Robyn Richmond, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of NSW and Jon O’Brien, Tobacco Control and Social Equity Strategy, The Cancer Council NSW - ‘Smoking and mental illness: What can be done to meet the Tuscan Room challenge?
- Liz Sanders, NEWPIN - ‘NEWPIN: A whole family approach to parental mental ill health’
- Penny Milson & Jaelea Skehan, Hunter Institute of Mental Health - Mental health promotion and the media: Buuilding the capacity of the mental health sector
Thank you to our major sponsors for supporting this event:
- North Coast Area Health Service - NSW Health
- City of Sydney
- NSW Cancer Council
- Community Sector Banking