Events

Event details are accurate at the time of listing, however with the evolving COVID-19 situation event details may change. Please check with event organisers for latest information. 

2022

May 2022

Tools To Talk Men's Suicide Prevention
Lifeline Macarthur and Western Sydney
3 May 2022, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
Western Suburbs League Club
10 Old Leumeah Road, Leumeah, NSW 2560

Arabic Community Event- Wellways Carer Gateway
3 May 2022, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
80 Rickard Road, Bankstown NSW 2200

Approaches to support child mental health in culturally and linguistically diverse communities
Child Family Community Australia and Emerging Minds
3 May 2022, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Webinar

Self-Advocacy Skills
Western Sydney Recovery College (Note: registration limited to those living in the Western Sydney Local Health District area) 
4 May 2022, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
One Door Mental Health, North Parramatta

Megatrends in Youth Mental Health: Why Policy matters
Orygen Institute
4 May 2022, 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Online event

Supporting Families from a Peer Perspective. Peak Speaks Murrumbidgee LHD
5 May 2022, 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Online via Zoom

Responding to Suicide and Suicidality in Working with People from Refugee Backgrounds
STARTTS
10 May 2022, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Virtual workshop

Leading the Way... After the floods - building social connections
Phoenix Australia
10 May 2022, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Online

Wellness After Tough Times
South Western Sydney Recovery College
11 May 2022, 10:00 am – 2:30 pm
Fairfield Youth and Community Centre,
55 Vine St, Fairfield 2165

Perinatal Mental Health Conference
Gidget Foundation Australia
16 May 2022
Kirribilli Club, 11 Harbourview Crescent
Lavender Bay NSW 2060

International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexism and Transphobia
17 May 2022

LGBTIQA+ peer leadership: lived experience approaches to mental health
Mind Australia
17 May 2022, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Webinar

Driving and Car Insurance
NSW Law Week Webinar - Legal Aid NSW, Refugee Service
17 May 2022, 2:00 - 3:30pm
Online

Mindframe drop-in session: Guidelines for communicating about mental ill-health
18 May 2022,. 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Online

Being a Peer Advocate
Western Sydney Recovery College
18 May 2022, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Holiday Inn Parramatta

Responding to the Risk of Suicide
Mental Health Coordinating Council
18 - 19 May 2022
Nowra, NSW 2541

Provide services to people with co-existing mental health and alcohol and other drugs issues
Mental Health Coordinating Council
18 - 19 May 2022
Online

Divorce & Separation
NSW Law Week Webinar - Legal Aid NSW, Refugee Service
19 May 2022, 2:00 - 4:00pm
Location: Online

Lessons learned from hosting and helping war refugees: From Bosnians to Ukrainians
World Association of Cultural Psychiatry
19 May 2022,  7:00 pm (Amsterdam)
Online

Schizophrenia Awareness Week
22 - 28 May 2022

One Door Mental Health Symposium 2022
23 May 2022, 10:00 am - 4:00pm
Liverpool Catholic Club
424/458 Hoxton Park Rd, Prestons NSW 2170

Steps to Applying for Citizenship
NSW Law Week Webinar - Legal Aid NSW, Refugee Service
24 May 2022, 2:00 - 3:30pm
Online

One Door Mental Health Symposium
25 May 2022, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Preston Stanley Room, NSW Parliament House
6 Macquarie Street, Sydney NSW 2000

Retraumatisation of People who Identify as LGBTQIA+ with Torture and Refugee Trauma Experiences: Clinical Implications and Interventions
STARTTS
25 May 2022, 6:30-8:00 pm
Webinar Clinical Master Class - via Zoom

Promoting social connectedness to support men’s mental health
Australian Institute of Family Studies, Child Family Community Australia
25 May 2022, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Online

Self-Care, Transference and Countertransference in Working with People from Refugee Backgrounds
STARTTS
27 May 2022, 9:00 am - 1:00pm
Virtual workshop

National Sorry Day
26 May 2022

National Reconciliation Week - Be Brave. Make Change
27 May - 3 June 2022

Meet your Neighbour Port Macquarie
Mental Health Coordinating Council
31 May 2022
Port City Bowling Club
4 Owens Street, Port Macquarie

June 2022

Mindframe drop-in session: Guidelines for communicating about suicide
1 June 2022, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Online

Supporting children who have disclosed trauma

Australian Institute of Family Studies Child Family Community Australia
8 June 2022, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm 
Online

Pluralizing Global Mental Health: Care, crisis, and critique: Biennial Conference
Edinburgh Centre for Medical Anthropology
9 - 10 June 2022

Community Development with Refugee Communities
STARTTS
9 - 10 June 2022, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Virtual workshop

Mindframe drop-in session: Guidelines for communicating about mental ill-health
15 June 2022, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Online

WayAhead Workplaces Annual Member Forum
WayAhead - Mental Health Association NSW
15 June 2022, 8:30 am – 5:00 pm
Lendlease, 300 Barangaroo Avenue
Sydney, NSW 2000

Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIF) 2022 Conference: Putting Families at the Centre
15 - 17 June 2022
Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre

Let's Talk About Anxiety in Albury!
WayAhead - Mental Health Association NSW
16 June 2022, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm AEST
Best Western Hotel, Albury
614 Hovell St, Albury, NSW 2640

Federation of Ethnic Communities' Councils of Australia (FECCA) Conference 
16 - 17 June 2022
Sofitel, Melbourne, VIC

Events across Australia

Mindframe drop-in session: Guidelines for communicating about suicide
June 29 2022. 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Online

August 2022

Workplace Mental Health Symposium
22 - 24 August 2022
Sea World Resort Conference Centre, Gold Coast QLD

September 2022

6th World Congress of the World Association of Cultural Psychiatry
15 - 17 September 2022
Rotterdam, The Netherlands

October

October is Mental Health Month!
Events throughout October

32nd Annual Mental Health Services Conference, Sydney
11 – 14 October 2022
Wesley Conference Centre, Sydney

National Carer's Week
16 -22 October 2022