In this presentation we will offer an outline of the issues and proposed actions of the Out of Sight, Out of Mind report.
Join Guest Speaker Charles Foster, Policy and Research Officer – Regional and Remote at Consumers of Mental Health WA (Inc.) to consider the enduring inequities and barriers to access faced by people seeking mental health treatment or support in regional and remote Australia.
In particular, we will draw out the critical importance of the place-based solutions championed by this research, underscoring that attending to these injustices will require more than simple quick fixes or technological innovations.
Through highlighting how these fundamental barriers to access have remained unaddressed time and time again, we will reflect upon the persistent cycle of identifying problems and producing reports that has unfortunately characterized responses to this issue thus far.
Finally, we will share our learnings about the importance of returning to those people who continue to experience and live amidst these unjust barriers, as a pathway to maintain momentum and hope in the face of a system that would rather look away.
VTMH seminars are open to individuals, from all disciplines and working in all sectors, who are based in Australia and interested in diversity and mental health.
- Where: Online via Zoom — details to be sent to registrants in advance
- Cost: Free
- Bookings: essential, spaces are limited. To secure a place, please register online via VTMH
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Victorian Transcultural Mental Health (VTMH)
Address: St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, Level 1, Bolte Wing, 14 Nicholson Street, Fitzroy VIC 3065
Address: St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, Level 1, Bolte Wing, 14 Nicholson Street, Fitzroy VIC 3065
Tel: (03) 9231 3300
VTMH acknowledges it is located on the traditional lands of the Boon Wurrung and Woiwurrung (Wurundjeri) peoples of the Kulin Nation. We know this land has history, custodians and stories spanning tens of thousands of years. We celebrate and recognise the First Peoples’ continuing connection to the land and water, and pay our respects to their Ancestors and Elders, past, present and emerging.
In a spirit of reconciliation, we commit to walking the journey of learning and healing together.