Three Sides of the Coin project empowers people with lived experience of gambling harm to become advocates for change.
Facilitators: Naomi Chapman (VTMH Consumer Consultant), Judy Avisar (Self Help Addiction Resource Centre Inc.) and Catherine Simmonds OAM (Three sides of the coin project)
Storytellers Sunenna and Chandana share their personal stories through online and live performances, which educate the community and train professionals about gambling harm and the intersections of gambling with other health issues eg, mental health, drugs, alcohol, family violence and crime.
The purpose is to disrupt the normalisation of gambling, reduce stigma, humanize the people behind the addiction, increase help-seeking, and frame gambling as a public health issue.
Our theatrical video stories are not freely available online
We will screen 2 short video stories of women affected by their husbands' gambling, followed by a Q&A session with the storytellers, involving mental health and family violence impacts.
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 early 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.