It’s been a very meaningful year for VTMH in which capacity building has remained our focus.
Working in collaboration with teams and organisations, community members and people with lived and living experience has been very enriching. We hold hope that our work together shapes a mental health system that both represents and meets the needs of all community members, honouring and respecting many ways of knowing, being and doing.
We delivered 19 workshops to over 401 participants, 6 seminars to over 481 participants, and have had more than 70,000 views across our online resources. We held a forum for the first time since 2023. Focused on innovations in cultural responsiveness in the sector, we had almost 20 speakers and over 100 attendees.
We’ve also been upgrading and updating the system for our online modules. We hope to launch the new system in early 2026 alongside updated content for the modules.
And finally, we’ve reached a few milestones in our Partners in Diversity project with Eating Disorders Victoria (EDV).
Our first webinar for 2026 will be held in April. We will release more details when we open bookings early in the year.
We’re excited to start the new year in 2026 and wish you all a happy and healthy holiday season.
Programs and projects
VTMH Partners in Diversity: Eating Disorders Victoria
VTHM and Eating Disorders Victoria (EDV) entered into a partnership through VTMH Partners in Diversity (PiD) program in mid-2023.
Upgrades to VTMH’s Interactive Online Learning Hub
We’re currently in the process of upgrading our Learning Management System (LMS) so that we can continue to provide easy to access online learning modules for years to come.
VTMH Forum 2025
We held our 2025 forum on 6 November. Over 100 people from across the sector gathered to explore this year's theme: Practice and Research Innovations Towards Culturally Responsive Systems.
Our Transcultural Clinical Discussion Service
Transcultural Clinical Discussions (TCD) are a service that VTMH offers to mental health clinicians across Victoria. This is not an emergency service.
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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.