Mental Health Week Event Program

For Carers Week and Mental Health Week, MHFFTas are looking to develop a “Story Book” full of families and friends’ experiences.

We are asking families and friends who support someone living with mental ill health and or AOD use, to send through a piece of writing, an image, a drawing, or whatever you feel comfortable with, to find meaning and to heal, and those who read it, an opportunity to feel validated, less alone, connected, understood, and to find meaning of their own experiences.

Do you love the written word and have a unique way of describing the world around you? Or is poetry something you’ve always
wanted to try?

In the lead up to Mental Health Week, we are inviting all Tasmanians who experience, or have experienced, mental health issues
to enter the Poetry for the Soul competition and share your work.

Entries will be judged based on the theme, ‘Connection to self: Poetry for the soul is the connection of emotions to the life and all
our experiences’.

Submissions open now.
Submit online to: [email protected]
Submit via post or in person to: 136 Davey Street, Hobart

Competition closes 4pm, Friday 29 September, 2023.

Entrants will be invited to read their work at a poetry reading during Mental Health Week on 9 October at Hadley’s Hotel.

Minds Do Matter exhibition explores the relationship between art and mental health, celebrating the power of art to be life enhancing and life affirming.

In 2023 artists have responded to the theme ADAPT: Awareness, Belonging, Connection.

Minds Do Matter is on display and open to the public at three venues concurrently on the following dates:

Launceston – QVMAG Inveresk, 1st October – 10th December
2 Invermay Rd, Launceston
Open 10am­ – 4pm daily

Devonport – RANT Arts – 6th October – 17th November
54 Stewart St, Devonport
Open Wednesday – Friday, 10am – 4pm

Hobart – Rosny Farm Schoolhouse Gallery – 27th October – 19th November
Lot 2 Rosny Hill Road, Rosny Park, Hobart
Open Wednesday – Friday 11am – 4pm, weekends 10am – 4pm

Cygnet Cares and the businesses in Cygnet will colour the town orange with decorations for Mental Health Week.

Three huge shows over three nights! This year we’re visiting:

Franklin, The Palais Theatre – Thursday Oct 5
Brighton, Pontville Memorial Hall – Friday Oct 6
Scottsdale, Mechanics’ Institute Hall – Saturday Oct 7

Time: show starts 7:30pm (doors open @ 7:00pm)

Our last 5 years of the roadshow have been so much fun, with sold out shows and incredible performances.

Our venues adhere to all current COVID-19 restrictions, capacity is capped, and to maintain social distancing we’ll be asking parties of ticket buyers to group themselves together.

Entry is free, but we do ask that you donate on this page or pay what you like at the end of the show to help out all who have donated their words, thoughts, skills, and time.

As our capacity is strictly capped, we ask that you only get a ticket if you can absolutely make it. If you later realise that you cannot come on the night, please cancel your ticket as soon as you can so that someone else might be able to enjoy the show.

Proudly supported by MoodMission – an app for low moods and anxiety.

Three huge shows over three nights! This year we’re visiting:

Franklin, The Palais Theatre – Thursday Oct 5
Brighton, Pontville Memorial Hall – Friday Oct 6
Scottsdale, Mechanics’ Institute Hall – Saturday Oct 7

Time: show starts 7:30pm (doors open @ 7:00pm)

Our last 5 years of the roadshow have been so much fun, with sold out shows and incredible performances.

Our venues adhere to all current COVID-19 restrictions, capacity is capped, and to maintain social distancing we’ll be asking parties of ticket buyers to group themselves together.

Entry is free, but we do ask that you donate on this page or pay what you like at the end of the show to help out all who have donated their words, thoughts, skills, and time.

As our capacity is strictly capped, we ask that you only get a ticket if you can absolutely make it. If you later realise that you cannot come on the night, please cancel your ticket as soon as you can so that someone else might be able to enjoy the show.

Proudly supported by MoodMission – an app for low moods and anxiety.

The theme for Mental Health Week in Tamania in 2023 is ‘Awareness, Belonging, Connection’. Events will be added to this program as we get closer to the week.

We are holding a mini art exhibition to celebrate and acknowledge Mental Health Week.

To participate, please register for your mini art kit. The kit will include all details, and includes a miniature canvas, paints, and brushes. You can collect it at the relevant participating Library.

The artworks are to incorporate the theme for Mental Health Week ‘Awareness, Belonging, Connection’. You can create an artwork on your canvas connecting to all or any of these themes.

Collect your kit in September and return by 1 October 2023.

Important: Due to limited kits there are limits of one per family. What a great opportunity to collaborate on a mini art work, or create three works in one 

If we end up with kits not collected, we will reassign them so please put your name on the waitlist if you miss out.

PARTICIPATING LIBRARIES:

• Bridgewater
• Glenorchy
• Hobart
• Huonville
• Kingston
• New Norfolk
• Rosny
• Sorell

Register here: https://bit.ly/3LiNzg3

A BYO Picnic in the Park or support the local Lions Club bbq.

Circus workshop and outdoor games.

Three huge shows over three nights! This year we’re visiting:

Franklin, The Palais Theatre – Thursday Oct 5

Brighton, Pontville Memorial Hall – Friday Oct 6

Scottsdale, Mechanics’ Institute Hall – Saturday Oct 7 – TICKETS ON THIS PAGE

Time: show starts 7:30pm (doors open @ 7:00pm)

Our last 5 years of the roadshow have been so much fun, with sold out shows and incredible performances.

Our venues adhere to all current COVID-19 restrictions, capacity is capped, and to maintain social distancing we’ll be asking parties of ticket buyers to group themselves together.

Entry is free, but we do ask that you donate on this page or pay what you like at the end of the show to help out all who have donated their words, thoughts, skills, and time.

As our capacity is strictly capped, we ask that you only get a ticket if you can absolutely make it. If you later realise that you cannot come on the night, please cancel your ticket as soon as you can so that someone else might be able to enjoy the show.

Proudly supported by MoodMission – an app for low moods and anxiety.

Join us in this beautiful garden setting for free pizza and music.

Come together to connect with your community and contribute to a sense of belonging.

This event is for the whole community, families young and old!

Hosted by local young people, this is sure to be the first of many!

(Walking ability required to access this space)

Wellways Hobart is hosting a free poetry reading event during Mental Health Week for Tasmanians who identify as having lived
experience of mental health challenges.

If you are looking to read your poetry to a small crowd in a supportive and welcoming space, this is the opportunity for you.

Invite your family and friends and listen to others share their writing.

Launceston Head to Health, in conjunction with Launceston Psychology Clinic, Healthy Mind Centre, and Anglicare, and supported by other service providers and community organisations, are going to hold a World Mental Health Awareness, Belonging, and Connection day on Tuesday the 10th of October, 2023, from 10am-2pm. This event will be held at Launceston Head to Health at 62-64 Canning St, Launceston.

This event will have a focus on ‘mental health through the ages’, with the day being split up into two different categories.

10am-12pm would be for 0-18 years olds with a focus on the young children and their parents – activities will include facepainting, early years craft station, and mindfulness colouring.

12pm-2pm would be for 18+ year olds, with a focus on the latter of the developmental stages of life, young adulthood, and beyond. Activities will include walking groups, rock painting, and mindful meditation.

A photography competition for both ages groups will be run in the lead up to mental health week, with the winners announced at the event on Tuesday the 10th of October.

To celebrate Mental Health Week 2023 Anglicare Tasmania, Baptcare and Wellways have invited their mental health program practitioners and participants to display their art and craft at this exhibition.

The theme is Belonging, Awareness and Connection and everyone is invited to attend this community event to see their work.

There will be some free food including cheese platters and a sausage sizzle.

Mental health practitioners will be available to offer information, advice and support.

Join us for a relaxing morning tea and unwind with a 15-minute massage session with your choice of either a hands and arms massage or a head, neck and shoulders massage.

Light refreshments will be available while you mingle with other community members and wait for the next available spot. All massages will be conducted by a qualified massage therapist from Mobile Therapy Tasmania.

You will remain fully clothed and be seated in a massage chair. There are limited spaces available, so please register asap to avoid missing out.

Complete the online registration form at https://forms.office.com/r/nLFgBQHQtH or scan the QR code on the event poster.

For further enquiries please contact the Bagdad Online Access Centre at (03) 6268 6290 or [email protected]

Join us for Mood Food & Stories at Eureka Clubhouse! This year we are focusing on improving the awareness and understanding for our community members to create a supportive, inclusive, and belonged community.

Two major programs on the day :

Human Library Inclusion Forum

The inclusion forum uses the art of storytelling to break down barriers and build empathy. By sharing their own experience, human ‘books’ hope to start conversations about how we can all contribute to positive change.

Music Performance

Mentally Healthy As Anything – the award winning band will have their third gigs of the year !

Date: Wednesday 11^th October 2023

Time: 10:00 am to 12:30pm (refreshment included for all)

Venue: Eureka Clubhouse – 6 Florence St Moonah

Strictly RSVP . Please register before 2nd Oct by email: [email protected] or through Eventbrite.

Wellways Annual Dog Walk & Lunch

Join us at one of our three locations (Burnie/Hobart or Launceston) during Mental Health Week for our annual walk and lunch. This is a free community event organised by Wellways supporting the mental health of all Tasmanians.

Let’s celebrate our four legged friends and the support and unconditional love they bestow on us every day. If you don’t own a dog but enjoy being around them, please come along anyway!

Please register via the Eventbrite, noting any special dietary needs.

For the benefit of all, dogs must be leashed at all times and your dog is solely your responsibility. Each person must clean up after their dog and deposit waste accordingly. See full information on registration form available on Eventbrite or at the registration table at the event.

Wellways Annual Dog Walk & Lunch

Join us at one of our three locations (Burnie/Hobart or Launceston) during Mental Health Week for our annual walk and lunch. This is a free community event organised by Wellways supporting the mental health of all Tasmanians.

Let’s celebrate our four legged friends and the support and unconditional love they bestow on us every day. If you don’t own a dog but enjoy being around them, please come along anyway!

Please register via the Eventbrite, noting any special dietary needs.

For the benefit of all, dogs must be leashed at all times and your dog is solely your responsibility. Each person must clean up after their dog and deposit waste accordingly. See full information on registration form available on Eventbrite or at the registration table at the event.

Come and have a rummage through our garage sale with a twist- the items are all free!! The community can wonder through and take the items they need and desire. Whilst wandering you can connect with the stall holders that specialise in mental health and well-being services. There will be resources and prizes to win through out the day as well as a free bbq lunch at 12pm. Everybody is welcome, bring a friend and a big bag 🙂

A hands-on Recovery College course snapshot! – Discover how visual journaling can add hope by exploring your dreams, successes and lived experiences.

Join us at the Peacock Centre as part of the Connecting through Creativity theme!

To register, email: [email protected]

Hosted by Kentish Regional Clinic, the forum will address the unique mental health challenges faced by individuals who identify as members of the LGBTIQA+ community and/or people with disabilities.

This forum provides a safe and supportive space for individuals to share their experiences, gain valuable insights, and promote mental wellbeing within a community that often faces multiple layers of discrimination and marginalisation.

A Wellbeing Day in Break O’Day.

Bringing our community together to share the good stuff and create more of it together. A celebration of all things wellbeing.

A day to celebrate what we love about living in Break O’Day and discover new ways to look after ourselves and each other.

A day to be curious, have fun, share our wellbeing wisdom, make new connections and create more wellbeing together.

https://www.communitiesofwellbeingbreakoday.info/welcome
https://www.facebook.com/FestivalOfWellbeingBreakODay
https://www.instagram.com/festivalofwellbeingbreakoday/

Bring along a piece of clothing to upcycle into a tie dye masterpiece and reflect upon this years theme of belonging, awareness and connection. All of those who attend and participate in the event will recieve a free BeaDoughs Donut*.

The purpose of the tie dye activity is to promote mental health and wellbeing through creativity, which positively influences mental health. This activity will also emphasise the importance of belonging, despite differences, in the visual example of colour and connectivity in the tie-dye.

The headspace marquee will be available on the day for you to come over and have a chat, grab some information and resources and have a turn at scoring some headspace merch. This event is supported by the Mental Health Council of Tasmania and the Tasmanian Government.

headspace Devonport and Burnie and lead agency Cornerstone Youth Services welcomes young people aged 12-25 and their family and friends to attend this enjoyable event.

*Donuts available until stock runs out.

Dust off those dancing boots and Tina outfits!!! This is your chance to join us for our very own Nutbush challenge in Triabunna, on the beautiful east coast of Tasmania.

Okay, maybe we won’t have 6,000 dancers present but we can still all join in, give it a go and have some fun. The Buckland Boot Scooters will help us with the steps before we launch into it.

After the Nutbush, kick back and enjoy the great sounds from the 120Y’s, a fantastic Tassie band!!!

An event which will shine light on mental health, loneliness and connection.

This event will incorporate a complimentary BBQ, a light circle, music, activities and information.

The event will focus on creating kindness and connection, belonging and awareness of loneliness and mental health on the Northwest Coast of Tasmania. We encourage the community in the Northwest Coast to be a part of this event and be a part of sharing our support within the community by bringing awareness to mental health and connecting with each other.

The colour theme for mental health week is orange, so we encourage those attending to wear something orange.

With the comedy styling of our resident Dyke, Kristi Beams, you’re in for a wow of a time.

This is a quiz night like no other. With rounds of questions, puzzles, and a confectionary hunt!

Who will take home the prestigious trophy, and be the winners of the night? This will take all your knowledge, skills, and wits to be the table at the top of the list.

For registration and further information, call 6247 8163.

A Walk and talk format, deliberately not a race but an opportunity to get people together and raise awareness of the serious mental health issues we face in our communities, schools, homes and workplaces. Additionally, all funds raised will go to funding vital research with Australian Rotary Health.

Starting from Simmons Park on the Esplanade in Lindisfarne the route will be towards and under the Tasman Bridge and on to Montagu Bay and Rosny Point. Walkers have the option of turning around at any point along the route.

Fee Details: $30 early-bird registrations will include a t-shirt. Kids under 15 walk FREE! (no free shirt)

​Registration: From 9.30am – Please register and collect t-shirts. You can register on the day, credit card facilities available.

​Water: Participants are requested to bring their own water bottles on the day.

​Fun stuff: ​Prizes for the most creative hats and attire.

Help us to plan and create spaces that are welcoming, calming and safe within the building and the grounds of West Winds Community Centre.

Have your say, tell us what you would like and stay for some afternoon tea.