2016 Recovery Forum 'From House to Home'

Being are proud to be bringing our annual Recovery Conference to Club on East, Sutherland, this June. This Conference is an opportunity for people with a lived experience of mental illness (consumers) to learn from one another and from experienced advocates about self-advocacy and systemic advocacy, and how they can advocate for safe, inclusive communities and stable housing that supports mental health recovery and wellbeing.

We will be sharing some of our learnings from BEING’s ‘There is no place like home’ Project. The project draws on input from over 500 mental health consumers across NSW to explore what home means to consumers and their mental health and wellbeing.

This year’s conference will include a variety of different presenters lending their expertise and experience of home, wellbeing and advocacy. Hands-on workshops will be facilitated by experienced advocates who will share tangible skills that attendees can use to address issues in their community. These presentations and workshops all aim to build on the skills within the community and assist consumers to champion change in the local area.

**Registration Extended** Registrations close Friday 03 June

For more information visit http://being.org.au/getinvolved/events/recovery-conference-2016/

Event Program:

8:45am Registrations open

9:30am Welcome to the Recovery Conference

9:50am Mindfulness

9:55am Launch of the ‘Home Project’

10:20am Introduction to Activities

10:30am Systemic Advocacy w/ Dr Peri O’Shea

11:00am Morning Tea

11:20am Safety, Housing Stability and Inclusiveness Panel w/NSW services TBA

12:30pm Lunch

1:30pm WORKSHOPS

1. Inclusiveness – making your housing environment, and/or community more inclusive of people, including those with experience of mental health issues

2. Safety – making your living environment and community feel safer for people with experience of mental health issues, and trauma

3. Housing stability – improving consumer’s access to stable housing (tenancy tenure, mortgage stress)

2.30pm Break

2:40pm WORKSHOPS continued

3:40pm Afternoon Tea

4:00pm Advocacy in Action: Share Learnings

4:25pm Self Care in Advocacy w/TBA

5:00pm Close