This month we will be reading The Frantic Dance by Berndt Sellheim.A dizzingly intelligent and compulsive work of fiction from an outstanding new Australian writer.Redmond Campbell's luck has just taken a turn for the worse. His dog's dead, his wife, Bea, has landed in prison, and he has to look after Bea's sister, Lori - a wildly disinhibited woman with Huntington's disease - who hates him. And Redmond's nephew, Mada, a PhD student searching for a cure for the disease that's killing his mother, doesn't give Red the respect he deserves. But Red is about to change all that. He's got plans to become Sydney's leading property agent and he's about to make a connection that will line him up a killing. It's legal too. Well, almost. What matters is that Red has a whiff of success, and he's damn sure everything's about to come up roses.Funny and moving, profound and profane, both an intimate family drama and an incisive parable of capitalism and collapse, this is an anarchic, joy-filled and ribald read from one of Australia's most exciting authors. A novel about the dance of the body through life, it is a story brimming with sting, hope, and gratitude...

This session will explore the avenue service users, carers, family members and friends have at their disposalThe Complaints about a Health Services session will explore the avenue service users, carers, family members and friends have at their disposal.This information session is designed specifically for people who care for a friend or family member with mental health needs.

This workshop provides carers with practical resources and information to assist people at different points in their caring journey.This includes understanding mental health supports, terminology, tips for communicating with clinicians, developing a stay well committee and knowing where to go for information and supports.This information session is designed specifically for people who care for a friend or family member with mental health needs. 

When applying for NDIS funding, a statement from a carer can provide valuable information to assist someone to successfully gain access.Developing a Carer Statement session will cover useful information to include in a carer statement and different formats that can used.This information session is designed specifically for people who care for a friend or family member with mental health needs.

In this workshop, we discuss how we can support the person with an NDIS plan to make the most of it and how to prepare for a plan review.Making the most out of a NDIS plan workshop, we discuss how we can support the person with an NDIS plan to make the most of it and how to prepare for a plan review.This workshop is designed specifically for people who care for a friend or family member with mental health needs.What is Carer Coach?Carer Coach is a five module training series that Arafmi has developed to help mental health carers and the people they care for navigate the NDIS. Carer Coach is being delivered through face-to-face workshops, booklets and online.Carer Coach brings together information from a range of quality NDIS resources relevant to mental health carers. This information has been combined with the invaluable knowledge Arafmi’s frontline workers have developed through supporting people through the NDIS process, to provide carers with accurate and easily accessible information.Who is it for?Carer Coach is free for anyone who cares for or about a friend or family member with a psychosocial disability who wants to learn more about the NDIS. It is specifically tailored...

In this workshop, we discuss how we can support the person with an NDIS plan to make the most of it and how to prepare for a plan review.Making the most out of a NDIS plan workshop, we discuss how we can support the person with an NDIS plan to make the most of it and how to prepare for a plan review.This workshop is designed specifically for people who care for a friend or family member with mental health needs.What is Carer Coach?Carer Coach is a five module training series that Arafmi has developed to help mental health carers and the people they care for navigate the NDIS. Carer Coach is being delivered through face-to-face workshops, booklets and online.Carer Coach brings together information from a range of quality NDIS resources relevant to mental health carers. This information has been combined with the invaluable knowledge Arafmi’s frontline workers have developed through supporting people through the NDIS process, to provide carers with accurate and easily accessible information.Who is it for?Carer Coach is free for anyone who cares for or about a friend or family member with a psychosocial disability who wants to learn more about the NDIS. It is specifically tailored...

This session will explore the avenue service users, carers, family members and friends have at their disposalThe Complaints about a Health Services session will explore the avenue service users, carers, family members and friends have at their disposal.This information session is designed specifically for people who care for a friend or family member with mental health needs.

The workshop provides carers with communication skills to build a strong and respectful relationship with the person they support.The workshop provides carers with an opportunity to increase their awareness of how people communicate and what skills are needed at different times to build a strong and respectful relationship with the person they support. A range of communication strategies will be explored to build carers confidence and skills and assist them to improve relationships now and in the future. This workshop is based on the L.E.A.P. communication strategy.This information session is designed specifically for people who care for a friend or family member with mental health needs.