Please join us for a #CroakeyGO at Sunshine, in Melbourne’s west, on Wednesday, 11 December to explore how communities are responding to heatwaves and associated health risks. Further... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Earlier this month Minister for Health, Greg Hunt, announced an ambitious intention to build “the world’s best mental health system”. While this goal was welcomed by... Read more
Trust, hope, safety, respect, dignity, connection and comfort – these are among some of the qualities fostered by the Safe Haven café in the grounds of St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne.... Read more
Last week’s #CroakeyGO #NavigatingHealth event attracted nearly 100 people to join us in navigating some of the pathways (and hearing about many of the mazes) in mental health. Sponsored by... Read more
When a sizeable crowd gathered to walk and talk about mental health in Melbourne, participants shared a real life exercise in the importance of social connections for health and wellbeing. T... Read more
A group comprised of strangers, colleagues and friends will come together on August 1 in inner Melbourne to participate in a public walk on the Country of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Would we be more likely as a society to act on “housing disadvantage” if the benefits for mental health were more widely understood? It’s a questio... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: A Victorian politician has urged the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System to address the harms caused by gambling as a public health issue. Citing h... Read more
Please join us for a #CroakeyGO in Narm/Melbourne on 1 August, to follow the footsteps of a patient journey through the mental health system. The map and itinerary for this collaborative act... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: The Victorian mental health system is highly fragmented, with an inefficient patchwork of programs and services resulting from siloed funding arrangements between Co... Read more
