Summary of Services Commissioned

Counselling and mental health support for people living in Northern NSW residential aged care facilities.

Northern NSW

For Aboriginal community members interested in mental health first aid.

Lismore

Funding will contribute to the ongoing employment and hosting of the Our Healthy Clarence Project Coordinator, and support the development and implementation of strategies designed to achieve the objectives of the Our Healthy Clarence Plan.

Clarence Valley

Development of culturally safe disaster preparedness tools and disaster planning for Aboriginal families.

Northern Rivers

Suicide prevention service available to people discharged from hospital emergency departments.

Tweed Valley, Northern Rivers and Clarence Valley

Building the capacity of neighbourhoods in the Tweed to support each other in the event of natural disaster.

Northern Rivers

Community legal education workshops to support disaster recovery.

Mid North Coast

For Aboriginal men with both drug and alcohol and mental health issues.

Ballina, Lismore, Byron Bay, Casino, Kyogle

Trauma education and resilience training programs for aged care staff working with older people in their homes.

Northern Rivers

For people aged 12-25 seeking support for mental and physical health, work and study, and alcohol and other drugs.

Lismore

For people aged 12-25 seeking support for mental and physical health, work and study, and alcohol and other drugs.

Grafton

Aftercare support and treatment to people 16 years and over at risk of or have previously attempted suicide or self-harm.

Port Macquarie, Kempsey, Bellingen, Nambucca Valley and Coffs Harbour regions

Development of a native bush foods garden in the Clarence Valley.

Clarence Valley

Provides Aboriginal narrative therapy services to improve the social and emotional wellbeing.

Bowraville

Therapeutic group work programs for women in the Lismore region affected by the 2022 floods.

Northern Rivers

For people aged 12-25 seeking support for mental and physical health, work and study, and alcohol and other drugs.

Port Macquarie

Free or low-cost youth health services for young people aged 12-25.

Mid North Coast, Hastings Macleay, Northern Rivers/Clarence Valley and Tweed Valley

This project provides Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in the Ballina Local Government Area with improved access to psychological and psychiatry services and support with care navigation.

Ballina

Counselling and mental health support for people living in Mid North Coast residential aged care facilities.

Coffs Harbour, Bellingen, Nambucca Heads, Kempsey, Port Macquarie

Youth program that provides educational and recreational activities, training, mentoring, leadership and employment opportunities for young people.

Northern Rivers

For people aged 12-25 seeking support for mental and physical health, work and study, and alcohol and other drugs.

Tweed Heads

Counselling, care coordination and education for LGBTQ+ people and people living with HIV impacted by the 2022 floods.

Northern Rivers

For people aged 12-25 seeking support for mental and physical health, work and study, and alcohol and other drugs.

Coffs Harbour

Development of culturally safe disaster preparedness tools and disaster planning for Aboriginal families.

Mid North Coast

A range of free mental health and wellbeing supports to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the Northern Rivers region.

Northern Rivers

Mental health outreach and community engagement activities to support the Wardell community.

Northern Rivers

Counselling and mental health support for people living in Northern NSW residential aged care facilities.

Northern NSW

Case coordination, recovery conversations, cultural healing and trauma-based education programs.

Northern Rivers

Community support and wellbeing hubs to support flood-impacted communities

Lismore, Mullumbimby and Murwillumbah.

Community disaster resilience and healing projects.

Mid North Coast

Evidence-based programs to improve the wellbeing and resilience of children, young people, and adults impacted by natural disaster.

Northern NSW

Community legal education workshops to support disaster recovery.

Mid North Coast

For Aboriginal community members interested in mental health first aid.

Lismore

This project provides Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in the Ballina Local Government Area with improved access to psychological and psychiatry services and support with care navigation.

Ballina

Counselling and mental health support for people living in Mid North Coast residential aged care facilities.

Coffs Harbour, Bellingen, Nambucca Heads, Kempsey, Port Macquarie

Funding will contribute to the ongoing employment and hosting of the Our Healthy Clarence Project Coordinator, and support the development and implementation of strategies designed to achieve the objectives of the Our Healthy Clarence Plan.

Clarence Valley