AMI-Quebec Action on Mental Illness is a non-profit organization that helps families manage the effects of mental illness through support, education, guidance, and advocacy. They have many programs and services including workshops, support groups, counselling for families, family peer support, outreach, online learning, resources, special events, and more.
Address: Montreal
Country: Canada
Email: info@amiquebec.org
The together program provides opportunities for existing and new support groups for carers of people with disability in New South Wales to be linked in with each other and an organisation to receive some assistance. It is coordinated, state-wide network of support groups for carers of people living with disability. The together program provides structured support to support groups for carers of people with disability, including training, education and support for the facilitator; funding to assist with some group costs that can include venue hire, administration, resources and guest speakers; central coordination of support groups for carers of people with disability; and capacity building for organisations working with support groups for carers of people with disability.
Carer support group leaders
Organisations seeking to link with carer support groups
Online Training
Setting Up a Carer Support Group workshop
Carer Support Groups: A workshop for facilitators
Facilitator tele-meetings
Facilitator Forums
Carers Australia is the national peak body representing Australia’s carers, advocating on behalf of Australia’s carers to influence policies and services at a national level. It works collaboratively with partners and its member organisations as well as the Network of state and territory Carers Associations to deliver a range of essential national carer services.
Address: Carers Australia, Unit 1, 16 Napier Close Deakin, ACT, 2600
Carers NSW is the peak non-government organisation for carers in NSW. Carers NSW works with all carers regardless of their age, location, life-stage or circumstances including those caring for individuals with support needs relating to ageing, disability, health and mental illness.Carers NSW is based in Sydney, has a number of regional offices, and provides supports to carers across NSW.
Address: Level 10 / 213 Miller Street North Sydney NSW 2060
Postal Address: PO Box 785 North Sydney NSW 2059
Carers Worldwide draws attention to the needs of unpaid family carers amongst local organisations, NGOS, international NGOs and Governments. They work to enable these organisations to include carers into their existing programmes and to initiate carer-specific activities that will meet the needs of carers at all levels – emotional, physical and economic. Carers Worldwide works strategically, serving as a catalyst to bring about systemic change in the work of governments, charities and other agencies so that they recognise and respond to the needs of carers in the developing world; and facilitate the provision of support for individual carers and their families in the developing world, bringing them better health, wellbeing and economic security. Carers Worldwide achieves this by; rolling out our highly effective partnership approach to raise awareness, change attitudes and transform practice; and disseminating the Carers Worldwide model of the support necessary for creating systemic changes for carers. The Carers Worldwide model comprises five core elements:
Address: Carers Worldwide 30 Lodgefield Welwyn Garden City Hertfordshire AL7 1SD
Email: info@carersworldwide.org
Cause is a group of unpaid carers face daily challenges outside the coping skills of most people, dealing with complex crisis led behaviour including suicide. Working through a frontline team of trained and experienced peer Carer Advocates, they provide practical and emotional support to unpaid mental health carers to help them sustain their challenging role by supporting them emotionally and practically, reducing their isolation and by empowering them to proactively engage with their loved one’s journey of recovery.
Country: Ireland
The Children of Parents with a Mental Illness (COPMI) is a national initiative that develops information for parents, their family and friends in support of these kids and young people. This information complements online training courses developed by COPMI for professionals to support families either individually or through community services and programs. The website is the primary way our information is accessed, however they also work with health care providers, community support groups, educators, service organisations and the media. Their information is designed to foster better mental health outcomes for children of parents with a mental illness, reduce stigma associated with parental mental illness and help friends, family and workers in a range of settings identify and respond to the needs of the children and their families where parental mental illness exists. COPMI resources are developed under the guidance of people who share the experience of living in families where parental mental illness is a part of family life, and of leading researchers and service providers in the mental health field.
Address: Ground Floor, 77 King William Road, North Adelaide. South Australia, 5006
The CAFÉ TA Center is a program of The Family Café, a cross-disability organization that has been connecting individuals with information, training and resources. The Center is supported by SAMHSA to operate one of its five national technical assistance centers; providing technical assistance, training, and resources that facilitate the restructuring of the mental health system through effective consumer directed approaches for adults with serious mental illnesses across the country. CAFE TAC provides mental health consumers and their grass-roots organizations with information, training, networking opportunities and support as they seek to advocate for themselves and transform the mental health system of care to allow for and encourage genuine consumer involvement and peer leadership including collaboration, advocacy, friendship and empowerment. Important programs of the CAFE TAC include:
CAFE TAC is assigned to serve organizations and consumers. The project utilizes a peer-driven approach that is founded upon strategies and interventions consistent with self-determination and recovery models and guided by expert consultants and national technical assistance professionals. The CAFÉ TA Center target areas includes transition facilitation; building a repository of information, training, tools, and resources that promote the successful hiring and support of peer specialists; and collecting resources and training that will ensure consumer leaders contribute to the system’s capacity to make adjustments at every level to ensure a responsive system of care. This project serves consumer run organizations, consumer assisted organizations, grass-roots consumer advocates, consumer directed programs, consumer leaders, and their partners.
Address: 820 E Park Ave. Suite F-100 Tallahassee, Florida
Email: cafetacenter@gmail.com
The Early Career Group (ECG) provides a forum where group members can network with peers and experts alike, engaging in international research and interventions in the area of suicide prevention. The ECG community contribute to the sustainability and effectiveness of suicide prevention strategy and action in the future consisting researchers, clinicians, healthcare and related professionals play a key role suicide prevention and the activities of IASP. The objectives of the ECG are to:
Address: Elders Village Periyakanganankuppam Suba Uppalavadi Post Cuddalore - 607 002 TamilNadu, India.
Email: efefoundation@gmail.com
EUFAMI is an international non-profit organisation with an ongoing commitment to improving care and welfare for people affected by mental illness. They enable their member organisations to act jointly at a European Level, combining their efforts and sharing experience. EUFAMI has a number of programmes supporting people affected by severe mental illness and the organisations representing them across Europe. It allows carers from all over Europe to shared their experiences of helplessness and frustration when living with severe mental illness.
Address: Diestsevest 100 B–3000 Leuven, Belgium
Email: info@eufami.org
EUFAMI is an international non-profit organisation that has an ongoing commitment to improving care and welfare for people affected by mental illness. EUFAMI has a number of programmes supporting people affected by severe mental illness and the organisations representing them across Europe.
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Address: Diestsevest 100, B–3000 Leuven Belgium
Email: project.admin.office@eufami.org
Family Peer Support provide a new approach to family mental health recovery in Ireland
Country: Ireland
Mental Health Carers Arafmi Australia’s mission is a peak body that represents the interests and concerns of families and others voluntarily caring for people with mental illness at a national level, MHCAA seeks to advocate on behalf of carers, explore and strengthen the mental health caring role, develop knowledge, improve skills and offer support to reduce isolation and enhance the caring journey. The MHCAA member organisations services across Australia are:
Address: 86-92 Mount Street Heidelberg VIC 3084
Postal Address: PO Box 592 Heidelberg VIC 3084
Email: arafminational@mindaustralia.org.au
Mental Health Carers NSW (‘MHCN’, formerly Arafmi NSW) is a non-government organisation. We are the peak body for mental health carers in NSW. We engage in systemic advocacy to reflect the voices and needs of carers and drive change in the mental health system. As the peak body for mental health carers in NSW, MHCN regularly consults with carers across NSW to gain information on their opinions and experiences with the mental health system. They use the information gained to provide feedback on policies and services on behalf of carers to the NSW Ministry of Health and to other government bodies.
As a peak body, MHCN provides feedback on policies and services on behalf of carers to the NSW Ministry of Health and to Local Health Districts. We make a positive difference to the mental health system by influencing changes in policy, legislation, and service provision. We regularly engage with carer lived experience across NSW to ensure accurate and representative feedback.
Address: Building C, Suite 2.02 33 Saunders St Pyrmont NSW 2009
Country: Australia
Email: MHCNadmin@mentalhealthcarersnsw.org
Mental Health Families and Friends Tasmania (MHFFTas) is the state-wide leader in advocating for the importance and visibility of mental health and AOD families and friends in Tasmania. Everything they do as an organisation is informed by the lived experience of the mental health and or alcohol and drug support person. It’s at the core of what we do, how we make decisions, who we hire and work with, the publications we produce, and the ongoing conversations we have.
Country: Australia
PLEO are a non-profit family peer support organization for parents whose children to age 25 are facing mental health challenges. We are parents who have supported our own children with these challenges – we’ve been there, we get it, and we can help. They provide Family Peer Support for parents through our:
Country: Canada
Supporting Families New Zealand (SFNZ) supports families, wh?nau and communities to foster mental wellbeing & plays a key role in the journey to wellness.
Country: New Zealand
The International Alliance of Carer Organisations (IACO) serves as an umbrella organization that provides cohesive direction, facilitates information sharing, and actively advocates for carers at an international level.
Address: Rick Greene, IACO c/o National Alliance for Caregiving, Washington, DC USA
Email: rickgreene@caregiving.org
Yellow Brick Road, formerly Supporting Families, is a New Zealand national organisation that provides mental health support for families who have a loved one experiencing mental health challenges. After 40 years of experience working with people around New Zealand, we know that if the family of a loved one experiencing mental distress are correctly supported and empowered, the path they walk leads to increased wellbeing for the whole wha?nau. We will walk alongside any family in New Zealand who needs support, knowledge, advocacy and empowerment as they journey towards mental wellbeing. If you are concerned about a family member experiencing mental health challenges, we can help you.
Country: New Zealand
Email: referrals@yellowbrickroad.org.nz
The Carers NSW Young Carer Program was developed to make a positive difference to the lives of young carers and their families. The Young Carer Program supports and connects young carers through:
Address: Carers NSW, Level 10, 213 Miller Street, North Sydney, NSW 2060
Postal Address: The YC Team, PO Box 785, North Sydney, NSW 2059
Email: yc@carersnsw.org.au
