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MIFWA - supporting mental wellness and recovery

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MIFWA - supporting mental wellness and recovery

MIFWA is an independent community-based mental health organisation supporting people who are living with and recovering from mental health challenges.

We also support their families, carers, friends and colleagues who are supporting them. MIFWA is an independent community based mental health organisation with 30 years’ experience supporting people with a lived experience of mental health challenges, and their families and carers across Western Australia. We pride ourselves on being welcoming, accessible and approachable, and offer a warm and friendly environment where people can learn, contribute, get advice and assistance.

05/01/2026

Join us for our first carers workshop of 2026! 🌟

We’re excited to invite family carers to our Communication Strategies Workshop for Carers, a free online session supporting adults who care for a loved one experiencing mental health distress.

🗓 Tuesday 6 January 2026
⏰ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
📍 Online via Zoom
🔗 Zoom link will be sent to registered participants

About the workshop
Relationships are at the heart of mental health. This session will help carers strengthen communication and connection when mental distress is present.

We’ll:
✔ Explore communication styles for carers
✔ Learn 5 key relationship strategies for carers
✔ Watch and reflect on a short video about “relationship dances”

Who can attend:
This session is open to family carers only who are in a caring role for a loved one experiencing mental health distress.

Cost: Free

Bookings are essential
To register, contact Samantha Scott on 0408 204 219
Or samantha.scott@mifwa.org.au

Please share with anyone who may find this helpful 🌻

For more details, visit mifwa.org.au/event/communication-strategies-workshop-for-carers/

01/01/2026

✨ Happy New Year! ✨

Wishing everyone a year filled with hope, kindness and new possibilities. As we step into the new year, let’s remember to take care of ourselves and look out for one another. Small moments of care can make a huge difference. 💙

Here’s to a positive year ahead for us all!

25/12/2025

We wish you a safe, joyful and Merry Christmas! ✨🎄

If you need urgent support, we've compiled a list of helpful contacts at mifwa.org.au/helpful-contacts

23/12/2025

With Christmas just around the corner, please note there will be some changes to our opening hours over the festive period.

If you need information and support, call us on 📞 9237 8900 during our opening hours.

If you or someone you support needs support on public holidays or over the weekend, please visit our Helpful Contacts page for a list of amazing organisations that can support you: mifwa.org.au/helpful-contacts

🚨 If it’s an emergency, always call 000.

🎄 From all of us at MIFWA, we wish you a safe, relaxing and enjoyable festive season!

18/12/2025

As Chairperson of MIFWA, I’m delighted to present our 2024-2025 Annual Report.

This report is a strong reflection of the work we do, our impact, and our vibrant new branding. It also acknowledges the hard work, resilience and dedication of everyone who contributes to MIFWA’s mission, and the partnerships and collaborations that help us achieve our goals.

On behalf of our Board — Ann White, Pauline Fungalei, Carolyn Ngan, Gianni Ripani, Leanne Pearman, Paul Fry, Marija Andacic and Jeff Steketee — I extend our sincere thanks to Monique, Rhonda and all others who contributed to this important work.

You can view the full report here: https://www.mifwa.org.au/about-mifwa/annual-reports/

17/12/2025

More than 370 Christmas Cards of Hope!

A tradition in our Hospital to Home program🎄

This year, our wonderful TAFE peer students along with peers from the Hospital to Home (H2H) program handwrote more than 370 Christmas cards, which were then carefully prepared and delivered to the mental health wards across all our partner hospitals.

This marks the fourth year of MIFWA’s H2H Christmas Card initiative — a small act of kindness that has grown into something truly meaningful.

Every December, our team sits together to handwrite personal messages, ensuring each card carries warmth, hope, and a reminder that no one is alone during the holiday season.

The response from our partner hospitals has continued to be heartfelt:

“So lovely that the Christmas Cards are back this year 🙂. I'm sure our patients would very much appreciate receiving a card.”

“Amazing! Yes, we would love to be a part of the Christmas Card Project again for 2025.”

“Always loved.”

These messages remind us why this tradition matters and why we continue to show up each year.

A huge thank-you to everyone involved — from peers and students to our hospital partners who support sharing these messages of care. Your involvement from the very beginning has helped create a moment of connection and compassion for people spending Christmas in hospital.

16/12/2025

Chairing MIFWA in 2025 – a Year of Progress, Purpose and Partnership

As we wrap up the year, our chairperson Erin Bourne says:

"As MIFWA's chairperson in 2025, I want to acknowledge the extraordinary people at MIFWA celebrated at our recent AGM.

To CEO Monique Williamson and the MIFWA team, thank you for your tireless work and the heart you bring to everything you do.

Congratulations to this year's Glenn Pickett Award recipients – Caroline Wood and Charles Moncrieff – whose contributions continue to inspire our community and honour Glenn’s legacy.

To our volunteer Board – Ann White, Pauline Fungalei, Carolyn Ngan, Gianni Ripani, Leanne Pearman, Paul Fry, Marija Andacic and Jeff Steketee – thank you for guiding MIFWA with expertise, curiosity and compassion. Your stewardship shapes our direction and helps us continue to serve people living with mental health challenges and their families across Western Australia.
MIFWA is now a Company Limited by Guarantee, a strategic shift that strengthens our governance. So I look forward to 2026 and what else we will achieve together."

mifwa.org.au

📷
Erin Bourne, MIFWA Chairperson
Monique Williamson, MIFWA CEO
Caroline Wood and Charles Moncrieff, 2025 Glenn Pickett Award recipients

13/12/2025

Turn your lived experience into hope for others!

Have you supported a loved one living with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) or BPD traits? Your journey could make a powerful difference.

MIFWA is seeking a Carer Peer Facilitator to co-create a safe, supportive space for families, carers and friends of people living with BPD. This role exists so others don’t have to walk the path alone.

✨What you’ll do:

You'll facilitate a monthly BPD Support Group in West Leederville, offering peer connection, information, and practical strategies for Carers navigating the complexities of BPD.

Groups will run from January to June 2026 with potential extension and further facilitation opportunities.

This is not a clinical role. It’s leadership through lived experience.

Applications close Friday 19 December 2025. Shortlisting begins as applications are received, so apply early.

👉 Learn more & apply on Seek: https://www.seek.com.au/job/89069998

11/12/2025

A huge thank you to everyone who has donated so far to our Xmas Tree Appeal. Your kindness is helping bring Christmas joy to MIFWA families! ❤️

Anyone wishing to make a donation, there's still time. Please place your gifts under the tree at Sista Fitness Joondalup before Monday 15 December. You don’t need to be a club member.... everyone is welcome to help make Christmas special for our families.

How to donate:
▪ Choose a tag from the tree at Sista Fitness Joondalup
▪ Buy a new, non-perishable gift suitable for the age and gender on your tag
▪ Wrap the gift and write a short description of what it is on the tag
▪ Tape the tag to the wrapped gift and place it under the tree before Monday 15 December

Gift Guide:
🎁 Gifts must be unopened and unused
🎁 Gifts must be suitable for mums, dads and children
🎁 Please do not donate nerf guns or perishables

On behalf of MIFWA's Parent Peer Support Program, thank you for being part of our Christmas.

For more information about the program, visit https://bit.ly/MIFWA-PPSP

03/12/2025

Today on International Day of People with Disability (IDPwD) we join in promoting awareness, understanding and acceptance of people with disability. This year’s United Nations theme — “Fostering disability inclusive societies for advancing social progress” — calls on all of us to help create a fairer society that respects the rights of people with disability.

Here in Australia, we can do this by playing a part in building an inclusive, diverse community for the 5.5 million Australians with disability. We can all take action by:

✨Understanding the problems people with disability face.
✨Taking away barriers that stop people with disability from joining in.
✨Making sure people with disability have the same chances as others.
✨Having health care and good education that everyone can use.
✨Including people with disability in all parts of life.

MIFWA is committed to making our services and supports accessible, inclusive and responsive to the needs of people with disability. We empower people with psychosocial disability through accessible, inclusive, and person-cantered supports — because we know choice and dignity matter.

For more information, visit https://bit.ly/MIFWA-NDIS

Helping build a community where everyone belongs. 💙✨

02/12/2025

🎄MIFWA Parent Peer Support Program X Sista Fitness Joondalup Xmas Tree Appeal ❤️

It’s that time of year! We’re again partnering with Sista Fitness to bring Christmas joy to MIFWA families. If you can, please donate a gift through the Xmas Tree Appeal.

How to donate:

▪ choose a tag from the tree at Sista Fitness Joondalup
▪ buy a new, non-perishable gift suitable for the age and gender on your tag
▪ wrap the gift and write a short description of what it is on the tag
▪ tape the tag to the wrapped gift, and place your tagged gift under the tree before Monday 15 December.

Gift Guide:

🎁 Gifts must be unopened and unused
🎁 Gifts must be suitable to for mums, dads and children
🎁 Please do not donate nerf guns or perishables.

On behalf of our Parent Peer Support Program, thanks so much for making this Christmas special!

For more information about the program, visit https://bit.ly/MIFWA-PPSP

01/12/2025

MIFWA was part of the national conversation last week with Erin Bourne, Chairperson and Kerri Callaghan, Peer Program and Practice Lead attending the annual Parliamentary Friends of Mental Health event at Parliament House in Canberra. It was great to see the event supported by two West Australian Members of Parliament anchoring the Friends Group.

Honouring the vital role of lived experience in shaping a stronger, more compassionate mental health system.

📸
Erin Bourne & Kerri Callaghan, MIFWA
Senator Jordon Steele-John
Tony Stevenson, MIFA
Claire Moore, MIFA
Andrew Wallace MP

Mental Illness Fellowship of Australia, Senator Jordon Steele-John, Andrew Wallace - LNP Federal Member for Fisher, Tracey Roberts - Federal Member for Pearce

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9 The Avenue, Midland
Perth, WA
6056

Opening Hours

Monday	8:30am - 4:30pm
Tuesday	8:30am - 4:30pm
Wednesday	8:30am - 4:30pm
Thursday	8:30am - 4:30pm
Friday	8:30am - 4:30pm

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+61892378900

Website

http://www.mifwa.org.au/

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