Mental Health Advocacy and Peer Support MHAPS

27/10/2025

You can sign up to receive these fab wellbeing calendars from Action for Happiness direct to your email. Hope your October brought some gains in your wellbeing.

27/10/2025

As aa chronically anxious human who used to feel the need to plan out everything to the point that it was so overwhelming that I could not move - here's a reminder for us both. You don't have to have it all figured out right now.

27/10/2025

27/10/2025

https://mhpsshub.org/resource/well-being-cards-for-children/
Came across this lovely Wellbeing card resource for children from the MHPSS International Movement Hub. https://mhpsshub.org/resources/

10/09/2025

Looking for work can feel overwhelming when we don't feel well; Here's a resource that can support us as we move towards a new adventure! www.digitalsuite,co,nz

10/09/2025

Love a good Peer Support get together! Great to share our stories and the groovy new initiatives being created across Canterbury.

Our peer support kaimahi Aaron, recently joined Megan from Comcare Trust and Jessica from The Speed Freaks, on Compass FM to kōrero about the Coffee Club in Rangiora.

Run by The Peer Support Collective, this weekly group creates a safe, welcoming space for people with lived experience to connect and support one another in recovery.

What began as a small central city meet-up has now grown to 20+ regulars, and has expanded out to Rangiora. Come join the collective!

📍 Mondays, 10–11am, Artisan Bakery, Rangiora
📞 For more info, contact Aaron: 021 368 561

👉 Hear their kōrero on Compass FM: https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-3ujc6-194fd1e

10/09/2025

Raising awareness on World Su***de Prevention Day, Recovery is definitely a team journey!

It's world su***de prevention day today, so I thought I would share The Butterfly Diaries e-book again - four true stories of recovery from being suicidal as told to four NZ writers. We distributed more than a thousand paperbacks back in 2014 and now it's been made immortal online.

https://www.engagenz.co.nz/recovery-resources/the-butterfly-diaries/

09/09/2025

Free eye tests and glasses for eligible whanau available at Salvation Army Vision Clinic.

09/09/2025

Mental Health Awareness Week is coming up!

Community Kōrero needs you! 💬

With Mental Health Awareness Week kicking off at the start of October, we want to run a series of Community Kōrero sessions next month that are themed around topics of your choice.

So with that in mind, the topics listed here are just to get you started, but we want to hear from you. Let us know in the comments if you're keen to chat about any of these topics or raise your own. We'll collate the responses and assign a special topic to each of our Community Kōrero sessions in October! We'll also arrange for some guest speakers, so let us know your suggestions there, too ❤️

I was going to do a fancy schmancy poll or survey with tick boxes and the like, but pure conversation here is the way to go! 💬

09/09/2025

[Alt text: Painted illustration of a seal partially submerged in swirling blue and purple water. Above the seal, handwritten text reads: "YOU ARE NOT A BURDEN FOR STRUGGLING." The background is a blend of pastel colours. It is signed catfish'd in the bottom right corner.]

09/09/2025

09/09/2025

Join us for Community Kōrero on Wednesday at midday! ♥️

This week's session is the Mutual Aid Space, inspired by the insightful conversations we had in our kōrero sessions last year. This is a chance for community to support each other, so whether it’s a problem at work, navigating a service, or even just how to cook a Sunday roast, this is the place to talk it out and crowdsource for some tips and advice. Grab your lunch or a cuppa and we'll see you online at 12pm⏱️

Get the Zoom link here👉
https://f.mtr.cool/firtrsgajv

And to check out all Community Kōrero sessions, head to our events page👉
https://f.mtr.cool/ezqusbaltp