News

Wellways Detention Exit Community Outreach (DECO) team leader Joanne Smith receives a top award.

Esteemed actor and Indigenous leader Uncle Jack Charles shared his insights into the power of storytelling to inspire, to connect and to evoke change in the 19th Annual Bruce Woodcock Lecture.

This month’s regional news features Wellways at Tasmania’s Disability Expos, The Art of Recovery - Peninsula Art Exhibition, a day on the green with SEW-EURODRIVE and the Brainwaves team walking for Mental Health Week.

Marriage equality could “prevent 3000 teen suicide attempts a year”, youth support groups say. ReachOut, Headspace, Orygen, the Black Dog Institute and Sydney.

LifeSpan, an integrated suicide prevention program developed by the Black Dog Institute, is being trialled in Tasmania, as one of the 12 locations identified across Australia. 

Dindima Aboriginal footy club, supported by Wellways, romped home to beat Queanbeyan Canberra United in the Wagga team’s first appearance at the 2017 Canberra Knockout. The team went on to compete in the Big Knockout held recently in Sydney.

One of the nation’s most respected and enduring actors, Uncle Jack Charles, will deliver the 19th Annual Bruce Woodcock Memorial Lecture at Arts Centre Melbourne on Wednesday 11 October 2017.

Fifth National Mental Health Plan approved, new powers for the Disability Services Commissioner, a report into NDIS access for people with psychosocial disabilities related to mental health, and Wellways staff commended in the annual Tandem Awards.

This month’s regional news features Launceston’s Minds Do Matter art exhibition, a grassroots mental health project in Tasmania, TasTAFE’s High Tea fundraiser and Mental Health Week events.

As demand for support increases with NDIS implementation, Wellways disability services have grown rapidly to help people like Nada achieve positive outcomes and greater independence.