North East Metro Family and Carer-led Centre
Providing support to families, carers, friends and supporters of people living with mental health or substance use concerns.
About the North East Metro Family and Carer-led Centre
The North East Metro Family and Carer-led Centre is a warm and welcoming space available to family, carers, friends and supporters of people living with mental health or alcohol and other drug use challenges.
It is available to people of all ages and backgrounds.
The Centre is co-designed and led by people with lived/living experience of being a family member or carer.
Limited drop-in sessions have now started. Full services are expected to commence later in 2023.
Come to a drop-in session
Drop-in sessions provide family members, carers, friends and supporters with access to information, peer support, and the opportunity to relax and have a cup of tea.
No referral or appointment is needed, you can just drop in when it suits you.
Hawthorn
Where: Hawthorn Community House
Address: 32 Henry St, Hawthorn 3122
When: Tuesdays 2pm-4pm
Lilydale
Where: Lilydale Youth Hub
Address: 5/9 Clarke St, Lilydale 3140
When: Mondays 10am-12pm
Employment opportunities
Visit the AccessHC Careers page or join the mailing list to stay up to date about employment opportunities.
Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Healthcare System
The Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Healthcare System highlighted the enormous contribution made by family members, carers, friends and supporters of people living with mental health concerns; both to the people they support and for the functioning of the mental health system.
The establishment of the Family and Carer-led Centres, recommendation 31 of the report, aims to ensure better system-wide involvement of family members, carers, friends and supporters. One way this will be achieved is through the development of eight Family and Carer-led Centres across Victoria.
About us
AccessHC, along with partners Self Help Addiction Recovery Centre (SHARC), healthAbility, and Inspiro are leading the establishment of the Centre in the North East Metro region.
Across the state, the organisations responsible for rolling out each of the eight Centres are working closely together, along with Tandem and the Lived Experience Branch of the Department of Health, to develop fantastic programs, tailored to support the needs of families and carers in our communities.
For further information contact FCLC@accesshc.org.au
Learn more
Join the mailing list to learn about:
- employment or volunteering positions
- opportunities to be part of a reference group
- services for family and carers.
Join the mailing list
Sign up to learn about employment or volunteering positions, opportunities to be part of a reference group, or the services for family and carers.