Community Walk
2022-08-03 11:00 - 13:00 (Australia/Darwin) | ANZAC Oval, 7 Wills Terrace, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, 0870, Australia
Join MHACA and Footy 4 Life for the Healthy Bodies Support Healthy Minds Community Walk for people of all abilities.
With a free healthy lunch and fun games, this event will be a safe inclusive space for people to connect with others and enjoy some gentle exercise. If you would like to play footy beforehand make sure you come at 10am.
For more information email healthpromotion@mhaca.org.au or call 00455 135 309

Making Connections
2022-08-11 12:00 - 13:30 | MHACA, 14 Lindsay Ave, East Side, NT, 0870, Australia
You’re invited to take part in a community conversation in your local area about Australia’s mental health and suicide prevention system.
Join the National Mental Health Commission and the Mental Health Association of Central Australia for a shared lunch and chat: 12:00pm – 1:30pm, Thursday 11 August at MHACA, 14 Lindsay Avenue, East Side.
Mental ill-health impacts every one of us. That’s why every person living in Australia has the opportunity to be heard. The National Mental Health Commission invites you to share your experience of the mental health and suicide prevention system with the Government through a series of community conversations and an online National Connections 2022 Survey.
What does an accessible, equitable and inclusive mental health system, based on lived experience look like? Join us for a free healthy lunch and community conversation or share your thoughts by visiting www.making-connections.com.au

Standard Mental Health First Aid Training
2022-08-16 08:30 - 2022-08-17 16:00 | CAAC Training Room, 32 Priest Street, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, 0870, Australia
MHACA is delivering a free Standard Mental Health First Aid Training 8:30am – 4.00pm, Tuesday 16 and Wednesday 17 August at the CAAC Training Room 32 Priest Street, Alice Springs.
There are limited places so if you are interested in attending, please email healthpromotion@mhaca.org.au for a registration form or call 0455 135 309.

Creating Hope Through Action
2022-09-09 20:30 - 22:30 | Council Chamber Lawns, 93 Todd St, Alice Springs, NT, 0870, Australia
World Suicide Prevention Day
Creating Hope Through Action, our Mparntwe World Suicide Prevention Day event, will be held 11am-1pm Friday 9 September on the Council Chamber Lawns.
The event will include a Welcome to Country and Smoking Ceremony with Aunty Sabella Kngwaraye Turner, speakers, music by Kirra Voller and Billy Black, craft activities, a photo booth and a free healthy BBQ. The event provides a reflective moment around the impact of suicide in our communities, and promotes our local programs that are working in suicide prevention and increasing community wellbeing. All are welcome!
Download and share the poster

SafeTALK
2022-10-06 08:00 - 11:00 | The Purple Shed, 15 Lindsay Avenue, East Side, NT, 0870, Australia
MHACA will be delivering safeTALK in Mparntwe (Alice Springs) on Thursday October 6.
Download the poster and registration form.
Places are limited so if you are interested in attending please return the form at your earliest convenience. Registrations close Monday 26 September.
As a special introductory offer this is a free training.
safeTALK offers valuable skills to everyone 15 and older and requires no formal training or prior experience in suicide prevention. Because it only takes half a day to learn, safeTALK is an excellent tool for people who want to become alert to the dangers of suicide in a convenient timeframe. safeTALK helps expand the reach of suicide intervention skills in the community.
Any queries, please contact Lynn Moloney on 0437947257 or email training@mhaca.og.au

ASIST Alice Springs
2022-10-10 07:30 - 2022-10-11 15:30 | The Purple Shed, 15 Lindsay Avenue, East Side, NT, 0870, Australia
MHACA will be delivering ASIST, an accredited 2 day suicide prevention training, in Mparntwe (Alice Springs) on 11+12 October.
Download the poster and registration form.
COST: $280 Concession, $380 Full
Places are limited so if you are interested in attending please return the registration form at your earliest convenience. Registrations close Monday 3 October.
In the course of the two-day workshop, ASIST participants learn to:

Understand the ways personal and societal attitudes affect views on suicide and interventions
Provide guidance and suicide first-aid to a person at risk in ways that meet their individual safety needs
Identify the key elements of an effective suicide safety plan and the actions required to implement it
Appreciate the value of improving and integrating suicide prevention resources in the community at large
Recognise other important aspects of suicide prevention including life-promotion and self-care.

Any queries, please contact Lynn Moloney on 0437947257 or email training@mhaca.og.au

Bush Balm Demonstration for MHACA Participants
2022-10-10 11:30 - 12:30 | Purple House Bush Balm Shop, 15 Lindsay Avenue, East Side, NT, 0870, Australia
For Mental Health Week MHACA participants are invited to join Purple House to learn how bush balms are traditionally made.
This activity is free but RSVP’s are essential. Let a Drop-in staff member know if you would like to come or call MHACA on 89504600.

Mental Health Morning Tea
2022-10-11 09:00 - 10:30 | Yaye’s Cafe, 61 Larapinta Drive, Araluen, Northern Territory, 0870, Australia
Join MHACA and MIFANT for a morning tea at Yaye’s Cafe with a Welcome to Country, music by XAVIA, guest speakers, information to support your wellbeing and refreshments.
A free Mental Health Week event for community members.

Fun at the Pool
2022-10-12 20:30 - 22:30 | Aquatic & Leisure Centre, 10 Speed Street, Alice Springs, NT, 0870, Australia
Exercise supports our wellbeing. Come to the Alice Springs Aquatic Centre for a gentle water exercise class, go on the waterslides or just have a swim. With a free healthy lunch.
Free entry to the Alice Springs Aquatic Centre between 11am – 1pm.
A Mental Health Week event.

Bush Balm Demonstration
2022-10-13 10:00 - 11:00 | Purple House Bush Balm Shop, 15 Lindsay Avenue, East Side, NT, 0870, Australia
Join Purple House to learn how bush balms are traditionally made.
This traditional knowledge inspires the creation of a range of Bush Balm® products made from wild harvested medicinal plants expertly collected on Aboriginal Lands in Central Australia.
The Bush Balms® were first produced by and for the growing number of Indigenous dialysis patients and their families. Forced to leave their country indefinitely for treatment, many longed for traditional bush remedies to remind them of home. And so the Bush Balms® were born.
Run by Purple House, an innovative Indigenous-owned and operated health service based in Alice Springs in the Northern Territory, this dynamic social enterprise provides employment opportunities for patients and their families and no cost bush medicine for Purple House patients year round.
Created by people with an unbroken tradition of Indigenous intellectual and cultural knowledge, Bush Balms® are truly made from the heart.
Free but RSVP’s essential: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bush-balm-demonstration-tickets-427620202537
A Mental Health Week event.

Stress Less in the Park
2022-10-14 09:00 - 12:00 | ASTC Civic Centre Lawns, 93 Todd St, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, 0870, Australia
Stress Less in the Park is a feature of Mental Health Week in Alice Springs and provides a focus on mental health and wellbeing. With speakers, local service stalls, music by Bambadino, Katanga Junior and Stuart Nuggett, kids’ activities, a demonstration by the Arrernte Community Boxing Academy, food and drinks.
A free whole of community event.

ASIST Tennant Creek
2022-10-18 07:30 - 2022-10-19 15:30 | Civic Hall, Pekoe Road, Tennant Creek, NT, 0870, Australia
MHACA will be delivering ASIST, an accredited 2 day suicide prevention training, in Tennant Creek on 18+19 October.
Download the poster and registration form.
COST: $280 Concession, $380 Full
Places are limited so if you are interested in attending please return the registration form at your earliest convenience. Registrations close Monday 10 October.
In the course of the two-day workshop, ASIST participants learn to:

Understand the ways personal and societal attitudes affect views on suicide and interventions
Provide guidance and suicide first-aid to a person at risk in ways that meet their individual safety needs
Identify the key elements of an effective suicide safety plan and the actions required to implement it
Appreciate the value of improving and integrating suicide prevention resources in the community at large
Recognise other important aspects of suicide prevention including life-promotion and self-care.

Any queries, please contact Lynn Moloney on 0437947257 or email training@mhaca.og.au

Annual General Meeting
2022-12-13 16:00 - 17:30 | MHACA 14 Lindsay Avenue East Side, 14 Lindsay Ave, East Side, NT, 0870, Australia
You are invited to the Mental Health Association of Central Australia’s Annual General Meeting.
5pm-6.30pm Tuesday 13 December @ MHACA, 14 Lindsay Ave, East Side
Please RSVP by 7 December by calling 8950 4600 or emailing info@mhaca.org.au
All interested members of the community are invited to attend.

safeTALK – Alice Springs
2023-02-01 09:00 - 12:30, 2023-03-20 09:00 - 12:00, 2023-07-12 09:00 - 12:00, 2023-08-02 09:00 - 12:00 | The Purple Shed, 15 Lindsay Avenue, East Side, NT, 0870, Australia
safeTALK is a half-day alertness workshop that prepares anyone, regardless of experience or training, to become a suicide-alert helper.

Youth Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health First Aid – Alice Springs
2023-02-22 08:30 - 2023-02-23 16:00 | The Purple Shed, 15 Lindsay Avenue, East Side, NT, 0870, Australia
In this strengths-based two-day course you will learn how to assist Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander young people who may be experiencing a mental health problem or mental health crisis until appropriate professional support is received or the crisis resolves, using practical, evidence-based action plan.

Equal Futures International Women's Day Fair
2023-03-04 17:00 - 20:00 | Women’s Museum of Australia, 2 Stuart Terrace, Alice Springs, NT, 0870, Australia
The Women’s Museum of Australia is hosting the Equal Futures International Women’s Day Fair 5-8pm Saturday 4 March 2022.

With performances by Casii Williams, Shilo, Ruby Hill and Singchronicity plus markets stalls, speakers and food and drinks.

This is a family friendly event, with a live broadcast from 8CCC and a free healthy BBQ between 5-6pm.

The Fair will be held on the grounds of the Women’s Museum (Old Gaol), 2 Stuart Terrace, Alice Springs and entry is via donation. The event has been organised in collaboration with MHACA, Women’s Safety Services of Central Australia, Central Australian Women’s Legal Service, Relationships Australia and 8CCC Community Radio.

International Women’s Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating women’s equality. The theme for International Women’s Day 2023 is #EmbraceEquity.

safeTALK – Tennant Creek
2023-03-07 13:00 - 16:00 | Karguru Centre, 65 Staunton Street, Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, 0860, Australia

Standard Mental Health First Aid
2023-03-22 08:30 - 2023-03-23 16:00 | The Purple Shed, 15 Lindsay Avenue, East Side, NT, 0870, Australia
This two-day course teaches adults how to provide initial support to adults who are developing a mental illness or experiencing a mental health crisis.

ASIST - Alice Springs
2023-04-12 08:30 - 2023-04-13 16:00, 2023-06-21 08:30 - 2023-06-22 12:00, 2023-08-16 08:30 - 2023-08-17 16:00 | The Purple Shed, 15 Lindsay Avenue, East Side, NT, 0870, Australia
ASIST is a two-day interactive workshop in suicide first-aid. ASIST teaches participants to recognise when someone may be at risk of suicide and work with them to create a plan that will support their immediate safety.

Central Australia Suicide Prevention Forum
2023-05-10 08:30 - 2023-05-11 16:00 | Desert Knowledge Precinct, 475 South Stuart Hwy,, Alice Springs, 0870
The Central Australian Suicide Prevention Forum will be held on Wednesday 10 and Thursday 11 May 2023 at the Desert Knowledge Precinct, Alice Springs.
The forum has a focus on keeping the conversation happening in our community about preventing suicide and showcasing successful suicide prevention and postvention initiatives.
Here’s a short video from last year’s forum: https://youtu.be/55YP783MxtE
Attending the forum is free, and lunch and refreshments are provided, however registrations are essential as places are limited due to venue capacity.
Please express interest in attending by emailing healthpromotion@mhaca.org.au by Wednesday 3 May.

safeTALK
2023-05-16 09:00 - 12:00 | The Purple Shed, 15 Lindsay Avenue, East Side, NT, 0870, Australia

Mental Health First Aid – Tennant Creek
2023-06-07 08:30 - 2023-06-08 16:00 | Karguru Centre, 65 Staunton Street, Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, 0860, Australia
Learn how to assist adults who are developing a mental health problem, experiencing a worsening of an existing mental health problem or in a mental health crisis, until appropriate professional help is received or the crisis resolves.

safeTALK - Alice Springs
2023-06-13 09:00 - 12:00 | The Purple Shed, 15 Lindsay Avenue, East Side, NT, 0870, Australia

Men's Mental Health Day
2023-06-16 11:30 - 13:00 | Uniting Church Lawns, 50 Todd St, East Side, Northern Territory, 0870, Australia
Join MHACA on the Uniting Church Lawns in the Todd Mall for Men’s Mental Health Day, as part of Men’s Health Week national activities.
With speakers, fun activities, information stalls, a Men’s Wellbeing Hamper lucky draw, and a free healthy BBQ.
This is a free community event, all are welcome.
When: 11.30am-1pm Friday 16 June
Where: Uniting Church Lawns, 50 Todd St, Alice Springs

CANCELLED Standard Mental Health First Aid - Alice Springs
2023-07-12 08:30 - 2023-07-13 16:00 | TBA
Learn how to assist people who are developing a mental health problem, experiencing a worsening of an existing mental health problem or in a mental health crisis, until appropriate professional help is received or the crisis resolves.
