This year’s Mental Health Week art competition was chock-full of amazing artwork, created by local artists with a lived mental health experience—and we’re so excited to announce the [...]
Everyone has the right to feel safe with their partners or family. Family violence is any behaviour that is intended to make an individual or their family feel scared and unsafe. But it [...]
Family violence and the conversations we need to be having about it. We asked Ballarat youth to contribute their thoughts and creativity in the space of family violence, for our It Starts With [...]
Let me love you, not fear you. More than one million Australian children are affected by family violence. Children and youth who are exposed to family violence, either directly or indirectly, can [...]
If you are aged between 12 and 25 years and you have something to say about family violence, then we need you! BCH want you to send a message of positive change in the prevention of family [...]
Last year we had many wonderful submissions to the Ballarat Mental Health Week art competition, which were displayed at Ballarat Community Health’s Lucas facility. This year, with [...]
Media release International Family Drug Support Day 2020: ‘Support the Family, Improve the Outcome’ Ballarat Community Health (BCH) will host a free community information session that focuses on [...]
Mental health apps for mobile devices: do they help and how do you choose the right one for you? Lesley McKarney With the explosion of digital mental health support in the form of mindfulness and [...]