Be proud, share ideas and be filmed

6-11 October 2014 | various locations around Tasmania

Flourish wants to capture the community’s ideas on film on how to keep mentally healthy during this year’s Mental Health Week events across Tasmania.

Flourish is a not-for-profit organisation that works with mental health consumers to ensure that their rights, responsibilities and opinions are respected by policy makers, service providers and the Tasmanian Community.

The 2014 theme, Act-Belong-Commit, seeks to encourage people to be physically, mentally and socially active, get involved in the local community, and commit to new tasks and challenges. This statewide mental health consumer led activity will see Flourish Regional Advisory Group members learning new skills, engaging in their local communities, promoting positive mental health messages and capturing their local communities’ act- belong- commit statements via film at various Mental Health Week events and activities during Mental Health Week 2014.

Miranda Ashby, Executive Officer says “Encouraging people to have a say on how to keep mentally healthy helps fight stigma surrounding mental health issues, as everyone needs to look after their mental health”.

Locations of Flourish filming activities:

• Tuesday 7th October Northern Mental Health Week Expo Albert Hall, Launceston 10 am – 2pm
• Wednesday 8th October Mental Health is no Trivial Matter Community Luncheon, Rosebery Memorial Hall 12- 2pm
• Wednesday 8th October Northside Mental Health Services Inpatient Mental Health Art Exhibition Launch, Northern Integrated Care Centre Launceston 6pm
• Thursday 9th October Tai Chi with Chai Tea, Derwent Valley Community House New Norfolk 10-11.30am
• Friday 10th October Road to Recovery Walk, Cenotaph to Parliament House Lawn Hobart 10am – 2pm

For interviews: Miranda Ashby, Executive Officer – [email protected], 0448 185 629, Consumer Representative, Zachary Lockhart 0427 912 642

Flourish Mental Health Action In Our Hands Inc. is an independent organisation which aims to further the interests and needs of mental health consumers in Tasmania.

Flourish is funded by the Department Of Health and Human Services. http://flourishtas.org.au/
Miranda Ashby EO Flourish