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Posted on: Friday, 08 March 2024

International Women's Day 2024

Today marks International Women's Day, and the Mental Health Drugs and Alcohol Services Harm Reduction Team is proud to acknowledge this important occasion. Since its inception in the early 1900s,...

Posted on: Wednesday, 16 August 2023

International Overdose Awareness Day 2023

International Overdose Awareness Day (IOAD) on 31 August 2023 is the world’s largest annual campaign to end overdose, remember without stigma those who have died from overdose,...

Posted on: Thursday, 24 November 2022

headspace delivering more mental health support for Colac youth

Young people in the Colac area have increased access to a range of specialist mental health supports and services with the opening of the community’s new headspace centre in October. headspace...

Wednesday, 19 October 2022.

Hospital in the Home offered to mental health clients

Specialist support in the comfort of home is changing the way people are treated with acute mental illness, thanks to a Victoria-first Hospital in the Home (HITH) program at Barwon Health. Since...

Posted on: Thursday, 08 September 2022

McKellar Mental Health and Wellbeing Centre opening

Geelong and Barwon region residents now have better access to mental health support with the completion of Barwon Health’s McKellar Mental Health and Wellbeing Centre. The Victorian...

Posted on: Monday, 15 August 2022

Local partnership to close mental health gaps

A NEW mental health consortium will bring local agencies together to bridge gaps that have impacted access to timely support in the Geelong community. In response to recommendations from the Royal...