Mental Health Funding

Submitted by Jill Wantola

We have had the opportunity to visit a number of community based services over the past month. Many of the community based mental health programs in Australia are not funded by the government and therefore depend on corporate sponsorship, extensive fundraising and connections with charitable organizations. It is amazing to see the extend of the programs that have been developed, often with very little stable funding. The creativity and partnership with the community has given us some ideas to pursue when we return home.