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alivenational.bsky.social @alivenational.bsky.social · 2d

This year’s theme from one of our partners at Mental Health Australia is “Connect with your community.” Connecting with the people and places where we feel safe, seen, and heard helps us feel supported.

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alivenational.bsky.social @alivenational.bsky.social · 5d

How can #communitymade essentials improve #wellbeing? 🌱

Join Benjamin Knight and Nicholas Marchesi on Thursday 30th October 1pm AEDT for their ALIVE virtual cafe talk: From Prototype to Practice: Translating Community-Made Essentials into Wellbeing

Register here: go.unimelb.edu.au/r5qp

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alivenational.bsky.social @alivenational.bsky.social · 9d

There are still two opportunities open for Carer, Family and Kinship group members supporting someone with lived-experience of mental ill-health:

1️⃣ Emotion Mapping - 30-45 min activity. Email [email protected].

2️⃣ Public Co-Design Sessions -Register here go.unimelb.edu.au/kb9p

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alivenational.bsky.social @alivenational.bsky.social · 10d

New paper published!

This paper presents the co-design processes for the conceptual design of a model of care for the Southern Melbourne Children’s Health and Wellbeing Local.

Read the full paper here: go.unimelb.edu.au/8z3p

alivenational.bsky.social @alivenational.bsky.social · 20d

Are you a #Carer, #Family or #Kinship group member supporting someone with #livedexperience of mental ill-health?

Join public #codesign sessions to co-create actions for #change! Click here to register: go.unimelb.edu.au/kb9p

alivenational.bsky.social @alivenational.bsky.social · 26d

Coming up next Thursday 25th September 2025 at 6pm – 7pm (AEST), Dr Veenu Gupta and Tanya Mackay will be speaking on the topic The SUNRISE Mental Health Study: Searching, Unpacking and Naming Research Into Subjective Experiences Research!
Register here to join the conversation go.unimelb.edu.au/zd3p

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alivenational.bsky.social @alivenational.bsky.social · Sep 2

We write today with heavy hearts as we collectively process the actions taken by some over the weekend in Australia. In this moment, we turn to the core values of the ALIVE National Centre for Mental Health Research Translation.

From the Co-Directors for our Communities

alivenational.bsky.social @alivenational.bsky.social · Sep 2

Are you a #Carer, #Family or #Kinship group member of someone with mental ill-health? We want to hear #whatmatters to you through and online Emotion Mapping activity.
Email [email protected] to receive a private link to an interactive emotion mapping board.

#mentalhealth #livedexperience

alivenational.bsky.social @alivenational.bsky.social · Aug 26

Communities, final call to register! 👇 👇 👇

Come along and hear from Jean Paul about two important projects- The Village Project (on supporting children and #families where parents have mental ill-health) and Healthy Minds (strengthening #perinatalmentalhealth infant #mentalhealth care.)

alivenational.bsky.social @alivenational.bsky.social · Aug 21

Thank you to everyone who came along to today's Funding Galaxy Q&A event on the Totality of Partnerships.

There were such important conversations had about forming #partnerships from our diverse expert panel.

Updated guidebook coming soon! simplebooklet.com/ngrnfundingg...

#mentalhealthresearch

alivenational.bsky.social @alivenational.bsky.social · Aug 19

Communities, join us on Thursday 28th August at 1pm AEST as we hear from Jean Paul on "Co-designing #community support for #families to strengthen mental #wellbeing, examples from two #research projects based in Austria."

Register here 🔗 : www.eventbrite.com.au/e/the-alive-...

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alivenational.bsky.social @alivenational.bsky.social · Aug 12

Have you ever wondered how meaningful research partnerships across the #mentalhealth sector are built & sustained - and how can you write these into your grant applications?

Join us next week and hear from the experts at this years Funding Galaxy Q&A!

Register here 👉 go.unimelb.edu.au/6dwp

alivenational.bsky.social @alivenational.bsky.social · Aug 4

August 4-10 is Loneliness Awareness Week. In one of our projects, A-Part of the Crowd, young people have been sharing their real experiences of loneliness during life's big changes.

More about the A-Part of the Crowd: alivenetwork.com.au/our-projects...

#MomentsMatter #LonelinessAwarenessWeekAU

alivenational.bsky.social @alivenational.bsky.social · Jul 30

Communities, we are pleased to announce that the next #Funding Galaxy Q&A panel event will be held on Thursday August 21st 2025. The topic this year is the Totality of #partnerships and will cover how to build meaningful and lasting #ResearchPartnerships.
🔗 Register here: go.unimelb.edu.au/6dwp

The Totality of Partnerships

Annual Next Generation Researcher Network Funding Q&A Event

go.unimelb.edu.au

alivenational.bsky.social @alivenational.bsky.social · Jul 11

Our Lost in Translation – Autumn 2025 zine is here ✨

This special issue dives into the 2025 Holistic Transitions Symposium held on beautiful Arrernte Country in Mparntwe (Alice Springs), co-hosted with our amazing research partners, Children's Ground.

Read now: alivenetwork.com.au/lost-in-tran...

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alivenational.bsky.social @alivenational.bsky.social · Jul 6

This NAIDOC Week we celebrate 50 years of a movement that continues to grow, carried by the strength of community, the vision of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and the legacy of those who came before us. Together we step forward, grounded in legacy and an invitation to walk together.

alivenational.bsky.social @alivenational.bsky.social · Jul 3

Our Year in Review is here!

See the highlights, milestones, and the work that shaped our year from March 2024 - March 2025.

#YearInReview #LivedExperienceLeadership #ImpactReport #OurJourneyTogether

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alivenational.bsky.social @alivenational.bsky.social · Jun 25

New Quick Guide released 👏 alivenetwork.com.au/our-research...

This guide provides a lay summary of the strategy for growing the strengths of mental health researchers within the ALIVE National Centre Next Generation Researcher Network and Lived-Experience Research Collective.

alivenational.bsky.social @alivenational.bsky.social · Jun 11

For Naarm (Melbourne) based folks there is an opportunity to come along tomorrow (Thursday 12th June) at 5.30pm at the Fritz Loewe Theatre to hear from the amazing ANKA arts cultural leaders.

Read more about ANKA:
anka.org.au/about/who-we...

Come to the lecture and celebrate the amazing artworks.

alivenational.bsky.social @alivenational.bsky.social · Jun 5

☕ Join us for the next Virtual Café - "Reclaiming Indigenous ways for the future of Indigenous infant and early childhood #mentalhealth" with Meenakshi Richardson, Cary Waubanascum & Sara Waters.

🗓️ Thursday, 26 June 2025 at 9am-10am (AEST)
🔗 Register here: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/the-alive-...

alivenational.bsky.social @alivenational.bsky.social · May 29

Wonderful hearing from Prof James Smith today about Men's #mentalhealth and #wellbeing in Australia, which makes up part of an important stream of work in the Casting the Net for What Matters and for Whom Consortium. We look forward to the exciting work to come as part of the Consortium and beyond🌟

alivenational.bsky.social @alivenational.bsky.social · May 27

This National Reconciliation Week, we consider how we are Bridging Now to Next. It means listening deeply, standing with, and walking forward together in ways that honour truth, sovereignty and community-led future. This is a time for growth, determination and commitment to walking together.

alivenational.bsky.social @alivenational.bsky.social · May 20

We are delighted to welcome Michael Elwan and Ailsa Rayner to the ALIVE National Writer-in-Residence Program 📣 Follow along as Michael and Ailsa share their insights, stories, and visions for transformation. We can’t wait to see what they create 🌿✍️ alivenetwork.com.au/the-alive-na...

alivenational.bsky.social @alivenational.bsky.social · May 9

What have we been up to in the A-Part of the Crowd project?

If you are 18-25 and would like to share your story about loneliness, head to linktr.ee/apartofthecrowd or share it with your networks!

#YouthVoice #LonelinessResearch #ApartOfTheCrowd #MentalHealth #LifeTransitions

alivenational.bsky.social @alivenational.bsky.social · May 7

☕ Join us with Prof James Smith from Flinders University.

This talk will unpack why men's perceived ambivalence towards seeking help is insufficient to explain current mental health patterns.

🔗 Register here: go.unimelb.edu.au/u68p