InterGreat - Sandra Goode

25/10/2026

If you're interested in Access to Mental Health supports this report will help inform you, even if you only look at the Executive Summary.

25/10/2026

An interesting report if you're wanting to understand more about the argument around NDIS funding cuts and a gas tax.

25/10/2026

This page has some fantastic resources for kids, teens and adults, and they're FREE!
I encourage you to check it out and explore their tools, some of which I already post on here occasionally.

Free direct work, assessment and interventions resources for children's social workers . Offering 600+ free tools for social workers, including guides, worskeets, booklets, children's stories, and videos for direct work with children. Find resources for domestic abuse, mental health, substance use,....

25/10/2026

Learn how to feel your feelings using LEAN and RESPOND: practical emotion-regulation skills to identify, understand, and respond to emotions skilfully.

25/10/2026

A reminder that these are now open and the link will give you more info on where they're located and contact details.

Mental Health and Wellbeing Connect is a service dedicated to people who are supporting someone living with mental health and substance use challenges or psychological distress.

25/10/2026

For those interested in how the recommendations from the Victorian Royal Commission are tracking here's a link to the latest report.

Read more about our achievements in reforming Victoria’s mental health system.

25/10/2026

Although this report is specific to NSW it is equally relevant across Australia as the NDIS repositions itself in terms of access and fundng.
I would love nothing more than to see the Personal Helpers & Mentors (PHaMs) or Partners in Recovery (PIR) programs return. PHaMs was where I started in the mental health sector and, although it wasn't perfect, it's certainly a vast improvement on what the NDIS has become for people living with a psychosocial disability.
I've been around the sector since 2009 and have seen multiple reports like this with similar recommendations so I have to wonder, after we've had both a Royal Commission in Victoria and a national Productivity Commission into mental health, what else do governments need to know? Plus there were decades of advocacy before I ever started working in mental health.
After all these years it's clear it's simply a matter of political will and priorities.
https://mhcc.org.au/2026/04/publication-in-brief-foundational-supports-for-people-with-psychosocial-support-needs-in-nsw/?_cldee=keZZgzqwXjBMq-E_BqkvAQ3fLZbY5yAfTXvcZjw3TXQOPSKpg8F6VrR3_EI5AoTK&recipientid=contact-9822f78c8fe0ea11a81300224814e7b1-6181c5cd7d7543bf9ab0024337ca3e84&esid=287bd376-6043-f111-88b5-7ced8d327046

15/10/2026

I just learned about this today. An app that has been developed by an Australian pharmacist who had concerns about people trying to reduce their use of psych meds with no information on how to do it safely.

We help people who want to stop medications that cause withdrawal symptoms when stopping e.g. antidepressants, benzos, opioids, sleeping pills etc.

14/10/2026

Tell us what changed.

Not every person will be affected in the same way, and not everyone will see a change immediately.

That’s why we need to build the evidence over time.

If your plan changes, tell us:

• What support did you have before?
• What changed?
• What reason were you given?
• Were you told something else would replace that support?
• Could you actually access that alternative?
• And what has the change meant for your everyday life?

Every experience helps us understand what is really happening as these changes roll out.

📣 Share your story:
https://forms.gle/HwzQQzcsWjV97SjEA

[Image description: Every Australian Counts graphic stamped “Document the Damage”. Text: “What’s changed for you? Tell us how these cuts are affecting your life.”]