“The Yarra Mental Health Alliance fosters trust and honesty amongst its members and meetings provide a reflective safe space to share and learn about what is happening within the sector”
The Yarra Mental Health Alliance (YMHA) is for organisations that are committed to improving outcomes for people with mental health issues living within or with links to the City of Yarra, Melbourne, through improved co-ordination and collaboration of service provision based on recovery principles.
The YMHA has brought together workers from across the City of Yarra clinical and community sectors since 2006.We operate on the principles and values of advocacy, activism, education and service.
Our monthly meetings provide a forum for communicating about current issues, identifying and acting on points of advocacy for our consumers, and supporting mental health service providers through information and peer support. We also collaborate to develop submissions and resources, provide education sessions, and run events such as the ‘Out of the Office, Into the Street’ Mental Health Walking Tour through the streets and services of Fitzroy.
You can read more about our values and objectives in our Terms of Reference .
Organisations who have a presence at YMHA for 50% or more of the year’s meetings are considered members who abide by the member responsibilities. These include:
The Alliance has a steering group made up of at least 6 members nominated at the start of each year, to ensure the smooth running of the meetings, activities and working groups.
The 2021 Steering Group members are:
Current Chair:
Kevan Myers: Nexus Dual Diagnosis Service
Minute Secretary:
Alan McCarthy: HeadSpace Collingwood
Wayne Gleeson: Launch Housing
Lee-Ann Boyle: NWMPHN
Nick Pace: Jesuit Social Services
Kris Drew: ACSO
Karen Ditty: St Vincent’s Mental Health
Mirella Rao: Nexus Dual Diagnosis Service
The YMHA meets once a month. All organisations that provide services to people living within, or with links to, the City of Yarra are welcome. Details include:
Date: 1st Tuesday of each month
Time: 9:30am – 11:00am
Venue: due to covid meetings currently held via zoom
If you’d like to attend the meetings, or have any other queries, send us an email at kevan.myers@svha.org.au
Yarra Mental Health Alliance Services
The YMHA created this map as part of a Services Walking Tour that was held for Mental Health Week 2018 to help familiarise practitioners with services available in the City of Yarra region.
YMHA Information Sharing and Confidentiality resource
This resource contains practice prompts that ask you to think about what information can and can’t be shared about a consumer. It is a reflective tool to guide your decision making and thinking. To share or not to share?
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1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732) (advice)