If you are looking for an amazing opportunity to connect with like-minded people and give back to your community, we want to hear from you!

People identifying as:

• being from a Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background
• being from a from a Culturally & Linguistically Diverse background
• living with a disability or chronic health issue
• being gender diverse or LGBTQIA+
• neurodiverse

Are strongly encouraged to apply, acknowledging that experiences of mental health concerns in marginalised communities are at a significantly higher rate.

Our Story

MIEACT is the primary local mental health and well-being education provider for workplaces, community groups and secondary schools (and now primary schools too!) across the Canberra region and surrounding area.

Our Aim

To safely share lived experience stories which provide mental health awareness and education, empowerment, and to reduce stigma while also promoting early help seeking, self-care and recovery - however that looks/works for the individual.

Opportunities

At the very core of everything we do at MIEACT are powerful lived experience stories of mental illness. Volunteer Educators share their personal stories in schools, workplaces and community groups across the Canberra region to educate, raise awareness, reduce stigma and promote early help seeking. Volunteer Role:

Volunteer Educator with a Lived/Living Experience of mental ill-health or caring for someone with mental ill-health who after completing training, will share their story in schools, workplaces and community groups.

What do I need to do to become a VE ?

1. To be positively managing your mental illness or be the carer of a person who is living with mental illness.

2. Complete Educator training. This involves being able to share your unique personal experiences of mental illness or as a carer.

3. Have flexibility to be able to volunteer during school/businesses hours.

Volunteering with us can be empowering, rewarding and might just even play a part in your own recovery!

UPCOMING TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES:

DoNOHarm: Friday 12th July, 2024 10:00AM – 1:00PM OR Saturday 20th July, 2024 10:00AM – 1:00PM

Story Crafting: Friday 19th July, 2023 10:00AM – 1:00PM OR Saturday 27th July 2024, 10:00AM - 1:00PM

Induction: TBC August, 2024 10:00AM – 1:00PM

All three of these sessions need to be completed prior to becoming an Active VE*. But don’t stress if you won’t be available for the above dates, there will definitely be other opportunities!

Please feel free to reach out via email or call if you wish to discuss further or have any questions. We would really love to have you on board and will do what we can to support/accommodate your involvement in the incredible work MIEACT does in the Canberra community.

*All Volunteer Educator training is free of charge