Vision 2028 consultation process identified health as a significant community need.
We are excited to announce the Gladstone Local Drug Action Team’s most recent Community Action Plan has been approved by the Alcohol and Drug Foundation. The Recovery Forward initiative will support ten individuals with lived experience of mental health and/or substance use to obtain a qualification in Peer Work, connect with others who also have lived experience and encourage hope in others. More information on the Gladstone Local Drug Action Team here.
We support a number of working groups and action teams working on activities that seek to address identified areas for improvement in our community. Our working groups and action teams:
We invite you to express your interest in becoming a member of Working Groups and/or Action Teams to share your views and participate in improving the mental health, alcohol and other drugs support system in our region.
Join our movement here.
Vision 2028 consultation process identified health as a significant community need.
Rio Tinto Here for Health Planning Workshop.
One Gladstone Health Plan (completed by Carramar Consulting).
The mental health alcohol and other drugs project was created in response to community concern about mental health, alcohol and other drugs. In 2018, place-based research was undertaken to collect statistical data and consult with service providers, government, consumers and community to undertake service mapping and to fully understand the mental health, alcohol and other drug needs in the Gladstone community. Findings of this research can be found here.
In order to address the identified current and future needs of mental health, alcohol and other drugs support a Working Group was established to develop a community-led response which includes:
An integrated, collaborative service gateway providing information and referral to mental health, alcohol and other drugs support to complement and support existing services to achieve an integrated and coordinated mental health, alcohol and other drugs service system for Gladstone.
Creating a movement to tackle both immediate need as well as long term solutions by using the collective impact approach.
It was identified that for collective impact effort to be effective, backbone support is needed to foster the cross-sector communication, alignment and collaboration.
Collective Action Social Impact Ltd was established as a backbone organisation – a ‘container for change’ to cultivate collaboration and align partners to move in concert towards shared goals.
More recently, Collective Action Social Impact Ltd, operating as Gladstone Mindcare, is driving community engagement that goes beyond co-design processes to an ongoing dialogue among the community and with partners about our shared aspirations and how to achieve them.
Our story is far from complete, in fact we are just getting started. We have an ambitious agenda to keep driving change. You can read about our latest initiatives here.
Acknowledgement of CountryGladstone MindCare acknowledge the Byellee, Gooreng Gooreng, Gurang and Taribelang Bunda people who are the traditional custodians of the land on which we operate, and their continuing connection to land, water and community. We pay our respects to them and their cultures and to Elders past, present and emerging.
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Acknowledgement of LGBTIQ CommunitiesGladstone Mindcare pays respect to LGBTIQ communities who have worked to support the improved health and wellbeing of their peers, children, families, friends and country. We celebrate the extraordinary diversity of people’s bodies, genders, sexualities and relationships that they represent. ![]() |