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The Commonwealth Government recently released its draft Ten Year Roadmap for National Mental Health Reform. As much of SuperFriend’s work is focused on promoting mentally healthy workplace practices, with highlighters in hand we went through the roadmap to look at the strategies and directions that are particularly relevant to workplaces.
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If you’re anything like me then you’re probably wondering where the year has gone and how December came around so quickly. It has been a big year for SuperFriend so before we take a short break for the festive season I wanted to share with you some highlights from 2011.
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In November SuperFriend encouraged workplaces to support others this Christmas by considering how they could create a sense of community at work by donating to a charity. You can imagine how thrilled we were to hear about Australian Catholic Superannuation & Retirement Fund’s “Build A Bike” day on Friday 9th December.
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In part one of this two part series we made the observation that five years ago discussing mental health simply wasn’t done, particularly in the workplace. Can you imagine what would have happened if you’d raised the issue of mindfulness or meditation? Summon the sniffer dogs immediately.
Read more in this guest post by Doug Robb, Managing Director at Communovate.
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MEDIA RELEASE: Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, Mark Butler, today announced the appointment of the Mental Health Commissioners to Australia’s first National Mental Health Commission (the Commission).
"The appointment of the eight Commissioners, alongside the Chair, Professor Allan Fels AO and CEO, Ms Robyn Kruk AM, represents the next major milestone in national mental health reform," Mr Butler said.
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There are many people with schizophrenia who accomplish amazing things and who would be considered incredibly high achievers with or without the illness. My sister isn’t one of them. Like many people with schizophrenia she plateaued out and has lived slightly outside the mainstream every since, never accomplishing the stratospheric heights expected of her when she was accepted into the conservatorium of music at only 16.
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SuperFriend is a big supporter of research, particularly when it adds to the body of knowledge about workplace engagement, mental health and wellbeing. Researchers at Monash University in Melbourne are conducting a study investigating the psychological needs of employees in the workplace. We'd like to encourage you to participate in this research by completing a simple, five minute online survey.
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Earlier this month I attended the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) National Conference in Brisbane. It gave me the opportunity to catch up with many of our industry partners and to attend sessions where I could learn more about the challenges and changes the superannuation industry is facing and how these are relevant to SuperFriend.
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