If you are looking for an amazing opportunity to connect with like-minded people and give back to your community, come to our information session and learn how you can become a Volunteer Educator!

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. After attending our volunteer educator (VE) training and when you feel ready to do so, YOU will get to facilitate sessions (with a co-presenter) sharing your personal story across the ACT community.

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. Hold or be willing to obtain a Working with Vulnerable People Card.

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

4. 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:

VE Information Session: Wednesday 22nd February 2023, 6:00PM – 7:00PM

DoNOHarm: Friday 10th March, 2023 10:00AM – 1:00PM

Story Crafting: Friday 17th March, 2023 10:00AM – 1:00PM

Induction: Friday 24th March, 2023 10:00AM – 5:00PM

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.