[EVENT] December Letters: Write to people admitted to care these Holidays!

Name: [EVENT] December Letters: Write to people admitted to care these Holidays!
Start: 2026-12-14T10:00:00+1030
End: 2026-12-14T12:00:00+1030
Location: Intersect Coworking | Flexible Co-sharing Space Adelaide

Mon, 14 Dec, 10am - 12pm ACDT

Intersect Coworking | Flexible Co-sharing Space Adelaide

Adelaide SA, Australia

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One thing we would like to draw your attention to is that LELAN will again be running our December Letters project this year!

If you don't know, December Letters is where we gather to write letters to folks who will be spending the holiday season in inpatient care, to let them know someone is thinking of them who shares the same experience.

This year there are two ways you can get involved with this project and show community,

1) Send us your letters - if you would like to host your own letter-writing event at your workplace, library, community centre or cafe, email tanya@lelan.org.au about what we are looking for and how to get them to us in time for delivery.

2) Join LELAN at our letter-writing event

Monday 14 December, 2025, 10am - 12pm | Intersect Adelaide

If you have any access issues and would like to join online, please email Tanya ahead of the event for a virtual invite.

Please contact tanya@lelan.org.au if you have any questions.

December Letters originated in the US. To read more about it visit the Mad in the Attic website.

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LELAN is the independent peak body in South Australia by, for and with people with lived experience of mental distress, social issues or injustice. Our purpose is to amplify the voice, influence and leadership of people with lived experience to drive systemic change. LELAN has led philanthropic, state and federally funded projects as well as completed commissioned and fee-for-service pieces of work.

By centering the experiences, collective insights and solution ideas of people with lived experience in all of our work, as well as being immersed in the lived experience community from grassroots to strategic levels, LELAN demonstrates the principles, practices and change dynamics that the social sector is calling for and desperately needs. Because of our strong and trusted relationships with people in the lived experience community we are able to have deeper conversations about things that matter, drawing our collective experiences and action together in purposeful ways.

LELAN has extensive experience and a proven methodology for leading lived experience-led and/or co-creation initiatives, frequently with a focus on sensitive issues and including groups that bring divergent perspectives to the conversation.

The organisation has three areas of focus:

Developing the capability and influence of people with lived experience.
Nurturing organisational and sector capacity for partnering with people with lived experience.
Impacting system improvement agendas to benefit people with lived experience.

Key published pieces of work by LELAN, including those completed in partnership, can be accessed via our shared resources page. This includes the pivotal Model of Lived Experience Leadership and Roadmap for Strengthening Lived Experience Leadership for Transformative Systems Change in South Australia, as well as the Lived Experience Governance Framework and
Lived Experience Governance Toolkit launched in mid-2023.