About the workshop:

Lived experience continues to gain momentum as organisations and community are becoming more included to listen, learn from and walk alongside different communities. Getting involved can be empowering whether it’s in the real of advocacy, participating in co-design, sittings on boards or grassroots activism in community. This one day workshop will provide you with an introduction to ways to advocate, lead with lived experience and contribute towards governance.

Who this workshop is for:

This workshop is for anyone that identified as having lived experience of mental health issues and/or distress, social issues and injustice and wants to influence change in mental health, social services, or disability sectors. The content is introductory, and created for people who are new to using or wanting to use their lived experience in leadership, advocacy or governance spaces.

Themes covered:

Defining, exploring and connecting with the meaning of ‘Lived Experience’.
Sharing lived experience in safer ways and for influencing change.
Looking at different types, levels and lens’ of advocacy and representation.
Introduction to co-design and co-production.
Importance of community, allies, resources and sharing power.
Intro to policy and terminology.

Structure of the day:

This is an interactive facilitated workshop that will include presentation of information by the facilitator(s), large and small group discussions and reflective exercises. The knowledge, skills and diverse experiences of participants will be drawn on to create an environment of dialogue, shared learning and community.

Morning and afternoon tea will be provided and a number of venues and a supermarket are close by for people to access provisions for lunch.

Workshop facilitator:

The facilitators for this workshop will be Emrys Temple-Heald (He/Him), Peer Training Coordinator and Dr Amy Wright, Peer Project Worker

You can learn more about the LELAN team at www.lelan.org.au/our-people.

*If you have not registered for the 'Sharing Stories Safely' online module, or have not completed this previously with LELAN, we encourage you to do so.

The 'Sharing Stories Safely' content will encourage reflection on how we manage our own needs and boundaries but will also explore strategies for caring for others when sharing our stories. This will provide a foundation to work from leading into the workshop days. For more information or to register for this online please click here.