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Stakeholder engagement helps to ensure that the voices of people with lived and living experience, families, carers and communities shape a person-centred system that achieves better outcomes for all.

Background

The co-designed Working Together: Mental Health and Alcohol and Other Drug Engagement Framework 2018–2025 (Engagement Framework) and accompanying Toolkit were designed to support government agencies, non-government organisations (including private sector entities), and community groups in fostering effective collaboration. Their purpose is to strengthen engagement and partnerships that lead to improved outcomes for people impacted by mental health challenges and/or alcohol and other drug use. 

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The Engagement Framework and Toolkit are embedded in how the Mental Health Commission (Commission) operates and guides our everyday interactions, ensuring engagement is meaningful, respectful and impactful. This commitment is further supported by the Working Together: Engagement Planning Guide, which offers practical steps to help plan and deliver inclusive engagement across mental health, alcohol and other drug and suicide prevention sectors.

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Contact engagement@mhc.wa.gov.au for more information.

Stakeholder Connect

Stakeholder Connect is the Mental Health Commission’s e-newsletter that keeps stakeholders up-to-date with Commissioner communiques, progress on key initiatives and sector reform projects, and provides opportunities to get involved in research, consultation and advisory groups.

Whether you have a lived experience of mental health, alcohol or other drug issues, work in the sector or are interested in learning more, Stakeholder Connect has something for you. Stay connected and up to date with e-news every two months, straight to your inbox.

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We want to hear from you!

Do you have a key reform project relevant to the mental health, alcohol and other drug sector in WA? Are you seeking sector or community input into your project through consultation, working groups or governance committees? Do you have an opportunity to build the capacity of the sector? If so, we want to hear from you!

For your content to be considered for inclusion in our next e-newsletter, email us at stakeholderconnect@mhc.wa.gov.au. For the best chance of your content making its way into Stakeholder Connect, please share with us:

  • what you want people to know in 200 words or less
  • how people can get involved or learn more (preferably a click through link to another website)
  • whether this is time-sensitive
  • any other relevant information.

Please note inclusion of content isn’t guaranteed.

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Acknowledgement of Country

We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of our State and its waters. The Commission wishes to pay its respects to Elders both past and present and extend this to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples seeing this message.

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Recognition of Lived Experience

We recognise the individual and collective expertise of those with living and lived experience of mental health, alcohol and other drug issues and suicidal crisis, including their families and carers.

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