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Welcome to the September newsletter!
Spring has sprung and it's so nice to feel the warmer temperatures creeping back! We've been very happy to see Ben return from his trip home to France. He had a wonderful time and is refreshed and ready to go presenting his workshops and info sessions. Welcome back Ben!
Our team is growing again with the addition of Tanya B in the position of Carer Support Assistant. This is a newly created role to help us as we move through some changes while the mental health carer hub (Kui) is being completed.
We're busy working on the planning for the upcoming Carer Forum as well as the two events we're
hosting during Qld Mental Health Week.
If you have any questions, concerns or suggestions, please don’t hesitate to contact the Carer Support Team on 3254 1881 or via email carersupport@arafmi.com.au.
Have a lovely weekend and we look forward to seeing you at the upcoming groups, workshops or info sessions!
Warmest regards,
Frie
Friederike Robinson
Carer Support Team Leader
Upcoming Workshops & Info Sessions
Our September workshops and information sessions calendar is now available on the website! Visit the website today to see what’s in store for September.
NEW LOCATION FOR COFFEE CONNECT WEST END
Unfortunately, due to our current coffee shop amending their opening hours, we have had to source a new coffee shop. We have chosen another coffee shop in West End called morningafter. It is located on Vulture Street (the end closer to Montague Road) and has plenty of street parking available out the front and in the surrounding streets.
Day: Every Thursday
Time: 8:00am – 10:00am
Venue: morningafter. Cnr Vulture & Cambridge Street, West End
WE HAVE ADDED AN ADDITIONAL COFFEE CONNECT LOCATION!
Our first Coffee Connect in Meadowbrook will be held on Wednesday, 28 September. Please note that this event is held monthly on the last Wednesday of the month.
Join us at Coffee Club Meadowbrook at 12:30pm for a catch-up and chance to connect with other mental health carers or our carer support staff. No need to RSVP - we'll be there if you’d like to join us.
Day: last Wednesday of the month (from 28 Sept)
Time: 12:30pm - 2:00pm
Venue: Coffee Club Meadowbrook, 6 Logandowns Drive, Meadowbrook.
Arafmi Carer Book Club
Tne next book we will be reading is The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion.
Please register below for your preferred session:
About the book:
Written in 2013, the book is an international bestseller with over 3 million copies sold worldwide. Simsion has followed this up with two more instalments – The Rosie Effect and The Rosie Result.
Don Tillman is getting married. He just doesn’t know who to yet.
But he has designed the Wife Project, using a sixteen-page questionnaire to help him find the perfect partner. She will most definitely not be a barmaid, a smoker, a drinker, or a late-arriver.
Rosie Jarman is all these things. She is also fiery and intelligent and beautiful. And on a quest of her own to find her biological father—a search that Don, a professor of genetics, might just be able to help her with.
The Wife Project teaches Don some unexpected things. Why earlobe length is an inadequate predictor of sexual attraction. Why quick-dry clothes aren’t appropriate attire in New York. Why he’s never been on a second date. And why, despite your best scientific efforts, you don’t find love: love finds you.
We are hosting a carer morning tea at New Farm Park on the dates listed below. Meet us at the New Farm playground area, near the coffee cart at 9:30am where we will grab a drink and then find somewhere to sit. These catchups are a great opportunity to attend a casual, social gathering with other mental health carers.
There is no obligation to stay for a certain amount of time – you’re welcome to pop in or stay for the entire catch-up.
No RSVPs are required, but please contact us at carersupport@arafmi.com.au if you have any questions.
Morning Tea Dates:
- Monday 26 September – 9:30am - 11:00am
- Monday 24 October – 9:30am - 11:00am
- Monday 31 October – 9:30am - 11:00am
You are invited to the annual Arafmi Mental Health Carer Forum. The theme of this year’s conference is 45 Years of Arafmi.
When: 8:30am – 4:00pm, Tuesday, 18 October
Where: Ballroom Victoria Park, 209 Herston Road, Herston.
RSVP: To register your attendance, please register your interest below.
Special Guests include:
- Mental Health Commissioner, Ivan Frkovic
- Assoc Prof John Allan
- Cindy Heddle, Qld Representative, National Mental Health Carer and Consumer Forum
- Sgt Nick Evans, QPS, Vulnerable Persons Unit
Join us at the forum and take the opportunity to:
- Connect with other carers at this special day out
- Enjoy a free gourmet lunch
- Book your free seated massage
- Meet and chat with members of the Arafmi Carer Advisory Committee and the Carer Support Team
- Find out new information about what’s happening in the mental health sector
- Share your views on carer needs in Queensland
- Meet and chat with stallholders
YouTube Live Stream
If you’re unable to attend, we will be live streaming the event via YouTube. Please register via the button below to receive link to the YouTube stream.
Queensland Mental Health Week Events
ABCs of Rag Rugs
Monday, 10 October | 11:30am -2pm
The Briswest Centre
132 Latrobe Terrace, Paddington
Light lunch provided.
Street parking available or at Paddington Central
Young Carer Event: Flipside Circus Workshop
Sunday, 16 October | 9:00am - 11:00am
Flipside Circus
33 Macarthur Avenue, Hamilton
Parking available at the venue
Nesquick Milkshake Cake
A deliciously dense cake drizzled in a condensed milk mixture, topped with fluffy strawberry cream and scattered with fresh strawberries. Just like a strawberry milkshake!
Ingredients: 3 eggs, 1/2 cup caster sugar, 1 tsp vanilla extract, 170g self-raising flour, sifted, 1 cup milk, 3/4 cup evaporated milk, 1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk, 300ml thickened cream, 3/4 cup Nestlé Nesquik Strawberry milk powder, 250g fresh strawberries.
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