Capacity Building

Are you thinking about becoming a consumer advocate or would you like to refresh your knowledge? Our upcoming training course will give you information on the role, challenges and benefits of being a consumer advocate. This one day training course includes: an understanding of the consumer advocate/representative role - opportunities, challenges and benefits; an explanation of the State and Federal Government health reforms; information about the Health & Community Services Charter of Rights; an understanding…

Health Consumers Alliance SA received a grant through the Mental Health Coalition Australia NGO Capacity Development Project in order to provide training to mental health consumers. Initially focussed on media training, a needs assessment indicated a major step was to equip mental health consumers with the confidence and public speaking skills to tell their story in public and/or express needs and issues experienced as a mental health consumer. HCA worked collaboratively with Liza Carless (Mentor…

Presented By The Consumers Health Forum Of Australia 21-22 March 2013 Adelaide Over 50 people attended the workshop which was facilitated by CHF to provide professional development, networking and knowledge sharing for consumer and community members from around Australia. The South Australian community was well represented and presentations shall shortly be available on the CHF website.