WAAMH Annual General Meeting 2026

Respond to situations of grief and loss with skill and sensitivity.

Manage staff in non-clinical roles using reflective supervision techniques.

Apply a strengths based approach to supporting people living with mental health challenges and disability.

People often experience both mental health challenges and alcohol and other drugs (AOD) issues. The intersection of mental health and AOD use is recognised as presenting complex challenges across both domains. This course examines each challenge and its interrelationship with the other.

Build confidence to safely and effectively de-escalate challenging situations.

This course is designed to support workers to recognise when a person is becoming distressed or when their behaviour is escalating, and it provides a set of tools and strategies to respond in ways that are likely to result in positive outcomes.

Shelter WA is hosting a forum with representatives from each major political party to discuss their housing and homelessness policies to keep one of WA's biggest issues firmly on the agenda.

Mental Health Week is celebrated every October to inform and educate the community on how to better respond to the challenges mental health issues present, build resilience, reduce stigma associated with mental illness and promote mentally healthy communities.

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On ANZAC Day, we remember those who served in war and who did not return to receive the grateful thanks of the nation.

The International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT) celebrates LGBTQIA+ people globally and raises awareness for the work still needed to combat discrimination.

In 2022, Schizophrenia Awareness Week (SAW) will be held 22-28 May.

National Volunteer Week (NVW) is Australia’s largest annual celebration of volunteers.

This workshop discusses talking safely with someone who has been impacted by trauma and teaches simple strategies to support recovery, respond to someone experiencing triggers and improve the experiences of people impacted by trauma when seeking support.

Your conference ticket includes access to the two-day WA Mental Health Conference 2022 with optional add-on networking sundowner on the first evening.

Get involved with Men's Health Week 2022

This years theme: Every action counts

National NAIDOC Week celebrations are held across Australia in the first week of July each year (Sunday to Sunday), to celebrate and recognise the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Are they really OK? Ask them today. Your conversation could change a life.

Remembrance Day

White Ribbon Australia is a part of a global social movement working to eliminate gendered violence.

Hear about WAAMH’s regional mental health community support project and the need for increased investment in community support for people with mental health challenges in regional WA.

Join us in celebrating individuals and organisations that made an outstanding contribution to mental health in the calendar year of 2021.

Join the Western Australian Association for Mental Health and the Mental Health Commission of Western Australia on Thursday, 6 October from 3pm at Luna Palace Cinemas in Leederville for the Perth premiere of the PIECES to celebrate WA Mental Health Week.

Women’s Health Week, run by Jean Hailes for Women's Health Australia, is a week dedicated to all women across Australia to make good health a priority.

Hear about WAAMH’s regional mental health community support project and the need for increased investment in community support for people with mental health challenges in regional WA.

This course examines the nature of boundaries and how to work within boundary frameworks while maintaining care and compassion.

Hear about WAAMH’s regional mental health community support project and the need for increased investment in community support for people with mental health challenges in regional WA.

Refresh your knowledge and your Mental Health First Aid accreditation.

This course provides tools in helping to identify and respond to mental distress in people with any kind of disability (including co-existing disability).

Balance professional boundaries with responsible workplace practice and compassionate client support.

Build connection and confidence to provide practical, solution-focused support.

This course facilitates an understanding of what meditation is, how it works and most importantly provides experiential, person-centred learning in a safe environment. The course strips meditation from any religious orientation; grounding it in a secular, rational perspective suitable for all.

Build confidence to respond safely and effectively to mental health challenges and crisis.

Understand and respond to the complex relationship between co-occurring mental health and alcohol and other drug challenges.

Work safely and confidently with clients using trauma informed principles.

Safely and confidently de escalate challenging situations when working with young people.

Develop an understanding of mental health challenges in older people to support safe, person centred practice.

Become an accredited Mental Health First Aider and confidently respond to adults experiencing mental health challenges or crisis.

Create and sustain a mentally healthy workplace culture.

Apply positive psychology practices to strengthen wellbeing and resilience.

Develop understanding and practical skills to support people who self harm.

Mental Health Week is celebrated each year in October around World Mental Health Day on October 10.

The theme for World Social Work Day in 2022 is 'Co-building a new eco-social world: leaving no one behind'.

Celebrate women's achievement. Raise awareness against bias. Take action for equality.

Rural women are key for a world free from hunger and poverty.

Every May 26 in Australia, National Sorry Day reminds the colonist-descended people of the nation to remember the mistreatment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

The National Day of Action Against Bullying and Violence (NDA) is a day to stand together against bullying and violence.

Celebrating stories and language.

National Reconciliation Week is a time for all Australians to learn about our shared histories, cultures and achievements, and to explore how each of us can contribute to achieving reconciliation in Australia.

World Suicide Prevention Day is a chance for us to raise awareness of the impact of suicide in our communities and share support for the people that need it.

Body Image and Eating Disorders Awareness Week (BIEDAW) is a national week to raise awareness of body image concerns and eating disorders, celebrated annually 6-12 September.

World Autism Awareness Day (WAAD) aims to put a spotlight on the hurdles that people with autism and others living with autism face every day.

Purple Day is a global initiative dedicated to raising epilepsy awareness, dispelling myths, and increasing support to those affected.

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) Awareness Week aims to heighten awareness for the need of access to treatment, promote resilience, hope and recovery.

International Day of People With Disability (IDPwD) is a United Nations-observed day aimed at increasing public awareness, understanding and acceptance of people with disability.

Designated to raise awareness for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the hope that when more people know about the condition, more people who suffer from it will get proper treatment.

Every child in every community needs a fair go.

An annual week of action that takes place in Australia during the first week of August to raise awareness of the significant issues surrounding missing persons. The week is also used to profile long-term missing persons, and to educate the Australian community.

Thank you to all our State emergency services (SES) volunteers.

First responders are ordinary people with an extraordinary spirit.

Stronger families, stronger communities. More than 100,000 people get involved in hundreds of community events during the week in Australia’s biggest celebration of families in all their diversity.

Together we can heal, learn and shine. Each year on 20 June the world celebrates the strength and courage of people who have been forced to flee their home country to escape conflict or persecution.

Plan and support clients’ mental health recovery, using a person-centered approach.

Develop a toolkit for supporting clients with co-occurring mental health and alcohol and other drug challenges.

If you have lived/living experience as a consumer, carer or family member and want to share your experience, this professional development opportunity may be for you. This workshop series will be facilitated by the WAAMH Lived Experience Engagement Coordinator.

We know that people experiencing homelessness and those at risk of homelessness are among Western Australia’s most socially and economically disadvantaged.

Youth Week WA celebrates the positive contributions of young people within our community.

Be the Bridge - bridging research, practice & lived experience

2hr interactive face to face workshop for organisational and sector leaders

2.5hr interactive face to face workshop for organisational and sector leaders

Movement, Music, Mental Health

2024 WA Mental Health Awards

World Day of Social Justice

Strengthen your de-escalation approach with core strategies and practice in this half-day version of De-escalation Skills.

The 2026 WA Mental Health Awards will be held at The Duxton Hotel on Friday, 9 October. Finalists will be recognised and the winners will be announced at this special event.

Recognise the impact of vicarious trauma and build practical strategies to strengthen resilience and wellbeing.

This introductory workshop is delivered in partnership with Guest Trainer Kim Hutchinson from What Unites and offers a clear and practical overview of neurodiversity and neurodivergence in the workplace.

Build on existing knowledge and refresh your skills when using trauma informed principles, in this half-day version of Being Trauma Responsive.

Balance professional boundaries with responsible workplace practice and compassionate client support, in this half-day version of Navigating Professional Boundaries.

One in four Australians will experience a mental illness at some point in their lives. That means that at any given point, a proportion of your workforce is either experiencing, heading towards or recovering from a mental health challenge or disorder.

Based on the foundations learned in Reflective Supervision – A Non-Clinical Approach, strengthen your supervision practice with practical tools, frameworks, and action planning.

Share your lived experience with confidence and purpose. Expressions of Interest - Now Open! Applications close on 31 st December 2026.

Build resilience, manage stress and create practical plans to navigate workplace challenges.