Community Events

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

The 2025 WA Mental Health Awards will be held at Beaumonde on the Point on World Mental Health Day, Friday 10 October, where the finalists will be recognised and the winners will be announced.