Queensland Alliance Consumer Participation

Inviting Consumer Participation

The Leadership and Development Team (LDT) at the Queensland Alliance began operating as The Consumer Participation Project in January 2007, funded by Disability Services Queensland. The LDT is an integral part of our organisation and continues to receive funding from the newly created Department of Communities, Disability Services.

The Leadership & Development Team is run by, for and with people with a lived experience of mental health issues. The Team is passionate about developing a vibrant �consumer movement� and network of people with a lived experience of mental health issues who actively participate in and make a difference to the mental health sector and general community in Queensland.

We are all Agents of Change.

Our Current Activities

� Consumer Participation in Services and Organisations

� The Agents of Change Network & Monthly Morning Teas

� Public Speakers' Bureau

� Participation Through Story Workshops

� The Travelling Story Tent

� Arts and Health Consortium

� MindSite - An Online Community and Digital Story Project

We also foster connections and participation by people with a lived experience of mental health issues in activities such as:

� The Queensland Alliance's Altering States Conferences (2007 and 2009)

� Dance of Life Forum, November 2008

Previous activities:

� Conducting Organisational Readiness and Capacity Assessments (ORCA) which assisted Brisbane organisations to reflect on and improve their consumer and community participation policies and practices.

� Supporting the development of consumer run groups

� Fostering connections and participation through activities such as the Altering States Conference (2007 and 2009), "Stories of My Life" with Brisbane Playback Theatre and the Mental Health Youth Summit.

For more information about any of these contact the Leadership and Development Team on (07)3832 2600 or admin@qldalliance.org.au.

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