Lantern offers a wide range of services and support to the community, including:
One-on-one outreach support
Day activity programs (Resource Centre and Blossomproject)
Accredited training programs (Southern Professional Training)
Reach Out Employment – disability employment service
Talking Realities
Family support, including Carer groups and a carer support program (CLOCk)
Wellbeing and health promotion programs.
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Lantern offers a number of programs to support your recovery. These include one-on-one support and group programs and activities including Outreach, Housing Connections, Day Program (Resource Centre) and Blossomproject…
“I would definitely say that Blossom has helped me feel stronger and has built within me a sense of resilience while also helping my self-esteem. I feel better about myself and am truly able to look at myself as a person and say ‘hey you’re alright’ it might sound silly but it’s true.”
There is a lot written today about how common mental illness is in our community. What receives much less attention is how this impacts on children. We know that many children will live in a family where a parent is affected by mental illness. KidsCare began in 2006. It is designed to provide respite, peer support and fun to children aged 8-12 years old who have a parent with a mental illness.
Lantern offers a range of information and events for the community which are focused on wellbeing, including:
Wellbeing Series – The Wellbeing Series lectures run each month on a Tuesday night in Cheltenham. We have been able to secure a fantastic array of highly qualified and respected speakers who present the latest information and research on mental illness, mental health and wellbeing. Click the link to see who is speaking next and check out the video’s of recent presentations. Lantern Wellbeing Series year 2012
Celebrate Mental Health Walk and Festival in October
Presentations to businesses or organisations on request
Managing Stress Mindfully and Life in Balance courses
Talking Realities ….young parenting is an innovative school based, peer education program developed in South Australia, which grew out of a desire by young mothers to pass onto other young people, information about what it’s really like to be a parent at a young age.
Step into study and open yourself to new possibilities!
This is a great way to begin your journey towards self confidence and achieving your personal goals!
Lantern is committed to providing quality training to anyone who has barriers to accessing training with other providers. Lantern courses are available at low cost and the trainers are helpful and supportive.
Click here for the Lantern Training calendar and the list of courses available in 2012.
Lantern is offers PATS course for young people aged between 12 and 16 who have a parent with mental illness.
Our next course starts soon and is run over three Saturdays.
Please talk with any young people or parents you feel could benefit from this course and complete a referral form (attached) and return to our office as soon as possible.
This course has been invaluable to young people in the past. It was designed several years ago by the Centre for Adolescent Health and is aimed at helping young people
to explore their knowledge of mental illnesses
develop some strategies to assist them when they are worried about their parent
develop some strategies to look after their own mental health
Do you have significant health issues that impact on your ability to work?
Are you unemployed and keen to find work in the open market?
Do you require support to gain and maintain suitable employment?
Are you aged between 14 yrs 9 months and 64 years?
Do you live in Southern Metropolitan Melbourne city council areas of Bayside, Monash, Kingston, Glen Eira, Boroondara, Greater Dandenong, Stonnington and Whitehorse?
