Every day people with ived experience are taking up leadership roles to address the unique needs, challenges and injustices their communities face. This report draws on findings from 30 in-depth interviews and surveys completed by Lived Experience Leaders.
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Lived Experience Leadership Digital Library
Consumer perspective | Families & carers | 2023
The Lived Experience Leadership Digital Library is a central repository of mental health consumer and carer leadership-related knowledge and initiatives:
- Lived Experience Leadership
- Engagement and Participation
- Co-design and Co-production
- Lived Experience Workforce
- Lived Experience Research
Toolkit to Authentically Embed Lived Experience Governance
Consumer perspective | Families & carers | Service development | Workplace wellbeing & practice support | 2023
The toolkit provides users with a selection of tools and resources to assist in exploring and assessing their own governance processes and formulate a pathway towards embedding lived experience governance across their systems, structures, policies, processes, practices, programs and services.
LE Governance Framework: Centring People, Identity and Human Rights for the Benefit of All
Consumer perspective | Families & carers | Service development | Workplace wellbeing & practice support | 2023
‘the Framework’ responds to calls from the mental health and other sectors for changes in the way systems are governed to align them more strongly with human rights approaches and to meaningfully embrace lived experience. Its applicability and reach span a spectrum of settings and sectors.
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The Peer Work Hub has been created in response to the recommendations outlined in Living Well as an online resource for organisations wanting to develop and grow their peer workforce.
VMIAC is the peak Victorian non-government organisation for people with lived experience of mental health or emotional issues.
Our Consumer Place is a resource centre run entirely by consumers. They provide information, training, support and advice to consumer-developed groups and projects and offer consumer perspective.