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Welcome to the Winter edition of Activist, a quarterly email update to keep you up-to-date with mental health issues and the work of SANE Australia.
SANE Australia's Marathon Man
What makes a man run a marathon every day, for almost six months, through some of Australia’s most inhospitable country? Adventurer and ultra-distance runner Richard Bowles is running 30-80 km every day in a bid to be the first to run the entire 5,330 km of Australia’s rugged Bicentennial National Trail. Richard is raising funds for SANE’s work to help people with mental illness – please support him by visiting everydayhero.com.
The SANE eBooks
We already have almost 40 factsheets and podcasts available digitally, as well as our suite of DVDs and Guidelines,' says Barbara Hocking, Executive Director of SANE Australia. 'As part of our ongoing Digital Strategy, these have now been joined by our complete set of 17 SANE Guides, available as eBooks,' Ms Hocking said. These are now also available through major independent booksellers such as Gleebooks, Readings and Imprints. For more information visit the SANE Bookshop.
Parenting and Mental Illness – Have your Say
A new SANE Australia study is investigating the challenges of being a parent of a school-age child, when you have a mental illness. Produced in consultation with Children of Parents with a Metal Illness (COPMI), the online survey investigates parents' concerns and seeks ideas for how services can be improved. Results from this confidential study will be published in a special SANE Research Bulletin later this year, to lobby for improved understanding and support for families where a parent is living with a mental illness.
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