Regardless of where you are in your journey, supporting someone with mental ill health can feel like you’re experiencing an emotional rollercoaster – full of tears and triumphs. You are not alone. This is for you!

Safe Spaces Peer Support groups provide the opportunity to share with and listen to others just like you.

Connecting is important for self-care and your continued wellbeing. We invite you to come along, share your story and make friendships that will help you maintain resilience, cope with challenges, and strengthen your support role.

This is a safe space and time just for you, so you’re welcome to come along for a whole session or just a little while.

So that our sessions remain true to the experience of family members and friends, these sessions are not open to service providers or consumers.

Who this service is for

These forums are for families and friends of a person with a mental illness or co-occurring drug use and mental ill health and are not open to service providers.

This includes:
- Anyone supporting a family member or friend with mental ill health
- Anyone supporting a family member or friend with mental ill health and or co-occurring Alcohol and Other drugs
- Family and friends that provide informal, unpaid physical, social, financial, and emotional support
- Family and friends that feel isolated and want to be understood in a safe and private space
- Those aged over 18 years living in Tasmania

Cost

Free

Opening Hours

Face-to-face Safe Space Peer Support:

Launceston - Venue: Head to Health - 93 Paterson Street
1st Wednesday February, April, June, August, Oct, December - 5.15pm to 6.45pm

Devonport - Venue: Baptcare - 31 Murray Street, Devonport
1st Wednesday March, May, July Sept, Nov - 5.15pm to 6.45pm

Hobart - The Banksia Room - Ground Floor, 2 Terry Street Glenorchy
3rd Wednesday each month - 5.15pm to 6.45pm

Online Safe Space Peer Support:

Second Wednesday every month, from 1:00pm to 2:00pm and 5:30pm to 6:30pm

We are also offering Safe Spaces Education and Information sessions as follows:

Our Safe Spaces Education and information Sessions are a time and place for families and friends to hear from guest speakers and to gain information on an array of topics, including but not limited to: how to support someone living with a particular diagnosis, how to support someone who is using a particular drug, how to set boundaries, and what kind of services there are and how they can support families and friends and consumers.

Hobart:
4th Thursday of every second month, starting in March, May, July, Sept, Nov
10am to 11.30am
2 Terry Street, Glenorchy

Devonport:
1st Thursday March, May, July, Sept, Nov
10am to 11.30am
Devonport Football Club
James Street Devonport

Launceston:
1st Thursday, Feb, Apr, June, Aug, Oct, Dec
10am to 11.30am
Head to Health
93 Paterson Street

Accessibility Support

Ground floor - wheelchair accessible

How this service is delivered

• Face-to-face

  Launceston - Venue: Head to Health - 93 Paterson Street
  1st Wednesday February, April, June, August, Oct, December - 5.15pm to 6.45pm

  Devonport - Venue: Baptcare - 31 Murray Street, Devonport
  1st Wednesday March, May, July Sept, Nov - 5.15pm to 6.45pm

  Hobart - The Banksia Room - Ground Floor, 2 Terry Street Glenorchy
  3rd Wednesday each month - 5.15pm to 6.45pm

• Call or visit us online

  Second Wednesday every month, from 1:00pm to 2:00pm and 5:30pm to 6:30pm