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Introducing Bernie
LELAN, Community NurturerLELAN recently welcomed Bernie Barrett to the team as our Administrative Support and Community Nurturer. We are very happy to have Bernie join us and can't wait to strengthen our connection to members and the lived experience community in SA....
Introducing Sam
LELAN, COVID19LELAN recently appointed a part-time Peer Project Worker to coordinate the new Our Experiences through COVID Project we received Department of Human Services funding for. We are very happy to have Sam Lai join the team and look forward to seeing the...
Five Ways to Wellbeing
COVID19, Lived Experience Wisdom
Opportunities, Lived Experience LeadershipDuring the uncertainty and life disruption caused by the COVID19 pandemic LELAN has been actively promoting the experiences, perspective and solution ideas of people with lived/living experience. We are proud to have been...
Opportunities, Lived Experience LeadershipLELAN are proud to announce a new project we have secured funding for. The Lived Experience Connection and Action Project will support the involvement of even more people with lived/living experience in their communities and...
Lived Experience Leadership, AdvocacyThis past week has highlighted why reconciliation and an anti-racist stance is more important than ever. For events we have witnessed from the US and for the knowing that injustices against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander...
A Philosophy for Providing Care Differently
Opportunities, Have a Say / Get ActiveLELAN and The Australian Centre for Social Innovation (TACSI) have recently been Co-Design Partners with the Office of the Chief Psychiatrist (OCP), supporting their work to establish an Urgent Mental Health Care Centre (the...
Sharing Results: Lived/Living Experience Insights, Concerns and Strategies for Managing through COVID19
Have a Say / Get Active, AdvocacyAs previously shared LELAN is currently surveying people in the lived/living experience community about their experience, concerns and strategies for managing through the current COVID19 crisis. We feel it is important to share back...
Sharing Lived Experience Wisdom about Community, Connection and Looking after our Mental Health during COVID19
Have a Say / Get Active, AdvocacyAt LELAN we acknowledge the significant impact that Coronavirus (COVID-19) is having on people around the world. In our own community there is heightened emotion, uncertainty and confusion on what steps to take to look after ourselves...
Co-creating and Emergency Department Alternative in the Adelaide CBD
Opportunities, Have a Say / Get ActiveLELAN and The Australian Centre for Social Innovation (TACSI) have been facilitating a piece of work on behalf of the Office of the Chief Psychiatrist (OCP) for members of the South Australian Community. This work, through the...