REDWatch Monthly Meeting on Mental Health - 4 April 6pm

Mental Health is one of the most mentioned problems in our area with crisis teams stretched and action often not being taken until much damage to the sufferers and the community is done. Police spend significant resources in dealing with mental callouts and in the last resort transporting sufferers to psychiatric wards. Local residents deal with people going off medication without support and in trying to help for people in escalating situations.

REDWatch has invited Sydney Local Area Health to come along and explain what mental health services are available and what residents can do to get support in dealing with mental health issues. We have also invited one of the St Vincent’ workers involved in the Inner City Cadre Project to provide information about the CADRE project which describes itself as Mental Health Neighbour Watch. It is hoped that these discussion will help people better understand the services available as well as highlight some of the issues that will need to be taken up in the new Redfern Waterloo human service co-ordination group. Please join us for this important discussion.