“I choose to help because I can.”
Volunteering is a great opportunity for you to engage with the community and to help others including people living with mental illness. Often it is those who have had a firsthand experience with mental illness who are best placed to discuss and share their experience and understanding with others in a similar situation.
If you would like further information on volunteering, please contact one of the following organisations:
SANE Australia
Go to www.sane.org or call 1800 18 SANE (7263)
Mental Illness Fellowship of Australia
Enquiries to webmaster@schizophrenia.org.au or call 08 8272 1018
The Schizophrenia Fellowship of New South Wales
Go to www.sfnsw.org.au or call 1800 985 944
Mind Australia
Go to www.mindaustralia.org.au and click on the volunteering resource or call 03 9455 7900
Volunteering Australia
Go to www.volunteeringaustralia.org
GoodCompany
Go to www.goodcompany.com.au
The Centre for Volunteering (the home of VolunteeringNSW)
Go to www.volunteering.com.au