Finding North

07/10/2026

Registrations are now open for our Rights and Self-Advocacy Training Program for people in NSW.

Join us for this seven week free online program where participants will learn how to:

✔️Build confidence to speak up about their needs and the support that works for them
✔️Communicate their needs more clearly and advocate for themselves
✔️Use practical tools and strategies to help them be heard by mental health professionals

📅 Starting 4 November 2026
📅 Wednesdays, 12:30pm–2:30pm (AEDT)
📍 Online via Zoom
💰Free to participate

🔗Hear what others are saying and learn more here:
https://findingnorthnetwork.com.au/page/rights-and-advocacy-training-program

04/10/2026

Missed our webinar on peer supervision? The recording is now live!

Peer supervision is more than just a conversation. It's a space to reflect, connect, challenge assumptions, strengthen practice, and stay grounded in lived experience values.

In this engaging discussion, Julian Robinson and Flick Grey explore:
✅ Why peer supervision matters
✅ How it supports growth and professional development
✅ The role of reflection, accountability and mutual learning
✅ What values-based supervision can look like in practice

📽 Watch now: https://findingnorthnetwork.com.au/page/webinars

💬 What's one thing that helps keep you connected to your lived experience values in your work?

02/10/2026

🎤 Speaker submissions NOW OPEN!

You can apply to present at the 2027 Perspectives Online Conference and get paid!

This year's theme is Storytelling for Impact.

Whether you're a first-time speaker or have presented before, we want to hear your story. We welcome applications from anyone in Australia with first-hand lived experience of mental health challenges.

📆 9-10 March 2027
💻 100% online

Submissions close 20 October 2026. We recommend you don't wait until the last minute to apply!

Visit Finding North Network to learn more about how to apply:
🔗https://findingnorthnetwork.com.au/page/perspectives-2027-conference

30/09/2026

Speaker submissions opening soon 🎤

Mark your calendars 📅 Perspectives 2027 is coming, and this year's theme is Storytelling for Impact.

Two days. One national online conference. Real stories, led by lived experience.

📆 9–10 March 2027
💻 100% online

Speaker submissions open TOMORROW, 2 October 2026

Whether you're a first-time speaker or have shared your story before, we'd love to hear from you.

Follow along or visit the Finding North Network for updates and be ready when submissions open.

🔗https://findingnorthnetwork.com.au/page/perspectives-2027-conference

30/09/2026

Out From The Mist (OFTM) is hosting its Annual Awards Night during Queensland Mental Health Week, featuring creative works exploring mental health through lived experience and storytelling.

A wonderful opportunity to celebrate creativity, connection, and the many ways people share their experiences.

See the original post below for details. 👇

For eight years, MIFA has been proud to host Out From The Mist, creating a space for people around the world to share their experiences of mental health through photography, short film and music.

Because there is no single story of mental health.

Experiences can be brief or ongoing, visible or largely unseen. They can affect every part of life or sit quietly alongside it. And behind every experience is a person with their own perspective, story and way of making sense of what they’ve lived through.

Out From The Mist makes space for those stories through art.

This October, Out From The Mist is bringing the 2026 finalists together in Brisbane for our annual exhibition and Awards Night, as part of Queensland Mental Health Week.

If you’re in Brisbane, we’d love you to come and experience the work for yourself.

The Creative Nest, West End, Brisbane
Exhibition: 2–9 October 2026
Awards Night: Thursday 8 October, 5:30–7:30pm AEST

Come for the photography, film and music. Stay for the stories behind them.

Register for the Awards Night:
https://events.humanitix.com/out-from-the-mist-2026-awards-night

24/09/2026

The Rights and Self-Advocacy Training Program is a facilitated training designed by and for people with a lived and living experience of mental health challenges.

Our NSW program starts: 4th November 2026

Session times: Wednesdays 12.30-2.30pm (NSW time)
Session dates: 04/11, 18/11, 25/11, 02/12, 09/12, 16/12

Registrations close: Sunday 1st November 11.59pm (earlier if all places are filled)

https://findingnorthnetwork.com.au/page/rights-and-advocacy-training-program

24/09/2026

Want to learn more about your rights and build confidence in self-advocacy?

Our Rights and Self-Advocacy Training Program is a free, online, facilitated program designed by and for people with lived experience of mental health challenges.

Through seven interactive sessions, participants will explore advocacy, rights, communication skills, advocacy planning, and ways to navigate challenges that can arise when speaking up for yourself and others.

📍 Online via Zoom
🗓️ Welcome session: Wednesday 4 November 2026
🗓️ Weekly sessions from 11 November to 16 December 2026
💰 Free to attend
🤝 Optional weekly peer support group

Registrations are now open for our upcoming NSW intake.
Visit the Finding North Network https://findingnorthnetwork.com.au/page/rights-and-advocacy-training-program

23/09/2026

Save the date: Perspectives 2027 is coming!

This March, Finding North Network's national online conference returns with the theme Storytelling for Impact, exploring storytelling not just as a way to be heard, but as a tool for connection and change.

Join us 9 and 10 March 2027, online, for two days of real stories and real insight, led by people with lived experience of mental health challenges.

Speaker submissions open 2 October 2026. Whether you're a first-time speaker or have presented before, we want to hear your story. More details coming soon.

Follow Finding North Network to be the first to know when submissions open.

Thinking about sharing your story? Learn more about Perspectives 2027 and be ready when speaker submissions open: https://findingnorthnetwork.com.au/page/perspectives-2027-conference

20/09/2026

Happening tomorrow!

Join us online for a discussion about the role of peer supervision, its benefits for the lived experience workforce, and how it can support growth in your practice.

🗓️ Tomorrow, 21 September
⏱️ 2.30pm - 4.00pm (AEST)

Can't make it live? Register and we'll send you the recording.

17/09/2026

Everyone's pathway is different.

At Finding North, we combine lived experience knowledge, trusted information, and practical tools to help people explore mental health and wellbeing in a way that feels right for them.

Whether you're seeking information, support options, or ideas to support your wellbeing, Finding North can help you take the next step.

👉 Learn more: 🔗 https://findingnorth.org.au/