VMIAC has a long history of working in partnership with other organisations. This is essential to achieving our vision.
Peak consumer organisations alliance
In 2018, VMIAC joined with our sister organisations, BEING – Mental Health Consumers (NSW) and Consumers of Mental Health WA, to work in partnership on national issues impacting mental health consumers. Our first project as an alliance was promoting consumer concerns about My Health Record.
Partner organisations
We regularly partner with the following organisations:
Ongoing relationships
We work closely with the following organisations on a regular basis, raising the issues and perspectives that matter to consumers:
Education institutions
- Centre for Psychiatric Nursing, University of Melbourne
- RMIT
- Centre for Mental Health Learning
- Melbourne Polytechnic
Statutory bodies
- Office of the Chief Psychiatrist
- Mental Health Tribunal
- Office of the Public Advocate
- OVIC – Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner
Government
Government agencies
Peak and advocacy bodies
- Victorian Council of Social Services (VCOSS)
- Tandem
- Carers Victoria
- Association of Participating Service Users (APSU)
- Mental Health Victoria
- Royal Australian New Zealand College of Psychiatry
- Australian College of Emergency Medicine
- Youth Disability Advocacy Service
- Youth Affairs Council Victoria
Legal organisations
Other
- Victoria Police
- Australia Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF)
- Inside Out Associates (NSW)
- And many individual mental health, community and disability organisations