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Funding for headspace welcomed
The announcement in the Federal Budget of additional funding for headspace underlines the Federal Government’s commitment to tackling youth mental illness.
The $78.8 million will increase the capacity of the existing 30 headspace centres, which already play a vital role in Australian communities, by extending our services and programs. Up to 30 more new centres will help headspace extend our ground-breaking work into new metropolitan, regional and rural areas that desperately need support.
Earlier this week, Minister Roxon and headspace announced the locations of the first ten centres to be established under the Federal funding. These new centres will be located in Parramatta (Sydney), Shoalhaven, Bendigo, Collingwood (Melbourne), Noarlunga, Inala (Brisbane South), Nundah (Brisbane North), Cairns, Hobart and Perth. These centres will be operational within the next 12 months and will make a difference to the lives of thousands of young people and their families.
The Coalition also recently stated their policy position on mental health: the Real Action Plan for Better Mental Health included $225 million for 60 headspace centres.