WA’s first community centre ‘clubhouse’, for 26 years Lorikeet Centre has contributed to the recovery of hundreds of West Australians experiencing mental ill health.

The Importance of Connection
29-07-2021
Connection is about being in touch with yourself, with everything around you and everything that happens to you….
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Lorikeet’s Open Your Mind Poetry Competition 2021
19-07-2021
Lorikeet’s 2021 Open Your Mind Poetry Competition is now open. The Annual Open Your Mind Poetry Competition is…
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A Safe and Accepting Place for People Living With Mental Illness
15-07-2021
Lorikeet Centre, our member driven community centre, has been supporting people living with mental illness in Perth for 27 years. Aiming to…
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Acceptance – A Poem by Norm Wotherspoon
23-05-2021
Acceptance By Norm Wotherspoon, Lived Experience Representative When I waken, screaming in the darkness At the early…
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Doing Things Keeps Me Mentally Healthy – Steve
13-05-2021
I’ve been going to the Lorikeet Centre for about eight or nine years. Lorikeet Centre is fantastic –…
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Glenn Pickett Sunflower Awards Recognising MIFWA’s Gentle Leaders
07-12-2020
Congratulations to Angel and Claudia who were the winners in MIFWA’s inaugural Glenn Pickett Sunflower Awards. Celebrating individuals…
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Lorikeet Open Your Mind Poetry Competition 2020
19-11-2020
This year the theme for the Lorikeet Open Your Mind Poetry Competition was ‘Milestones & Memories’. Thank you…
Read more2021 Tecwyn Jones Bequest Grant
19-11-2020
The 2021 round of the Tecwyn Jones Bequest Grant has now closed Tecwyn Jones was a member of…
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A Place Where We All Learn from Each Other
25-06-2020
An Interview with Cara, Team Facilitator – Lorikeet Centre Lorikeet Centre is a place for people to come…
Read more2020 Lorikeet Open Your Mind Poetry Competition
24-06-2020
Lorikeet’s Open Your Mind Poetry Competition is on again for 2020! Open to anyone with a mental illness…
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