Coffee Groups
Take a break from your caring role, join us for a coffee and meet some new like-minded friends!
Our informal coffee clubs across the Perth Metro area provide carers of a person impacted by mental challenges a chance to socialise with other carers and carer peer workers in a relaxed atmosphere.
South West (Mandurah)
Third Thursday of the month
Time: 10.00am – 12pm
Where: Seven Trees Coffee, 11 Galbraith Loop, Falcon
Contact: robyn.stone@mifwa.org.au
North (Madeley)
First Thursday of the month
Time: 10.30am – 12.00pm
Where: The Coffee Club Kingsway, Kingsway City Shopping Centre
Contact: caroline.wood@mifwa.org.au
East (Midland)
Second Monday of the Month
Time: 6.30pm – 8.00pm
Where: The Principal Bar & Restaurant, 23 Cale Street, Midland
Contact: caroline.wood@mifwa.org.au
Central South (East Fremantle)
Fourth Tuesday of the month
Time: 10.00am – 11.30am
Where: Dome Café, 26 Riverside Road, Fremantle
Contact: robyn.stone@mifwa.org.au
PLEASE NOTE: Our Carers Coffee Clubs do not meet on public holidays.
Download the Carers Coffee Club flyer
Online Parents, Families and Carers Support Group
Parenthood doesn’t come with a How-To Guide. At every age and stage, families are provided with opportunities to learn who their young person is and how they move through the world. When mental health challenges are also part of the young person’s journey, knowing how to support them can be difficult.
Topics may include:
- Relationships, family dynamics and effective communication
- Hearing voices
- Dual diagnosis – Substance Use and Mental Health Conditions
- Self-care and wellbeing
- Lived experience recovery stories
- Understanding self-harm
- Eating disorders and body image
- Gender identity
- Co-occurring mental health conditions and neurodivergence
Topics are announced each month.
Each session offers a safe, supportive and non-judgemental environment.
Angela, our Peer Facilitator, has many years’ lived experience of caring for family members impacted by mental health challenges. Her understanding of what it means to be a Carer is a recent and life-changing discovery. Angela aims to help carers find meaning and hope in their personal caring journey, and to contribute to awareness and improvement of support and services for mental health carers, families and supporters.
COST: This service is at no cost.
WHEN: The group will be held on the first Thursday of the month at 5.30pm.
Please register your interest by contacting Caroline at caroline.wood@mifwa.org.au or call 9237 8900.
Download the flyer for the online group
BPD Carer Support Group for Family, Friends & Carers
A new support group for those family and friends that support someone close to them with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD).
The peer facilitated monthly BPD Support Group aims to support family and friends by providing peer support, the sharing of resources, information and education.
The group will be facilitated by those in a caring role for a family member with Borderline Personality Disorder.
The group will be held monthly on the second Wednesday of each month in West Leederville at 5.30pm.
Registrations are essential on 9237 8900 or info@mifwa.org.au.
GROW Group for Carers, Families & Supporters
Are you caring for someone who’s experiencing mental health challenges?
Join us at our next Grow Group where we:
- share our experiences
- gain support, and
- increase our coping skills, knowledge and understanding.
Meetings are guided by the Grow program.
Each session includes:
- an explanation of the program
- the opportunity for a member to share their personal story
- working on the specific challenges we are facing, and using the wisdom of the Grow program to address them.
Grow Group is anonymous and confidential.
When: Every 2nd & 4th Wednesday of the month
Time: 9.30am to 11.30am
Where: MIFWA Midland Office, Level 3, 9 The Avenue, Midland
Cost: No fee, no need to RSVP, and no need to submit a referral
Contact: 9237 8900 or info@mifwa.org.au
This Grow Group is hosted by MIFWA in partnership with Grow WA with the aim to increase the capacity of carers, families and supporters to care effectively for themselves and those they support.