The Richmond Fellowship of NSW (RFNSW)

History of the Richmond Fellowship

History of RFNSW

RFNSW Code of conduct

2008 - Our 30th year

Young people must have the facts about illegal drugs

The Richmond Fellowship of NSW has over thirty years experience working in the field of mental health. Many of the people we support have co-existing mental health and substance abuse issues, so we are familiar with the terrible damage that drugs - both legal and illegal, can cause...

Legislation protecting charity workers must be passed

The Richmond Fellowship of NSW is an NGO that provides mental health services to more than 200 consumers throughout New South Wales...

PM’s health audit must include mental health workforce says RFNSW

The Richmond Fellowship of NSW has applauded the audit of the rural health workforce announced by Prime Minister Rudd, but says it is absolutely essential that it incorporate mental health workers as well as doctors and nurses...

New mental health centres will reduce rural youth unemployment levels

The Richmond Fellowship of NSW has welcomed the announcement by Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon that twenty new treatment centres for young people with a mental illness will be set up, mostly in regional areas...

New regional mental health services announced

The Richmond Fellowship of NSW (RFNSW) has successfully tendered for several new regional mental health community support places in Stage 4B – HASI in the Home, of the NSW Health Housing and Accommodation Support Initiative (HASI)...

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Letters to thte editor

Daily Telegraph, 16 June 2008

The NSW Government’s Housing and Accommodation Support Initiative (HASI) has provided help for hundreds of people with mental health issues, enabling them to live in the community and gain a high measure of independence.

Daily Telegraph, 16 June 2008

The individuals you term “invisible killers” (Daily Telegraph, 16.6.08) are more accurately described as “forensic patients”. These are people deemed unfit to stand trial or found not guilty of an offence by reason of mental illness.

The Australian, 17 June 2008

Your article by Sue Oliver, ‘Back to dark ages’ (Australian 17.6.08) raises a number of issues that are of ongoing concern to the mental health sector.

The Australian, 26 May 2008

It is disturbing to think that the government’s funding for mental health programs could be further reduced (‘More spending cuts in mental health’ 26.5).

The Australian, 23 May 2008

I applaud Prime Minister Rudd for his determination to tackle the problem of homelessness (The Australian - 23.5). It is a complex problem that needs, as the Government’s green paper rightly said, much more than just a ‘crisis response’.

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The Richmond Fellowship of New South Wales (RFNSW) is a non-profit, non-government organisation without any religious affiliations. RFNSW has been providing accommodation and outreach support to people with psychiatric disability and mental health problems for over 30 years and enjoys a distinguished reputation as a leading mental health service provider in NSW.

RFNSW's purpose is to enhance the lives of people affected by mental illness. This is achieved through promotion of mental health and recovery for people living with mental illness and by providing community based rehabilitation within an accommodation support framework.

Mental health in the news

More children with disability in school but still behind in jobs

28 August 2008 - Media Release

JENNY MACKLIN MP -Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

BILL SHORTEN MP -Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Children’s Services

New research has shown that the number of children with disability attending school has more than tripled over the last 25 years but people with disability continue to have significantly higher levels of unemployment than people without disability...

Mental health services parlous: doctors

27 August 2008 - South Coast Register

By Glenn Ellard - FRUSTRATED doctors have called for immediate action to address the parlous state of mental health services in the Shoalhaven...

What's Your Juror Taking?

26 August 2008 – National Law Journal (Law.com website)

By Julie Kay - As the percentage of Americans taking various medications skyrockets, some jury consultants and lawyers have begun asking potential jurors what kinds of medications they are taking...

No spin can hide the mental health shame

25 August 2008 – South Coast Register

THE mental health story on the South Coast never seems to get better...

NARSAD Introduces 'Healthy Minds Across America,' an International Event Recognizing the Toll of Mental Illness, on Sunday, Sept. 14

26 August 2008 – Media Release: NARSAD

GREAT NECK, N.Y., Aug. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- People concerned about the toll that mental health disorders are taking on their families and communities will have a unique opportunity to hear from world-class experts on what is known to-date about the causes, symptoms and progression of such illnesses as depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety, schizophrenia and autism, and learn about current and potential treatments...

Hospitals blamed for series of deaths

26 August 2008 – Sydney Morning Herald

Natasha Wallace Health Reporter - DAMNING internal reports into 85 deaths at western Sydney hospitals over two years has revealed that at least 49 of the patients did not receive adequate care...

Marcus Trescothick enters cricket confessional

26 August 2008 – Times Online (UK)

Mike Atherton, Chief Cricket Correspondent - Marcus Trescothick's story is not a new one, but this week, after the grim detail that cricket had driven him to the edge of insanity was added to a canvas that previously had contained just broad brushstrokes, it is time to acknowledge that cricket is entering a more mature age...

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