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Click on icon to read full media release Media Release: Richmond Fellowship Of NSW Welcomes Federal Mental Health Commitments
The Richmond Fellowship of New South Wales (RFNSW) has described mental health commitments by Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott as ‘historic turning points’ in terms of addressing the core problems of mental illness.  RFNSW Media Release: Possible Expansion Of Support Program For Mentally Ill Mothers The Richmond Fellowship of New South Wales (RFNSW) is looking to expand a unique Western Sydney service providing critical support for mothers with mental illness, and their dependent children. Specialist youth mental health program receives important boost More young people in Western Sydney living with debilitating forms of mental illness will be taught important life skills and receive relationship, education and employment support thanks to the expansion of a specialist program. RFNSW Media Release: Appeal to Save Art Program for the Mentally Ill The Richmond Fellowship of New S South Wales (RFNSW) is appealing for help as it ende eavours to relaunch and expand the ‘Hopeful Voice’ arts project in Western Sydney. Hope for “Hopeful Voice” arts project The Richmond Fellowship generated some great media interest on Tuesday 25th May regarding its appeal for help in saving the “Hopeful Voice” arts project in Western Sydney. Mental health organisations meet in Tamworth tomorrow
On Wednesday, June 10 Tamworth will host a gathering of the many community-based organisations that provide mental health services to people in the New England area.
RFNSW opens new Bourke Service Centre The Richmond Fellowship of NSW (RFNSW) has opened a new Service Centre in Bourke, in the heart of town at 45 Mitchell Street.
Mental health organisations meet in Wagga Wagga
Traineeships address shortage of mental health professionals A leading NGO is doing something tangible about the growing shortage of mental health professionals.
Bathurst becoming hub for mental health The Richmond Fellowship of NSW (RFNSW) has provided support to people living with mental illness for over thirty years. CEO Fred Kong says the Bathurst office of RFNSW is now becoming a hub for the organisation’s services in this part of the state.
2008
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)...
Mental health jobs unfilled in Wagga The Richmond Fellowship of NSW (RFNSW) has found it hard to get staff for its Wagga office due to a lack of mental health workers in the area...
Mental health jobs unfilled in rural areas of NSW The Richmond Fellowship of NSW has echoed the concerns of the Rural Doctors Association of Australia about a lack of mental health workers in country areas...
Mainstream mental health looks to bridge gap with communities History was made when mainstream mental health service provider The Richmond Fellowship of NSW welcomed two new Aboriginal Project Officers into the organisation...
Dental care for mentally-ill is urgently required In 2006 then Deputy Labor leader Julia Gillard said that the ALP's dental policy would address the problems of 650, 000 Australians waiting for dental care...
Institutionalising mentally-ill a backwards step - RFNSW I was horrified to see that Federal Opposition Leader Dr. Brendan Nelson is calling for a debate about going back to the days of institutionalising Australians with mental illness...
Tourists need mental health crisis number Australia expects around 5.9 million inbound tourist arrivals this year. In his budget media release Minister for Tourism, Martin Ferguson says that the tourism sector will generate more than $38 billion in GDP and employ nearly half a million Australians...
Homelessness not just about housing, says mental health NGO
The Richmond Fellowship of NSW agrees with Prime Minister Kevin Rudd when he says it’s unacceptable that up to 100,000 homeless Australians have to sleep in shelters or on the streets each night...
2007
The Richmond Fellowship of NSW (RFNSW) is a not-for-profit NGO that provides mental health support services throughout NSW...
Employers must understand mental health issues Mental health issues cost Australian businesses billions of dollars every year, yet most employers remain ignorant of the effects of poor mental health on their organisations...
Failures in mental health a social and economic tragedy - RFNSW Fred Kong, CEO of the Richmond Fellowship of NSW (RFNSW) has applauded the Mental Health Council of Australia and the Australian Institute of Management for their efforts in compiling the ‘Let’s get working’ report which calls for a new strategy to get people with mental illness into employment...
New Mental Health Act recognises changes in society The NSW Government’s new Mental Health Act 2007 was passed in June and will be proclaimed Friday, November 16...
Rethink needed on patient confidentiality The Richmond Fellowship of NSW has called on State and Federal governments to urgently review legislation that at present may be preventing GPs from advising authorities about patients at risk of suicide...
Richmond Fellowship of NSW welcomes Government’s mental health commitment CEO of the Richmond Fellowship of NSW, Fred Kong, has welcomed the commitment of Federal Ageing Minister Christopher Pyne to improve the treatment and services received by Australians living with mental illness...
Care shouldn’t end with discharge from hospital Two articles in the Telegraph on Saturday, October 20 (‘Mother not guilty of killing son’ and ‘Lack of care causes suicide, killing’) raise the issue of former mental health patients that harm themselves or others after being released from hospital...
Does having mental health issues make you a ‘consumer’? The Richmond Fellowship of NSW recently hosted a mental health forum at which one of the presenters was award-winning motivational speaker Fay Jackson...
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