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RFNSW Features on the top-rating ABC702 with Deb Cameron

On Tuesday 17 August, Pam Rutledge and Donna Maki were in the ABC702 radio studio in Sydney, with Deb Cameron talking about the Women and Children’s Program at Charmian Clift Cottages.  The Women and Children’s Program (WCP) aims to keep mums and their kids together, whilst mums are supported and assisted through their mental illness which can be in the form of depression, anxiety, schizophrenia or bipolar.

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Taking young minds to heart at Richmond Fellowship in Penrith

MORE youth with mental health problems will be helped by a trail-blazing program pioneered by Richmond Fellowship NSW services in Penrith.

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ABC News Hopeful Voice story

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Fund The Severe Mental Illnesses

BELATEDLY but gratefully, we have seen extraordinary attention shift towards mental health services reform in recent months.

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Happily back from the brink

DONNA Maki, 40, says she would have lost her sanity and her two-year-old son, Ishmael, if it wasn't for time spent at Charmian Clift Cottages in Blacktown.

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Experts approve of mental health plan

The Federal Opposition’s $1.5 billion mental health plan has received support from experts operating in rural and regional Australia.

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Mental Health and mums

When Trudy Newell-Fielding suffered a manic episode after her daughter was born, the hospital didn't know where to put her.

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Unexpected artists soar in Penrith

AN ART therapy program for people with mental illnesses in Penrith has blossomed to the point where participants have exhibited their work and even sold pictures to overseas buyers.

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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.

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Sanctuary saved me and my boy, says depressed mother

Source: July 12th 2010 - The Australian

DONNA Maki believes her son would have been taken away if it wasn't for the care she received in a supported housing program.

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