Projects and Consulting

Collaborative support for services and organisations seeking to embed lived expertise and to develop innovative approaches and resources that create meaningful change.

Established in 2011, inside out & associates australia emerged from its founders’ extensive experience in the mental health sector, representing a valuable combination of:

lived experience of mental distress and extreme states and recovery, and of supporting family and community, and the intentional use of this experience to advocate, educate and transform
systemic advocacy, community liaison and development, and service delivery across a range of settings
education, consultation, research and project management experience

inside out’s approach to all of its work is one of co-creation – that all projects at every phase are co-designed, co-developed, co-facilitated, co-produced, and co-evaluated by a team who bring a combination of perspectives, with lived perspectives upheld as a crucial key to better understanding and responding to mental distress and its impacts.

inside out is a respected provider of mental health project management and consultancy services with experience working with a range of providers including:

Advance Diversity Services
Mental Health Australia
Mental Health Commission of NSW
The National Mental Health Commission
NSW Ministry of Health
Raising Minds and Parent 2 Parent Queensland
Recovery Colleges
VMIAC
Victorian Department of Health and Human Services
various public mental health services

inside out has worked with these and other organisations to assist with a range of endeavours that promote peer-to-peer support, lived experience partnership, capability building for the mental health lived experience workforce (and non-lived experience workforces) and lived experience-led alternatives. Projects include:

Alternatives to Suicide in NSW
Moving From Engagement to Partnership
National Mental Health Consumer and Carer Forum Annual Workshop
Recommendation 29 Next Steps
Resilience in Reach for families supporting young people (current)
Suicide Prevention Outreach Team Co-design
Support for Lived Experience/Consumer Perspective Supervisors