MIEACT Volunteer Educator
Advertised by VolunteeringACT
If you are looking for an amazing opportunity to connect with like-minded people and give back to your community, we want to hear from you!
People identifying as:
- being from an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background
- being from a from a Culturally & Linguistically Diverse background
- living with a disability or chronic health issue
- being gender diverse or LGBTQIA+
- neurodiverse
- having experienced trauma
Are strongly encouraged to apply, acknowledging that experiences of mental ill-health in marginalised communities are at a significantly higher rate.
Our Story
MIEACT is the primary local mental health and well-being education provider for workplaces, community groups and secondary schools (and now primary schools too!) across the Canberra region and surrounding area.
Our Aim
To safely share lived experience stories which provide mental health awareness and education, empowerment, and to reduce stigma while also promoting early help seeking, self-care and recovery - however that looks/works for the individual.
Opportunities
At the very core of everything we do at MIEACT are powerful lived experience stories of mental illness. Volunteer Educators share their personal stories in schools, workplaces and community groups across the Canberra region to educate, raise awareness, reduce stigma and promote early help seeking. Volunteer Role:
Volunteer Educator with a Lived/Living Experience of mental ill-health or caring for someone with mental ill-health who after completing training, will share their story in schools, workplaces and community groups.
What do I need to do to become a VE ?
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To be positively managing your mental illness or be the carer of a person who is living with mental illness.
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Complete Educator training. This involves being able to share your unique personal experiences of mental illness or as a carer.
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Have flexibility to be able to volunteer during school/businesses hours.
Volunteering with us can be empowering, rewarding and might just even play a part in your own recovery!
UPCOMING TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES:
DoNOHarm 10:00am - 1:00pm + Story Crafting 2:00pm - 4:00pm
- Saturday, 8 August 2026
- Thursday, 13 August 2026
- Friday, 28 August 2026
Please feel free to reach out via email or call if you wish to discuss further or have any questions. We would really love to have you on board and will do what we can to support/accommodate your involvement in the incredible work MIEACT does in the Canberra community.
*All Volunteer Educator training is free of charge