PATS (Paying Attention To Self)

PATS is an eight week peer support program for young people aged 12-18 who have a parent with a mental illness. PATS is run by a youth worker and a young person who has been trained in leadership.  In PATS you will have an opportunity to find out everything you want to know about mental illness, coping strategies for when times get tough, who you can talk to, and most of all make new friends and have fun!

Once you’re apart of  PATS you will have an opportunity to attend our  recreational days during the school holidays  where we go surfing, laser force, horse riding and much more!

In addition to having heaps of fun, you also get an opportunity to join the PATS reference group where projects are worked on that help de stigmatise mental illness in the community. Over the years the PATS reference group have developed and launched things such as a community mural,  t-shirts, through the window booklet (stories and coping strategies by young people for young people) and a short film depicting the impact mental illness has on their lives.