Appendix 3: Peak agencies
The below lists the peak agencies for the Lived Experience workforce, peak agencies are either a Lived Experience workforce trade or advocacy group, or an overall association of groups allied to the Lived Experience workforce.
Peak agency | Jurisdiction | Consumer/Family/Carer workforce |
ACT Mental Health Consumer Network | ACT | Consumer Peak |
Being | NSW | Consumer Peak |
CLEW (Carer Lived Experience Workforce) | VIC | Carer Network |
CoMHWA | WA | Consumer Peak |
Flourish | TAS | Consumer Peak |
LELAN | SA | Consumer Peak |
Lived Experience Australia formerly the Private Mental Health Consumer Carer Network (Australia) Limited | National | Consumer/Carer Peak for people accessing private mental health services |
Mental Health Carers Australia | National | Carer Peak |
Mental Health Carers NSW | NSW | Carer Peak |
Mental Health Family and Friends Tasmania Formerly Mental Health Carers Tasmania | TAS | Carer Peak |
National Mental Health Consumer and Carer Forum | National | Consumer/Carer Peak |
NSW Consumer Peer Workers’ Committee | NSW | Lived Experience Public Mental Health Workforce Peak |
PHN MHLEEN | National | Lived Experience Network |
QLEWN | QLD | Lived Experience Workforce Peak |
TANDEM | VIC | Carer Peak |
TEMHCO (Top End Mental Health Consumer Organisation) | NT | Consumer Peak |
VMIAC | VIC | Consumer Peak |
WA Peer Supporters Network | WA | Consumer/Carer Peak |