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Toys and Hope Fund Print E-mail
A fund for children and young people who visit their parents or grand parents in psychiatric hospitals.
  • The new fund is established to provide toys, support and practical assistance for children and young people who have a mentally ill parent.
  • The fund will firstly provide toys in family visiting rooms in psychiatric inpatient units in Victoria.

The fund is administered by 'The National Network of Adult and Adolescent children who have a Mentally Ill parent/s' (NNAAMI). Further information regarding NNAAMI and the needs of young people who cope with the behaviour and demands of a mentally ill parent can be found on the NNAAMI website www.nnaami.org or by phoning 03 98893095.
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Jack's Toyboxes (photos) Print E-mail
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Signage on Jack's Toy Boxes Print E-mail

The following is a sample of the signage displayed on Jacks Toy Box around Melbourne Australia.

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A special thank you to Bernadette, our Volunteer Co-ordinator for Jack

 
Accreditation Certificates Print E-mail
Displayed in Foyer of participating Mental Health Units.

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Participating Mental Health Units & Family Visiting Room Accreditation Guidelines Print E-mail

Download the Jack's Toybox Accreditation Guidelines as a Word Document or PDF.

A basic WAYMI Vision for MH units Worldwide.

We hope all MH units everywhere will have a homely and practical private family visiting room for all Families and Visitors, set aside and separate from treatment rooms, exclusively for family time.
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Poems Print E-mail

The police
The ambulance arrived
from nowhere
I cried and cried
I cried
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The 'Forgotten People'

by Anna Malbon from the Progress Press October 22, 1996

WHEN nine-year-old "Tom" was asked to draw a picture of himself with his mother be drew her trying to strangle him.

Tom entered the world of adults too early. If he was ever immune to the complications and pain of life that adults try to shelter from children, he says he can't remember.
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