Supporting Recovery Event Cancelled

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Thursday, 09 October 2008

After much consideration, it is with great disappointment that we have decided to cancel the ‘Supporting Recovery’ event in Perth on 7th November 2008.

The purpose of this event was to learn from informal carers, like family members and friends, about the relationship between their role and the recovery of the people they care for. The intention was that this learning would be used to inform future work in relation to this important area.

While we had over 90 bookings the majority came from people who would have been attending in a professional capacity. SRN value the input and experience of professionals and service providers but on this occasion the fact that they formed the majority of the audience would have greatly limited our ability to develop this area of work.

We recognise that there are a number of factors that may have contributed to carers and informal supporters being unable to attend this national event, however, our overall sense is that it was not because people did not want to attend or participate.

We are committed to continuing with this important area of work and are investigating alternative ways of taking this project forward. We will update people of our progress and future activities through the website and updates but, as ever, we welcome This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

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