Claire Ritchie
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Creative Workplaces are hosting collaborative sessions with Support Act on the importance of mental health and wellbeing in the creative industries.
Heading to Perth? They are offering two sessions in the metro area. Or register now for the online session to join in anywhere in Western Australia.
All sessions are free.
THE LONG GAME: Wellbeing and Sustainable Performance at Work
Date: Friday 18 September
Time: 10am – 11am AWST
Venue: State Theatre Centre of WA, Rehearsal Room One.
This workshop provides practical, evidence-based strategies for navigating high workloads, limited resources and increasing workplace pressures.
Participants will explore sustainable ways of working, strengthen communication and boundary-setting skills, and identify team practices that foster psychological safety, collaboration and long-term wellbeing.
REWIRE: Mental Health Basics for Creative Work
Date: Friday 18 September
Time: 12:30pm – 2pm AWST (2:30pm – 4pm AEST)
Venue: ONLINE
Managing Mental Health in the Arts is an interactive workshop, grounded in research and lived industry experience. It unpacks what is driving stress and burnout across the arts and creative industries, the common psychosocial hazards shaping studios and institutions, and how uncertainty and identity-linked work affect your nervous system and creativity.
CREATIVE MINDS: Sustainable Wellbeing for Creative Work
Date: Saturday 19 September
Time: 10am – 11am AWST
Venue: Walyalup Fremantle Arts Centre
Creative Minds is an immersive, interactive workshop designed to help creatives build a more sustainable relationship with their work, their wellbeing and themselves.
Participants explore the myths and realities of creativity, clarify their values and creative identity, and develop practical approaches to goal-setting, recovery, focus and creative renewal.
Superannuation in the Creative Industries
Wondering what superannuation has to do with health and wellbeing? It’s not as much of a stretch as it seems: financial wellbeing is a real part of overall mental health and wellbeing. With that in mind, here’s a reminder about Creative Workplaces’ information session on Superannuation in the Creative Industries.
Date: Thursday 17 September
Time: 10am – 12pm AWST
Venue: Victoria Hall, Fremantle
The Support Act Wellbeing Helpline
Creative Workplaces partners with Support Act to provide the Support Act Wellbeing Helpline, a free phone counselling service for anyone working in Australian music or the creative industries. You don’t have to be in a crisis to call the Helpline.
They have dedicated support lines for LGBTQI+, First Nations, Manager Support, and Safety at Work.
Call 1800 959 500 | Visit the Wellbeing Helpline
Feature image: Mindful in Nature photoshoot with Belinda McCaulay at Castle Rock Dunsborough. Photo by Raquel Aranda.
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