Key Events

This is the fifth Building Bridges conference, it aims to bring together the latest thinking on community mental health and addiction services. It's an opportunity to share new research, workshop and collaborate on solutions and meet with the many and varied providers and consumers of services.

If you work in alcohol-related sectors or you have an interest in reducing alcohol-related harm, this is a must attend event.

The theme of 2010 ALAC conference is “Time for Action”.

The focus will be on working together to create real and sustainable change in the way New Zealanders think about and use alcohol.

Three sub-themes are to be considered for abstract contributions:

Rangtahi Ora=Whanau Ora! is the theme for Youth Week2010.

Based on the whakatauki "He tina ki runga, he tamore ki raro. Contentment above, strongly rooted below".

He wero tenei. Youth Week's challenge to our communities is for whanau to strengthen their relationships and connections with their rangatahi so we can achieve Whanau Ora together.

Across Australia, there are a number of people, organisations and communities working together to address Indigenous alcohol and drug issues and associated harm. Recognising that harmful alcohol and other drug use contributes significantly to the poor health outcomes of Indigenous Australians, the continuing capacity and quality of these efforts is contingent on learning good practices and skills, building a local workforce and strengthening Indigenous communities to respond effectively.