APPENDIX 1- Adding to the Poster Roster
The posters also act as an introduction to the role of LLEW, as further examples of consumers who have earned roles valued in the mental health system.
They can also be locally tailored to include other public figures or where appropriate, be used to introduce willing local LLEW who also of course have valued identities which too many consumers can feel they have lost or are incompatible with the consumer identity – identities such as ‘worker’, ‘mum’, ‘partner’, ‘footy coach’, ‘artist’, ‘pet parent’ etc.
A blank template and an example follow.
Template
Who am I?
Answer: All of the Above
We are, each of us, our challenges and so much more.
Each of our paths is unique, but many have travelled the road to recovery, to a good life, before you. Many travel alongside you.
Your service employs people like you, ‘Lived and Living Experience’ Workers who are also on that road to their good life.
Talk to one of us sometime, hear about our journeys, and let’s walk together for a while.
None of us are just our challenges
“Inspirational quotation“
Any of Us
Who am I?
Answer: All of the Above
We are, each of us, our challenges and so much more.
Each of our paths is unique, but many have travelled the road to recovery, to a good life, before you. Many travel alongside you.
Your service employs people like you, ‘Lived and Living Experience’ Workers who are also on that road to their good life.
Talk to one of us sometime, hear about our journeys, and let’s walk together for a while.
None of us are just our challenges.
” People with learned experienced, doctors, therapists, can tell us some ways to get better.
But people with lived experience, people like us, can show us that it is possible to get better!
And unless you believed it is possible, why would you try? “
Bill Moon, Consumer Consultant
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