The Hon. Natasha Maclaren-Jones, Minister for Families and Communities and Minister for Disability Services (4th from right) and Adam Crouch MP, Member for Terrigal (centre) met with representatives of Mind Australia – Gill Callister, CEO (3rd from right) and Greg Wasmund, General Manager (4th from left) – and some committee members of HOME on the Central Coast. Gill and Greg were visiting from Melbourne to gain support for our mission and objectives.

Gill Callister, CEO, Mind Australia (2nd from right) and Mark Heeney, Executive Director – Housing Strategy, Mind Australia (3rd from right) relax with some HOME on the Central Coast committee members, having flown from Melbourne for meetings planned for the next day.

Mark Heeney, Executive Director – Housing Strategy, Mind Australia (centre) at his first meeting with some HOME on the Central Coast committee members.

It was an exciting development. The committee had been in touch with the Manager of The Haven Foundation, Melbourne, almost from its inception, and were now establishing new contacts at Mind Australia. The fruits of that association were paving the way for this dynamic organisation – recently amalgamated with The Haven Foundation – to fulfil our mission on the Central Coast: to establish permanent, independent, self-contained accommodation in a supportive environment for vulnerable people with an enduring mental illness.