Comorbidity Bus Tour

Comorbidity Bus Tours are a sector development activity designed to support frontline workers in the ACT not-for-profit and government
sectors. The aim of the bus tour is to increase the capacity of frontline workers to support people experiencing co-occurring alcohol, tobacco
and other drug (ATOD) and mental health (MH) issues (comorbidity). The Comorbidity Bus Tour visits a variety of services in the ACT from the alcohol, tobacco and other drug (ATOD), mental health and youth sectors.

The Comorbidity Bus Tours are run as a partnership between ATODA, the Youth Coalition of the ACT and the Mental Health Community Coalition ACT.

+Tour Options

Tour A

  • Alcohol Tobacco and Other Drug Association ACT (ATODA)
  • Canberra Recovery Services, Salvation Army
  • DIRECTIONS ACT
  • Karralika Therapeutic Community, Karralika Programs Inc.
  • National Drugs Sector Information Service, Alcohol and other Drugs Council of Australia (ADCA)
  • Opioid Treatment Service and Withdrawal Unit, Alcohol and Drug Service
  • Psychiatric Services Unit (PSU) and Crisis Assessment and Treatment Team (CATT), Mental Health ACT
  • Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health Service

Tour B

  • ACT Mental Health Consumer Network
  • Arcadia House, DIRECTIONS ACT
  • Brian Hennessy Rehabilitation Centre, Mental Health ACT
  • Calvary Inpatient Unit (Ward 2N)
  • Canberra Alliance for Harm Minimisation and Advocacy (CAHMA) and the Connection
  • Counselling, Treatment and Diversion Services, Alcohol and Drug Service
  • Mental Health Community Coalition ACT
  • Needle and Syringe Vending Machine
  • Richmond Fellowship of the ACT
  • Step Up Step Down Program, Mental Illness Fellowship Victoria
  • The Rainbow, Mental Health Foundation
  • Women’s Information, Resources and Education on Drugs and Dependency (WIREDD), Toora Women Inc.

Tour C

  • CALM Program, Ted Noffs Foundation
  • Court Alcohol and Drug Assessment Service (CADAS), Alcohol and Drug Service
  • Gugan Gulwan Youth Aboriginal Corporation
  • headspace ACT
  • Junction Youth Health Service, Anglicare ACT
  • Needle and Syringe Vending Machine
  • Sobering Up Shelter and GROGWatch Program, CatholicCare Canberra and Goulburn
  • STEPS, CatholicCare Canberra and Goulburn
  • Ted Noffs Foundation ACT
  • The Cottage, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS)
  • Youth Coalition of the ACT

+Upcoming Tours

Upcoming tours include:

  • Tour C – Wednesday 8 February 2012
  • Tour A – Wednesday 22 February 2012
  • Tour B – Wednesday 7 March 2012

 

  • Tour C – Wednesday 21 March 2012
  • Tour A – Wednesday 11 April 2012
  • Tour B – Wednesday 9 May 2012

 

  • Tour C – Wednesday 23 May 2012
  • Tour A – Wednesday 6 June 2012
  • Tour B – Wednesday 13 June 2012

Download the Comorbidity Bus Tour Flyer for further information.

+Cost

Below costs include resources and snacks but not lunch.

$50 – Participants from agencies who are members of the Youth Coalition, ATODA or MHCC ACT, or staff members of a service visited on the bus tour
$60 – Participants from non-member, non-government organisations
$70 – Government workers (except those from a service visited on the bus tour)

+Registration

To obtain registration information or if you would like to be on the Comorbidity Bus Tour Contact List (so that you will be notified of any updates and tours), please contact:

Katrina Campion
Comorbidity Bus Tour Project Coordinator
Youth Coalition of the ACT
Katrina@youthcoalition.net
(02) 6247 3540

For more information contact:
Alcohol Tobacco and Other Drug Association ACT
(02) 6255 4070
info@atoda.org.au

 

Last updated on 30 January 2012