Page 5463 - Week 13 - Tuesday, 16 November 2010
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Movember’s other partner is the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia. Formed in 1996, the foundation—and I quote from their website:
… plays a vital role in the fight against prostate cancer and devotes its resources to reducing the impact of prostate cancer on the community.
According to the website, the goals of the foundation are to:
Reduce the impact of prostate cancer on Australian men and their partners, their families and the community; and
Represent the interest of all Australian men diagnosed with prostate cancer.
The Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia funds research into the disease, provides information, support and counselling and raises community awareness about the need for early detention and the treatment of the disease.
I note, Madam Deputy Speaker, that you, the minister and Mr Hanson participated in a recent community awareness and fund-raising sausage sizzle in support of the Prostate Cancer Foundation. Clinton and I came along, and we did pass up the vegetarian sausages on the day, although they were well intentioned.
Like the beyondblue website, the Prostate Cancer Foundation website is extensive and comprehensive and has a no-nonsense approach to providing information to men as well as links to support groups.
In the ACT there are a range of support services for men. The Canberra Men’s Centre provides counselling, information, referral, outreach, support, supported accommodation for homeless men, anger management and peer support services. Men’s Link promotes the value, wellbeing and social participation of men, in particular young men and boys, by providing appropriate and professional services with outreach activities, especially mentoring. The Still Ticking Men’s Group is an outings-based program for active men diagnosed with dementia. The Male Carers Support Group is a forum for male carers to share and discuss stories and issues in an accepting environment.
Samaritan House offers crisis accommodation to men over the age of 18 and offers support and medium-term accommodation for men with mental illnesses who are exiting institutions. The Service Assisting Male Survivors of Sexual Assault provides support, information and referral services for survivors of male sexual assault and their supporters. The Lone Fathers Association provides self-help, educational and welfare services to lone fathers, their children and their friends, relatives, grandparents and extended family.
Men’s Shed is an innovative men’s support group that connects men with their communities and provides mutual support for men suffering men’s health problems—isolation, loneliness and depression. The unique feature of Men’s Shed is that it brings men together in the ubiquitous shed environment, surrounding them with much-loved tools and machines, and encourages them to work with their hands to make a range of
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