Our projects

Explore the Collaborative Centre’s major projects across research, workforce development, knowledge sharing and system improvement. These projects bring together research evidence, practice wisdom and Lived and Living Experience to support learning and improvement across Victoria’s mental health and wellbeing system.

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CANVAS project

The CANVAS project highlights that Victoria's mental health system already has strong foundations for collaboration, with local services acting as central connectors and emerging leadership in Lived and Living Experience reform, creating a clear opportunity to strengthen partnerships, build more coordinated networks, and support shared learning across the system.

Working it Out Together: The Lived & Living Experience research toolkit project

A Lived Experience-led project developed by Wellways Australia, the Collaborative Centre and La Trobe University, offering practical tools, workbooks and resources to embed Lived and Living Experience meaningfully into mental health research practice.

Social Network Analysis Pilot Project

Mapping mental health services and allied services in Victoria

Enhancing trauma-informed practice in Mental Health and Wellbeing Services

Connect Centres Lived Experience Workforce Project

Families, Carers, Supporters & Kin Research Scoping Review

Lived Experience Leadership & Engagement in Research Scoping Review

Promoting lived experience leadership, engagement and participation in mental health and wellbeing research and knowledge sharing

Open Dialogue project

The Open Dialogue Research Project explores person and social network-centred approaches to mental health care, partnering with the Royal Melbourne Hospital and the University of Melbourne to trial this model in an Area Mental Health Service.

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