bushfires impact children's mental health

How bushfires impact children’s mental health

Evidence shows bushfire events negatively impact children’s mental health, research urgently needed to identify evidence-based interventions and support A literature review published today in the Medical Journal of Australia’s (MJA) special supplement on Evidence Gaps in Rural Research shows an increased risk of poorer mental health outcomes for children as a result of bushfires. Commissioned…

Meet the Team Thomas

Meet the team: Thomas

Hi there. My name is Thomas, and my role at Royal Far West is to create the best possible day-to-day user experiences with our Information and Communications Technology (ICT) services. Why is this important? A well-working ICT environment enables our workforce to perform at their peak, which in turn helps us to look after our…

Sustaining what, exactly?

The question posed usually runs along the lines of “How will you sustain the project or activity beyond this grant?” Before answering, it’s necessary to answer a larger question: “What, exactly, are we sustaining?” — are we sustaining a one-off activity, a program, the organisation, our beneficiary children or their communities on an ongoing basis?…

Clinical Services Manager Rohan

Meet the team: Rohan

Hi. My name’s Rohan, and I’m our Clinical Services Manager at Royal Far West. What is your role at RFW? I help our clinical teams with behind-the-scenes work such as allocating clinical staff to our various programs and liaising with various teams about undertaking outreach trips. I also liaise with our programs and clinical teams…