Parents for Parents
About Us
Parents for Parents exists to make a difference in the lives of young South Australians with a serious mental health challenge, through supporting, valuing, connecting and educating their parents or caregivers
You can contact us through our subgroup’s Facebook page
Vision
We help parents/families with education, connection and support for their children’s mental health
Mission statement
We will listen to, represent, inform and engage with parents/families responsible for young people with mental health issues to prevent problems escalating.
Values (guiding principles)
Empathy, strength, collaboration, tenacity, open-mindedness.
Who we are
As a registered charity, Parents for Parents Inc has a governance committee comprising parents with diverse lived experience of South Australia’s youth mental health and disability sectors, joined by members with clinical and legal expertise/qualifications.
Our strengths are in our values, as well as in our diverse experience of the youth mental health, education and disability systems. Our strengths are also a willingness to delve deep into the questions that matter, to build an evidence base to test concepts or ideas. Above all, we want to make a difference and save lives.
Marcia Hamilton
Chair and committee member
Halena Mudge
Deputy Chair and committee member (Neurodiversity Wellbeing Consultant/Teacher)
Melissa Gayler
Treasurer and committee member (founder)
Anthony Simons
Public Officer and committee member (Social worker)
Mahalah O’Malley
Committee member (founder)
Legal Information
Parents for Parents Inc A44902
ABN 2015 123 9621
Registered charity with ACNC
ATO DGR1 status
Contact Us
New Mental Health Report
We’re proud to share our 2024 Parents for Parents Youth Mental Health Survey report is complete – made possible by the Fay Fuller Foundation’s Spark Grant.
This report gives voice to over 100 South Australian parents and carers navigating the youth mental health system. It highlights the urgent need for more accessible, coordinated and compassionate support for families.