It's National Drug Action Week!!! – a week of activities to raise awareness about alcohol and other drugs (AOD) issues in Australia. Orange City Library is hosting a short information session 'Safe Drinking & Safe Partying' on Tuesday 21 June from 5.30pm. We have guest speakers, information packs, fun prizes for our quick quiz and refreshments will be served.
It will be held on Tuesday 21 June from 5.30pm with special guests from Orange Police and Greater Western Area Health Service. Please RSVP to 6393 8132.

A grant of $71,000 will start an innovative program called Books on Prescription to help people with common mental health disorders as well as their families, friends and employers in the Central West. Public Libraries NSW  Country, Central West Zone (PLC CWZ) has been successful in its 2010/11 Library Development Grants Application for its Books on Prescription program. Central West Libraries Manager Jan Richards said they were thrilled to be able to bring Books on Prescription to communities in the Central West. Books on Prescription is a highly effective way of helping people with common mental health problems such as anxiety, depression, phobias and eating disorders. There is first class clinical evidence to show that books can be just as effective as other forms of therapy. In partnership with CWZ Libraries, GPs and other health professionals will prescribe books from a list of high quality, self-help manuals selected by experienced mental health practitioners.
This project will be developed in partnership with the Greater Western Area Health Service (GWAHS) whose footprint matches the CWZ, the relevant Divisions of General Practice and other health providers. Congratulations to all involved!

Asthma Foundation New South Wales invites you to a Community Asthma Education Talk with Serena Ovens tomorrow Tuesday 17 August. Serena is the Asthma Foundation's Education Manager and her talk aims to:

help you learn more about asthma and managing it,

recognise symptoms and local triggers,

show and tell of Asthma Devices

Answer your asthma questions

give access to free information resources.

Come along from 10.30am – 11.30am.
It is a free talk at Orange City Library and everyone is welcome to attend.

Almost everyone will, at some time in their life, have some experience with mental health episodes. You may have a friend, a colleague, a family member or a customer who is dealing with mental health issues and coping with this affects us all.
In consultation with library staff, the team from the Family & Carer Mental Health Program with Greater Western Area Health has selected and donated 18 books and 6 DVDs to the Library. There is also a stand of beyondblue practical guides on mental health issues. The resources are all listed online  www.cwl.nsw.gov.au & click on Catalogue:
Anxiety disorders DVD,
Back from the brink,
Back from the brink too,
The best of times, the worst of times,
The beyondblue guide for carers,
Bipolar disorder DVD,
Broken Open,
Carers' stories of hope and recovery DVD,
Depression DVD,
Families and mental illness DVD,
Helping someone with mental illness,
Hidden victims, hidden healers,
If only – personal stories of loss through suicide,
Mind Over Mood,
Resilience,
The SANE Guide to anxiety,
The SANE Guide to depression,
The SANE Guide to bipolar disorder,
The SANE Guide to families,
The SANE Guide to schizophrenia DVD,
The SANE guide to reducing stigma,
schizophrenia and other psychotic illnesses DVD,
Take care of yourself and your family, and
Tell Me I'm here.
Read details of the donation in today's Central Western Daily:

http://www.centralwesterndaily.com.au/news/local/news/general/a-new-page-for-carers-of-people-with-mental-illness/1814523.aspx#