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Our Partners

Find out about our partners, and how we collaborate with people and organisations in everything we do.

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We know that to deliver meaningful change, we must work together. This means making sure that there are diverse voices and perspectives in the room.  We want to ensure that our partnerships and collaborations have clear purpose, mutual benefits, and meaningful outcomes.  

Our Collaborative Charter outlines our approach to building strong relationships.  (Accessible version here)

The Charter has eight principles that guide how we partner and collaborate. It also defines what success looks like, to guide whether our collaborations are having positive outcomes for all participants

The Charter ensures that our partnerships and collaborations are aligned to our foundational values: embedding lived and living experiences, building strong connections and relationships, and upholding human rights and social justice. 

Our lead partners

Under the Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022, the Collaborative Centre has been entrusted with driving a system wide transformation through partnership, innovation, and lived and living experience.

We’re pleased to appoint the Royal Melbourne Hospital and the University of Melbourne as our lead partners. Together, they bring a deep expertise and a shared commitment to driving meaningful reform. This partnership model ensures that insights coming from lived and living experience can directly inform new ways of working, leading to more compassionate, effective, and inclusive care for all Victorians.

These partners are also at the centre of a broader collective, the Adult and Older Adult Best Practice Consortium, a powerful network of 18 health and research organisations working together to build a better future.

Community collaborators and peak bodies

We also work collaboratively with organisations that represent diverse communities and lived experience voices across Victoria. These collaborations help ensure that our work is informed by the people, experiences and voices we aim to support.

Examples of community collaborators and peak bodies we work with include:

Why this matters

Together, our partnerships are helping to:

  • promote and protect the rights of people accessing mental health and wellbeing care
  • lead and translate research into practical, evidence-informed practice
  • support families, carers and supporters with better tools and resources
  • strengthen capability and learning in the workforce
  • build a system that learns, evolves and heals

Collaboration is not just how we work — it’s how change happens.


Want to work with us?

We welcome opportunities to partner with organisations and communities who share our commitment to a safe, inclusive and responsive mental health and wellbeing system.

You can find out more on our Partner with us page or contact us at collabcentre@vccmhw.vic.gov.au.