Creative Industries: Lived Experience Mental Health Seminar

What: Lived Experience Mental Health Seminar

When: Monday 23rd February 2026

Time: 6pm to 7.30pm

Where: Online on Zoom

✨ Step Into Their World: A Lived Experience Mental Health Seminar ✨

For: Arts Workers | Workshop Facilitators | Libraries | Art Galleries | Museums

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What if the quiet space you curate every day—your gallery, your reading room, your workshop—was more than just peaceful?

What if, for someone living with mental illness, it was a lifeline?

Join us for a transformative Lived Experience Mental Health Seminar, where you’ll gain heartfelt insight into what truly happens when a person with mental illness walks through your doors.

Because for many, they’re not just visiting.

They’re seeking refuge—a moment of calm from relentless noise, confusion, and hallucinations.

They’re not just observers of art or literature.

They’re grasping for meaning, stillness, safety.

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Meet Our Speaker: Richard Bell

Richard doesn’t just speak on mental health—he lives it.

With courage and compassion, Richard shares his journey with audiences from Sydney University to the Police Mental Health Intervention Team. His sessions have touched the hearts of TAFE students, aged care workers, ambulance officers, and mental health professionals.

"I am trained to educate through evidence-based learning. But more than that, I speak from the soul of lived experience. That’s what brings understanding."

– Richard Bell

His warmth and authenticity help break the stigma around mental illness. His voice is one of both knowledge and vulnerability—crafted from personal battles, and carried with the quiet strength of someone who has walked through mental illness and found peace.

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Why This Seminar Matters

This is more than professional development.

It’s a chance to humanise your spaces, to truly understand the invisible struggles many visitors carry with them. It’s about building empathy, not just policies. Connection, not just service.

You’ll leave this session with:

• A deeper emotional and psychological understanding of mental illness

• Practical, respectful ways to support and engage visitors with lived experience

• Insights on how your venue can become a sanctuary, not just a space

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Be the reason someone feels seen. Be the calm in their storm.

Join us and walk away not just informed—but transformed.

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Limited sessions available. Book now to secure your place in this unique, emotionally powerful event.