MyHome in Canberra will deliver significant community benefits.
The establishment of MyHome will provide major benefits to its residents, their carers and loved ones, and the community at large. Among the latter will be more awareness and ownership of the problems experienced by people with an enduring mental illness. When established and operational MyHome will:
- enable residents to improve their mental and physical well-being by providing security, holistic care, and opportunities for social inclusion, self expression and development;
- for some residents, avoid their otherwise being homeless;
- through secure long-term accommodation, help residents to study or take up employment opportunities;
- reduce pressures on residents’ families, carers and friends;
- reduce the burden on resources of mental health teams, hospitals and emergency services;
- encourage local schools and community groups to know about MyHome and go there for volunteering or suitable shared activities;
- through connections of MyHome with the wider community, reduce the stigma of mental illness and instead foster the spirit of respecting and caring for some of the community’s most vulnerable members.