2025 LELAN Board Member Nomination

Seeking Nominations:

LELAN currently has two Board Director vacancies and members of the organisation are invited to nominate for these positions. The vacancies are for two Ordinary Members. The Treasurer role is also vacant and members of the Board, including new nominees, can express interest in taking on this role. If more nominations are received than vacancies exist a ballot will be held.

People seeking election to the Board must be an Individual Member (South Australian consumer only) i.e. Any person 16 years of age that resides in South Australia, identifies as having personal lived experience of mental distress, social issues or injustice (a consumer) and supports the values, vision, purpose and work of LELAN, and not be a permanent employee or have accumulated six months or more of continuous contractual engagement with the association.

Learn more about LELAN membership here and complete the application here if you are not already a member and would like to be.

LELAN's Constitution can be accessed here.

LELAN's Board Charter can be accessed here.
LELAN’s Strategic Plan 2025-2030 can be accessed here.
Board Nomination Information and Fact Sheet can be accessed here.

Nominations to be a Board member close Friday November 28th, 2025 at 5pm. The form for nomination can be accessed below.

Board Commitments:

The Board currently meets every six weeks on a Tuesday evening between 6 and 8pm at an Adelaide CBD location. No Board meeting is held in December or January. AGM's are generally held the last week of November or the first week of December.

As well as attendance at Board Meetings there will be additional out-of-session communication (requiring one to two hours per month). If Board Members are a part of the Executive Group – Chairperson, Deputy Chairperson, Treasurer or Secretary – more time will be required (an additional two-four hours per month). Outside of these minimum time commitments, Board members will be invited to play active roles in the work activities of the organisation to the extent that the Board member wishes, and their lives allow.

Further Information:

If you would like to have a confidential conversation regarding Board membership, LELAN’s work or other areas of interest contact Ellie Hodges, Chief Executive, via ellie@lelan.org.au or 0431 953 526.

Please note that your responses below are used by LELAN to increase our understanding of who is engaging with our projects and work. As an organisation we are committed to including diverse perspectives and ensuring that various identities and experiences that people bring to the lived experience community are recognised. We will not disclose personal and/or identifying information about a person without their consent or in a way that they do not agree with. You have the option of providing no response if uncomfortable or unsure of disclosing this information, particularly for questions three and four.

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* 1. Your details:

Name

Post Code

Email Address

Phone Number

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* 2. The type of membership you hold:

Individual member

Organisational member

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* 3. Some information about the way you personally identify (please tick as many as apply):

Aboriginal

Torres Strait Islander

Caucasian (white person of European origin)

Culturally and Linguistically Diverse

Refugee

Migrant

Sexually Diverse (eg lesbian, gay, bisexual etc)

Heterosexual

Intersex

Trans or gender diverse

Youth (25 or younger)

Older person (65 or older)

Living in Regional, Rural or Remote areas of Australia

No Response

Other (please specify)

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* 4. Some information about your personal lived experience (please check as many as apply)

Lived experience of distress and/or mental health issues

Living with a psychosocial disability

Carer of someone living with a psychosocial disability

Lived experience of suicide distress, crisis or attempt(s)

Experience of being bereaved by the suicide of someone close to me

Living with other disability

Carer of someone living with other disability

Lived experience of accessing mental health services/programs through the NDIS (National Disability Insurance Scheme)

Lived experience of homelessness and/or housing instability

Lived experience of alcohol and/or other drug use

Lived experience of intergenerational trauma

Lived experience of the Child Protection System

Lived experience of being under Guardianship of the Minister or within out-pf-home carer services as a child or young person

Lived experience of accessing mental health services as a child and/or young person

Lived experience of the justice and/or prison system

Lived experience of being neurodivergent

Lived experience of being under the Mental Health Act (e.g. being 'sectioned', detained, ITO/CTO)

Lived experience of public inpatient mental health services

Lived experience of private inpatient mental health services

Lived experience as a veteran or first responder

No response

Other (please specify)

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* 5. Why do want to be a part of the LELAN Board?

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* 6. What skills, networks and experience would you bring to your position on the Board?

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* 7. What strategic direction(s) do you think LELAN should prioritise in 2026?

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* 8. If you could suggest one radical or innovative idea for how to improve things for people experiencing mental distress, social issues or injustice what would you suggest?

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* 9. Are you aware of any existing or perceived conflicts of interest that may arise through being a Board member for LELAN (this does not preclude you from being on our board as we have declarations and procedures in place to manage them)?

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* 10. A couple of final things for us to check off:

I am an individual member (South Australian Consumer Only) (please contact our office to confirm and/or finalise this process via info@lelan.org.au or 0431 953 526)

I support the values, purpose and work of LELAN

I understand the time commitment required to be an active contributing member of the LELAN Board

I agree to abide by the principles described in the How We Connect with People at and Through LELAN document

Thank you for nominating to be a Board member with LELAN. We will be in touch soon with information about next steps.
If you have questions or would like clarification on anything please contact Ellie Hodges, Chief Executive, via ellie@lelan.org.au or 0431 953 526.