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LELAN Membership

About LELAN:

LELAN is the independent peak body in South Australia by, for and with people with lived experience of mental distress, social issues or injustice. Our purpose is to amplify the voice, influence and leadership of lived experience to drive change. LELAN has led philanthropic, state and federally funded projects as well as completed commissioned pieces of work.

Our vision is a world where people experiencing distress retain their dignity, autonomy and human rights. No matter what.

LELAN’s systemic advocacy targets the mental health and social sectors in South Australia, whilst our thought leadership and expertise on lived experience expertise and leadership is borderless.

We embody the knowing that lived experience matters, and have five main goals:
  1. The capability, influence and expertise of people with lived experience and lived experience communities have grown.
  2. People with lived experience and lived experience communities have authentic partnerships within the mental health & social sectors.
  3. Lived experience led systems reforms that directly benefit people with lived experience and the community are common practice.
  4. LELAN's thought leadership and innovation are recognised as industry leading & influence best practice.
  5. LELAN is a strong, sustainable & impactful organisation.
You can read more about how we plan to achieve our five goals in our Strategic Plan.

Benefits of being a member of LELAN:

Members play a crucial role in achieving our goals and vision. Members also keep us accountable to the broader lived experience community.

By becoming a member you will also:

- Have opportunities to connect with other people with lived experience in both formal and informal ways.
- Help shape LELAN's advocacy and strategic priorities, ensuring we campaign for what matters most to people with lived experience
- Have first access to and reduced member rates for workshops, training sessions and other events we host. Some of these are member-only opportunities.

Membership Categories:

LELAN has three membership categories:
  • Individual Member (South Australian consumer only).
    • 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.
    • These members have voting rights and can nominate to be on the LELAN Board.
  • Associate Member (individual carer, ally or non-South Australian consumer only).
    • Any person 16 years of age that identifies as a carer, family, kin or other supporter of choice for a person with lived experience, is an ally to the consumer movement or identifies as a consumer though resides in a state/territory other than South Australiaand supports the values, vision, purpose and work of LELAN.
  • Organisational Member.
    • If you work for or represent an aligned group or organisation please email info@lelan.org.au to request Organisational Member information and nomination form.

If you have any further questions or in the future wish to update your details please contact the LELAN team via info@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 organisation, 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.
1.Your details:(Required.)
2.Which South Australian region or other state/territory do you live in?
3.What type of membership are you applying for?
4.Some information about the way you personally identify (please tick as many as apply):
5.Some information about your personal lived experience (please check as many as apply)
6.What is important to you about being a member of LELAN?
7.If you are a person with lived experience, what opportunities for involvement and/or using your lived experience for change are you interested in being part of (please tick as many as apply):
8.What advocacy and strategic priorities do you think LELAN should pursue over the next 12-months?
9.If you could suggest one radical or innovative idea for how to improve things for people experiencing mental distress, suicidality, social issues or injustice or in South Australia what would you suggest?
10.A couple of final things for us to check off:(Required.)
Thank you for nominating to be a member of LELAN and believing in the work we do.
Membership applications are presented to the Board for final approval. The Board meets every six weeks throughout the year. Once your application has been accepted we will send you a digital Welcome Pack.

Whilst you wait for approval to become a LELAN member, you might like to follow us on socials (Facebook or LinkedIn) or check out some of our upcoming training at Humanitix.

Please don't hesitate to contact us if you have any further questions via info@lelan.org.au or 0431 953 526.