About the Collaborative Centre
The Collaborative Centre supports a learning mental health and wellbeing system across Victoria.
We bring together research evidence, clinical wisdom, Lived and Living Experience expertise, and workforce capability to strengthen how the system learns, connects and improves.
What's on
Building digital capability across Victoria's mental health workforce
The Centre's first Digital Health for Mental Health webinar series drew 526 practitioners to explore digital tools, evaluation and emerging developments in mental health care.
Internship partnerships driving real-world impact
Through a partnership with the Collaborative Centre, University of Melbourne, APR.Intern, Mind Australia and cohealth, PhD candidates worked alongside services to support quality improvement and strengthen outcomes for people accessing care.
New publication explores common challenges across Australia's care and support sectors
Dr Kay Wilson's comparative analysis of three Royal Commissions identifies seven shared themes across mental health, disability and aged care, and argues for a unified 'care and support' sector approach.
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Consortium Academic Lead transition
Thanking Professor Jason Thompson for his leadership and welcoming Associate Professor Katrina Witt
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More than 280 educators come together to inspire practice development
More than 280 mental health and wellbeing educators from across Victoria gathered at the Collaborative Centre's Workforce Development Forum to share ideas, build connections and explore the role education plays in supporting meaningful reform.
Understanding what happens when antidepressants are stopped
New research supported by the Collaborative Centre explores the brain mechanisms behind antidepressant withdrawal, combining neuroscience with Lived and Living Experience to improve treatment decisions.
Celebrating the 2026 SCALE grant recipients
Discover the innovative workforce development projects awarded 2026 SCALE grants, supporting capability and learning across Victoria's mental health and wellbeing sector.
Researching what matters: neurodivergent voices and gambling harm
PhD candidate Lochie Timms-McLean is working to make gambling harm interventions more inclusive for neurodivergent people. Read how Lived and Living Experience is driving this research.
Australia's First Treaty: Acknowledging Gellung Warl
The Collaborative Centre acknowledges the establishment of Gellung Warl and reflects on what the principles of Treaty mean for building a more responsive, equitable and healing-focused mental health and wellbeing system.
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Workforce development forum 2026
Join mental health educators across Victoria for a free one-day forum exploring learning design, practice change and the future of mental health education. 11 June 2026, East Melbourne.
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Board expressions of interest now open
Expressions of interest are open for Board member and Chairperson roles. Apply now to help shape the future of Victoria's mental health and wellbeing system.
Welcome, Matthew Corbett: Director, Workforce Development
We're pleased to welcome Matthew Corbett to the Collaborative Centre's executive leadership team as Director, Workforce Development, working in a job-share arrangement with Emma Cadogan.
Working It Out Together: A practical guide to Lived & Living Experience research
Explore free, downloadable toolkits and workbooks that give research teams practical guidance to embed Lived and Living Experience leadership into every stage of mental health and wellbeing research.