Forget What You Think You Know is more than a film screening—it's an invitation to challenge everything we think we understand about eating disorders.

Join us for this 2-hour event featuring a powerful short film that explores the lived realities of people navigating ED treatment, stigma, and survival. We begin with a personal story that grounds the film in lived experience, followed by a screening and a live guest presentation from Lexi and Rachael, who reflect on how their lives—and the systems around them—have changed since the film’s release.

With open discussion, creative opportunities, and resources to take home, this workshop aims to push beyond stereotypes of “recovery” and reimagine what meaningful support could really look like.

We’ll also introduce the Integrity Initiative, a movement founded in response to the carceral, punitive treatment of people with eating disorders—rooted in lived experience, activism, and the need for real change.

This 90-minute workshop invites anyone passionate about mental health—whether you’re a peer worker, clinician, carer, or community member—to explore the power of creativity in mental health advocacy and support. Creativity goes beyond art; it’s a way to problem-solve, connect, and build resilience in the face of challenges.

Discover how the Integrity Initiative uses creative approaches to navigate and transform the mental health system. Engage in hands-on activities like badge-making, origami, and crafting messages of care, all while reflecting on your own role in fostering compassion.

Join us for a restorative, inclusive, and inspiring space to recharge, collaborate, and contribute to a movement that centers lived experience and creativity at its core.

Words shape care. Words shape people. Words shape lives.

Integral Language is a powerful and creative workshop by Integrity Initiative, a grassroots mental health organisation led by young people with lived and living experience. This workshop explores the language used in mental health, disability, and clinical spaces—and how it can both empower and harm.

Designed for professionals working in clinical or allied roles, Integral Language unpacks the impact of common terms and clinical framing through interactive activities, real-life scenarios, and storytelling. Participants will explore different models of healthcare, challenge unconscious biases, and deepen their understanding of how language intersects with stigma, human rights, and identity.

This session is not about prescribing the “right” words—but about cultivating humility, curiosity, and respect in every conversation. With creativity, compassion, and nuance, we’ll explore how small shifts in language can lead to meaningful changes in care.

Healthcare and social systems are increasingly recognising the value of Lived Experience. But what does it really mean to work in partnership—not just in theory, but in practice?

This interactive, Lived Experience-led workshop invites clinical staff, peer workers, and organisational leaders to explore how to move beyond tokenism and toward genuine, equitable collaboration. Through personal storytelling, real-world scenarios, reflective exercises, and proven frameworks like Arnstein’s Ladder of Participation, we explore the nuances between general lived experience and lived experience expertise, unpack subtle forms of professional stigma, and equip attendees with practical tools to create more respectful, co-productive relationships in their work.

It’s not about replacing clinical knowledge—but about amplifying it through the power of shared humanity.

This workshop is for organisations that work with young people and want to do better—beyond tokenism, beyond performative inclusion, and beyond treating youth engagement as a checkbox exercise. Designed and facilitated by young people with lived experience, this session unpacks the ways systems often infantilise, dismiss, or oversimplify youth voices under the guise of empowerment.

Together, we’ll explore what meaningful engagement really looks like—rooted in respect, autonomy, and shared power. Using creative, interactive activities, we’ll challenge patronising practices and rewrite the scripts that silence or distort youth perspectives. Because young people aren’t fragile ornaments or ticking time bombs—they’re complex, capable, and already leading change.

How do the ways we talk about, treat, and understand disability and mental health shape the lives of the people we work with?

This dynamic 3.5-hour workshop invites participants to critically examine the dominant models of disability—including the biomedical, social, human rights and charitable frameworks—and explore how these shape care, identity, and inclusion. Through interactive role play, group discussion, games, and real-world examples, we’ll unpack how history, language, and systems influence our perspectives, and explore what it means to move toward a more nuanced, person-centred approach.

Designed for clinicians, educators, support workers, and anyone working in mental health or disability sectors, this session encourages reflection, challenges assumptions, and supports participants in developing more inclusive and responsive practice.

Inspired by the ABC series You Can’t Ask That, this powerful, Lived Experience-led workshop is a chance for healthcare professionals to step into honest, confronting, and often uncomfortable conversations that usually go unspoken in clinical spaces.

Designed and delivered by Integrity Initiative, You Can’t Ask That creates a safe, respectful environment for participants to anonymously ask the questions they’ve never had the opportunity—or the courage—to ask. Through personal storytelling, myth-busting games, panel discussions, and interactive reflection, the workshop deepens understanding of identity, stigma, communication, and lived realities.

It’s not about having the perfect language or knowing all the answers—it’s about curiosity, connection, and the willingness to grow.

This workshop invites clinicians to lean into discomfort, break down assumptions, and strengthen their capacity for person-led, compassionate care.

In a system where “duty of care” often outweighs dignity, and where compliance is rewarded more than curiosity, how do we return to the core of compassionate practice?

Real Talk, Real Change is a brave, interactive workshop that invites clinicians, peer workers, and system stakeholders to confront the tensions between policy, safety, and personhood. Drawing from lived experience, creative expression, and collective reflection, this workshop explores how compassion is often treated as a luxury — when in fact, it’s a clinical necessity.

Participants will unpack the legacy of compliance culture, reflect on the roots of medical trauma, and engage in a series of collaborative and creative activities to redefine compassion in practice. Together, we will challenge the myth of “do no harm,” explore the concept of dignity of risk, and co-create personal and collective oaths to carry forward a new vision of care — one grounded in honesty, humanity, and hope.

A 5-hour lived experience-led workshop unpacking the complexity, nuance, and humanity behind eating disorders.

This workshop is designed to challenge common assumptions about eating disorders and offer a deeper, more inclusive understanding that goes far beyond anorexia. Through storytelling, creative reflection, and practical tools, we’ll explore the diversity of eating disorder presentations—including ARFID, binge eating disorder, orthorexia, and bulimia—as well as the intersection with neurodivergence, culture, and trauma.

Participants will engage with real-life perspectives, learn safer and more respectful communication strategies, and begin to unpack the societal norms that shape disordered relationships with food and bodies. With a strong focus on empowerment, language, and dignity, this session will leave attendees better equipped to support themselves and others, whether in personal, professional, or clinical contexts.

Come ready to unlearn, reflect, and create.

Empowerment begins with information, community, and creativity. This 5-hour workshop is designed by and for people with lived and living experience of mental health challenges. Together, we’ll explore what it means to be an informed, confident participant in your own care—and how to navigate systems that can feel confusing or disempowering.

Through honest conversations, interactive activities, and creative reflection, we’ll cover key topics like self-advocacy, recognising rights breaches, setting boundaries, understanding medical jargon, and making your voice heard in appointments. You’ll also create take-home tools—like your own personal empowerment card or mini-zine—to help you carry what you’ve learned into everyday life.

This is a space for real talk, peer connection, and reclaiming power in a system that often forgets we are more than patients—we are people.

No experience necessary. All materials provided. Sensory-friendly space and quiet areas available.

Want us to come talk about Integrity Initiative and tell you what it's all about? We would love to come and present to you.

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