It has been a big year for our Family Support program, which is funded entirely from donations. The service has been growing over time and started operating as a four-day-a-week program and has employed a new family worker on for the additional day, sharing the load with much-loved Family Support worker Lily [...]
F2W team: Stuart Nunan, Manager Footprints2Wellbeing and Community Outreach Manager, Frances Pidcock In September 2019, The Buttery rolled out a new counselling program as part of an innovative consortium, to better support people with mental health issues manage their daily lives. The Footprints 2 Wellbeing (f2w), available from Tweed Heads to Port Macquarie, supports people [...]
The Buttery has gone from strength to strength in the last 12 months. We acknowledge the Board of Directors, the Foundation Committee, our donors, funding bodies and importantly our committed, compassionate and talented staff. We are extremely grateful to have staff who care so much about the people they work with, about each other and [...]
Buttery staff can often be overheard talking in awe about the achievements of Kaiden Powell - the 2015 Therapeutic Community resident-turned-mentor, artist and athlete. At 25, Kaiden Powell was in and out of out of mental health units or sleeping rough. He had attempted to take his own life and when doctors took a scan [...]
Every day, The Buttery sees the benefits of early intervention programs such as the Therapeutic Mixed Martial Arts program for at-risk youth in Lismore and Casino. Many young people in our community find themselves at a crossroads, and without the right support can easily find themselves on a path of hard drug use and mental [...]
Successful recovery from drug and alcohol addiction through attending a residential treatment program means more to the person than just staying clean and sober, an Australian-first study has found. While a significant body of research has shown that the length of time a person stays in a program is positively linked to [...]
For Brendan Monson, former Buttery resident turned Buttery Counsellor and Recovery Circle member, giving back to The Buttery, is all a vital part of his recovery. Brendan came to The Buttery at 39 in 2006, having used opioids daily since he was 14. “The Buttery taught me to do the opposite to what I [...]
“It’s time for funding to meet demand” Thursday, April 18, 2019: A report by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) released yesterday revealed an increase in Australians accessing drug and alcohol treatment services, despite an increase in waiting times for The Buttery’s drug and alcohol treatment programs on the Mid and North Coast. [...]
Karen* admits she was at the end of her tether when she has referred to The Buttery’s Family Counselling Program two years ago. The program, funded wholly by donations, has been a vital part of The Buttery’s services, since 2009. Karen, her partner and ex-husband are among the staggering number of 250 program participants seen [...]
Nick's 'dog days' are over thanks to the Buttery's lessons about the importance of connection. It was a double-serving of grief that sent Nick, a 34-year-old electrician, into a place self-destruction. In 2013 he lost his father to suicide and his mother in 2016 to a shock traffic accident. Nick started drinking [...]
