Clare is a passionate community organiser based in Geelong, Victoria, who has experienced her own complex journey living with mental health issues; both her own and her family members.The consequences of long-term, unsupported mental illness have made Clare’s journey take many a detour, alongside raising two ASD children as a single parent. Over the past ten years, Clare has worked hard to gain the necessary experience and education to be able to help her community find their own solutions to the issues they face, both personally and in society. 

Clare has spent time volunteering for Australian Conservation Foundation, helping to launch the STOP ADANI campaign in North Queensland, and more recently, is a volunteer in Norlane Community Centre, where she has conceived of and founded her first community project. Antifragile is an artist collective comprised of people living with mental illnesses, expressing their lived realties of symptoms, bias and stigma through art. An annual exhibition held during mental health week aims to challenge preconceived ideas about mental health, and include those affected in the discussion of how they could best be supported. Coming on board as the Geelong Organiser for Australians for Mental Health is a dream role for Clare who is excited to put her passion and experience into forming practical change.