Lived Experience Advisory Group (LEAG)

The Buttery provides alcohol and other drugs and mental health services across the NSW Mid-North Coast and Northern Rivers regions – from Port Macquarie in the south to Tweed Heads in the north and west to Kempsey, Grafton and Nimbin.

The Buttery is committed to providing inclusive, safe and high-quality care. To do this, we established a Lived Experience Advisory Group (LEAG) to support meaningful participation across all residential and community-based services. We understand that each person’s journey is different and we value and welcome your expertise and views.

The role of the LEAG is to partner with The Buttery to:

• provide feedback and expertise on issues related to people living with substance use and/or mental health concerns, their family members, kin and supporters
• provide information and advice to the CEO and The Buttery Board to inform our service development

The LEAG meets on the third Tuesday of every month from 5-7pm. Members can meet on site at Binna Burra or via Zoom. The Buttery provides admin support to the LEAG and payment via $100 vouchers for attending members.

We encourage applications from people of all ages, First Nations people, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and from lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, gender diverse, intersex and queer people (LGBTIQ). This Advisory Group is not limited to our Residential Rehab as we seek broad representation from all of our services and sites.