Our motto: A safe place to belong, work & return DIAMOND HOUSE A Psychosocial Rehabilitation Program “Clubhouse” The descriptive name of “Clubhouse” was taken  from the original language that was used to  communicate the work and vision of the first  Clubhouse, Fountain House in New York City,  which started in 1948. As the first community of  its kind, Fountain House has served as the model  for all subsequent Clubhouses that have  developed around the world.  Fountain House began when former patients of a  New York psychiatric hospital began to meet  together informally, as a kind of “club”. It was  organized to be a support system for people  living with mental illness, rather than as a service  or a treatment program. Fountain House also  clearly distinguished itself from other programs  by its insistence that members and staff work  together, side-by-side, as peers and partners, in  every function of the Clubhouse operation.  Communities around the world that have  modelled themselves after Fountain House have  embraced the term “Clubhouse”, because it  clearly communicates the message of  membership and belonging. This message is at  the very heart of the Clubhouse way of working.  “Diamond House” Diamond House had its beginnings in 1990  when a group of people with mental illness,  along with their families and supporters formed a  Clubhouse lobby group with the aim of opening a  Clubhouse in Adelaide. Clubhouse SA Inc came  into being in 1994 but it wasn’t until 1996 that we  were given an operating grant from the  Department of Human Services to open  Diamond House in accordance with the  International Clubhouse model. Situated in the  western suburbs only six kilometres from the  CBD our Clubhouse was named after Ishbel  Diamond, one of the hard working lobbyists and  recognized as our founder. Our funding is non-  recurrent; to date we have been funded every  year. Since opening in 1996, over 650 people  have become members of Diamond House.  There are currently approximately 260 active  members.   Diamond House is a member of the International Centre of Clubhouse Development Background