Our motto: A safe place to belong, work & return DIAMOND HOUSE A Psychosocial Rehabilitation Program Membership Membership is open to all adults, 16 years or older, who have  a history of mental illness and who does not pose a threat to to  the Clubhouse community. Referral can be by your GP,  pyschiatrist, pyschologist, family or friend, any community  health centre or self referral.   To have membership in an organisation means to belong, to fit  in somewhere and to have a place where you are always  welcome. The reality for most people with mental illness is that  they have a constant sense of not fitting in, of isolation and  rejection. Mental illness has the devastating effect of  separating people from others in society.  “Mental patient”, “client”, “disabled”, “consumer”, “user”; these  are the terms with which people living with mental illness are  accustomed to being defined. The rest of society, then,  segragates them according to these labels and wholly defines  them by these images. The person with mental illness is seen  as someone who needs something, who is primarily a burden  that needs to be managed.  The Clubhouse turns this all around! Here, a person who has  struggled with mental illness is seen first as a valued  participant, a colleague and someone who has something to  contribute to the rest of the group.The daily work of the  Clubhouse community, too, is organised and carried out in a  way that repeatably delivers this message. this is not difficult  because in fact the work of the Clubhouse does require the  participation of the members. The design of a clubhouse  engages members in every aspect of its operation, and there  is always much more work than can be accomplished by the  few employed staff. Participation is voluntary but each member  is always invited to particpate in the ‘work day’.  ‘The Work Day’ ‘The Work Day’ is the way a day is structured to  complete tasks within the Clubhouse. It is an expectation  that members will come for part of the day and take on  some tasks, this does not mean that there is no time for  socialising but it is not designed as a ‘drop-in-centre’.  In Clubhouse the work is voluntary. It is always your  choice what work you do. Work gives self esteem,  opportunities to develop skills, to learn new ones or re-  learn old ones; a chance to contribute to the common  good; a sense of achievement and makes you feel good  about yourself.  Serving lunches to members & carers Installing garden drain Values Clubhouse communities are built upon the belief that  every member can sufficiently recover from the effects  of mental illness to lead a personally satisfying life.  Values Statement: Clubhouse SA Inc values all people equally and non-judgementally. Recovery