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Jepson Foundation to be renamed
After 10 years of operating under the name Tristan Jepson Memorial Foundation, the independent charitable organisation is rebranding.
Jerome Doraisamy
The TJMF Board has agreed to a new name: MINDS COUNT, which it says “represents a clear reminder to the legal profession that the mental health of every individual counts and that every effort should be made to embed sound mental health and wellness practices in our workplaces”.
The board — now consisting of the Hon Justice Anna Katzmann, Cindy Penrose, David Field, Greg de Moore, Thomas Gaffney, Thomas Spohr, Melinda Upton, Mary Digiglio and Kylie Nomchong SC — said it is passionate about continuing the foundation’s work to promote and facilitate wellbeing in legal workplaces through the existing TJMF Best Practice Guidelines, the annual lecture, stakeholder support and engagement with the wider legal community.
DLA Piper Australia co-managing partner and TJMF Board member Melinda Upton said: “We are delighted to announce MINDS COUNT as the foundation’s new name as we seek to drive additional structural and social changes in our workplaces.”
“Those in our profession need to hear that they count, that mental health counts, and that we are all working hard to promote awareness of mental wellbeing and to foster positive, supportive and diverse workplaces,” she added.
The organisational revamp is currently underway, the foundation noted, and will be launched soon.
The news follows the announcement in mid-April of this year that Marie and George Jepson were stepping down from their involvement with the foundation, and handing leadership responsibilities over to the board.
MORE TO COME.
Jerome Doraisamy
Jerome Doraisamy is the editor of Lawyers Weekly and HR Leader. He has worked at Momentum Media as a journalist on Lawyers Weekly since February 2018, and has served as editor since March 2022. In June 2024, he also assumed the editorship of HR Leader. Jerome is also the author of The Wellness Doctrines book series, an admitted solicitor in NSW, and a board director of the Minds Count Foundation.
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