TARAH Bowman’s many achievements have not gone unnoticed.
The Box Lots staff member has won the Pioneer Employment Service’s inaugural Sue Tyshing Inspirational Achievement Award, which recognises those who have achieved or exceeded a nominated personal goal, conquered the boundaries of their disability or raised awareness in the broader community of a particular issue.
Ms Bowman, who has experienced mental illness throughout her life, has been a strong and active advocate for people with a mental illness.
Tri Q general manager Bernie Scott said her involvement with the Mental Illness Fellowship began as a client and had progressed to her becoming a mentor and volunteer for the program.
She recently held her first art exhibition, ‘Let’s unscrew the taboo on Mental Illness’, that portrays her journey from ‘Hell to Well’,and also featured on the Four Corners TV program, with the Choir of Unheard Voices, regarding the Mental Health services in Mackay, he said.
The award is named to recognise the unselfish dedication of Sue Tyshing to assisting people with disabilities.
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