The Library
The Library is where we keep things worth returning to. Shared language, tools, and ideas that help us understand each other and move through the world with a little more care.
Core Library Items
Foundational ideas and tools at the heart of the club.
The Moodlight System
A simple traffic-light way to signal how you’re feeling and respond to others without pressure or explanation.
Open resourceCauses We Back
The charities and organisations Bad Decisions Club supports through fundraising, advocacy, events, and community action.
Open charity hubField Guides & Orientation
Start here if you're new, confused, or just want to understand what you've gotten yourself into.
The BDC Field Guide (FAQ)
Answers to common questions, unexpected concerns, and things we’ve been gently asked to clarify. If you're not sure where to start, this is your map.
Open guideShared Language
Concepts and frameworks that help us communicate with a little more clarity and care.
Shared Language
A living guide to the words, concepts, and frameworks that help us communicate with more clarity, care, and less accidental damage.
Open guideCare & Prevention
Gentle starting points for intentional self regulation, support, and noticing when something feels off.
Intentional Self Regulation Guide
A gentle collection of practical intentional self regulation ideas and trusted resources.
Open resourceGoat Yourself Together
A care page for when life is a lot, your nervous system is wearing tap shoes, and you may need emotional support goats.
View Support GoatsUnderstanding Mental Health
A plain-language guide to mental health and early support.
Open resourceGames, Guides & Experiments
Curious projects and future bad decisions pending classification.
🏠 The Carer's House Library
Resources for people caring for someone they love. You don't need to know exactly what kind of support you need yet. Start with what feels useful and leave the rest on the shelf.
Start Here
Broad support for carers, regardless of why or who you care for.
Carer Gateway
An Australian Government service providing free support for carers, including counselling, peer support, coaching, respite and practical assistance.
A good first stop if you aren't sure which service fits your situation.
Visit Carer GatewayCarers Victoria
Information, advice and support for unpaid carers across Victoria, including people caring for someone with disability, chronic illness, mental health challenges or age-related support needs.
Visit Carers VictoriaSomeone Who Gets It
Peer connection, carer communities and places where the conversation can be about you too.
SANE Australia
Support, information, counselling, peer support and moderated online forums for people living with complex mental health challenges and their families, friends and carers.
Visit SANETandem
Victoria's peak body for family, carers and supporters of people experiencing mental health challenges, with information, support, referral pathways and carer support groups.
Visit TandemYoung Carers
Caring can start long before adulthood.
Young Carers Network
A national resource for young carers up to 25, including support pathways, stories, events, practical information and the Young Carer Bursary Program.
Visit Young Carers NetworkWe are continuing to build this shelf with resources for young people who may not even think of themselves as a carer yet.
Different Caring, Familiar Feelings
The feelings in the Carer's House can appear across many kinds of caring. We'll keep adding specialised resources here.
Disability-specific carer information, advocacy and practical support will live here.
Family and carer resources for navigating mental health services, recovery and supporting someone while still supporting yourself.
Resources for people caring for ageing parents, partners, family members and friends.
Support for people caring through illness, treatment, changing capacity and long-term health conditions.
From the Carer's House
Things we've built inside the House that you can take with you.
The Carer's Cupboard
Work out which cup feels most like you today and build your own cupboard of people, routines, supports and reminders that help refill it.
Open the CupboardThe Carer's House
A lived-experience space for finding the room you're in, understanding what it might mean and finding a little light, a chair, a key or simply somewhere to sit for a while.
Enter the HouseTake the thing that helps today. Bookmark something for later. Ignore the shelf that isn't yours.
The library will still be here when you need it.