MENTAL HEALTH NEWS, ARTICLES AND INFORMATION
Letter from Liz – June 2018
Dear readers I recently had the pleasure of attending the Communities in Control Conference organised annually by the NFP Our … [Read More...]
Leaders meet in Melbourne to discuss how to help Australians affected by loneliness
Leaders from across a variety of industries and community groups met in Melbourne in early April to discuss how the community can help people living … [Read More...]
Working with local rural and regional communities to prevent suicide
The suicide rate in regional and rural Australia continues to be higher than in capital cities per 100,000 people. Leading the suicide prevention … [Read More...]
Wellbeing in a changing workplace
In the lead up to the WayAhead Workplaces Annual Members Forum later this month, we spoke to a number of our speakers to ask them about their work, … [Read More...]
Buying a packet of mental wellbeing
If you were wandering around the Sydney CBD in late March or early April, you might have spotted a vending machine, standing alone in the middle of … [Read More...]
Youth mental health takes a bow: The impact of theatre
From young people identifying mental health as their biggest concern, to calls for increased investment in the mental health of 0 to12-year-olds, the … [Read More...]
MAD Pride
WayAhead is this year working with The Mental Health Services (TheMHS) Conference to organise the MAD Pride concert. The concert is part of the … [Read More...]
Tackling the effects of trauma with painting and play
In Sydney’s north, a group of people plays, dances, sings and paints with hundreds of children each year to give them a better chance to reach their … [Read More...]
Rural Suicide and its Prevention
On the 12th June, the Collective Purpose Speaker Series went to Orange to explore what a community-led approach to suicide prevention in … [Read More...]
