headspace Newsletter Autumn edition - Flipbook - Page 2
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Strengthening our
community care
Hello friends of headspace Bendigo.
I’d like to start this season’s letter by thanking you all for the
feedback we have received following our inaugural newsletter. It
has been great, and we look forward to sharing more of our work
and our goals and dreams in supporting our community.
Lindsay Rose
headspace Bendigo
Senior Leader
YOUR MENTAL
HEALTH
Take care of yourself while
waiting for your appointment:
Eat well. Sleep well. Stay
active. Reduce alcohol and
other drug use.
Sign up for an
eheadspace account
(eheadspace.org.au)
where you can talk to a
youth mental health
professional 7 days a
week from 9am to 1am.
Talk to trusted adults,
family and friends.
If you are in an emergency or
need immediate help:
Call 000
If you need to speak to
someone urgently, call:
Regional Triage
1300 363 788
Lifeline 13 11 14
Kids Helpline 1800 551 800
Suicide Call Back Service
1300 659 467
That being said, I can report it’s been a busy three months of which
you will read about in the following pages.
Special highlights have been:
R U OK? Day, Wear It Purple Day and headspace Day – all
days that allow us to partner with others and promote wellbeing
initiatives in our community.
Being successful in an Agnico Eagle Community Partnerships
grant. Agnico Eagle has supported our centre for the past five
years via different grants and promotional activities for which
we will always be grateful, however I would also like to thank
all our community partners who support us – special shout outs
to State Trustees (workplace giving), Stonemans IGA Strath
Village Community Chest, Golden Square Football Netball
Club and Rotary Club of Bendigo for many generous donations
provided to support our work.
I am excited to say that we have started our first dedicated
community outreach service to Castlemaine Secondary, with a
clinician travelling down fortnightly to co-locate at the school.
We are in the process of reviewing how this is going and hope
to replicate the service in other communities surrounding
Bendigo – so far, it’s going great!
I would also like to acknowledge there have been some tough
times in our community this past season; times that have directly
affected our young people and families. Whilst it has been tough,
it has been reassuring to see our community rally and support
each other.
As another busy year draws to a close, I would just like to say
thanks once more and take care.
Acknowledgment of Country
headspace would like to acknowledge
First Nations people as this continent's First
People and Traditional Custodians. We value their
cultures, identities, and continuing connection
to country, waters, kin and community. We pay
our respects to Elders past, present and emerging
and are committed to making a positive
contribution to the wellbeing of Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander young people, by providing
services that are welcoming, safe,
culturally appropriate and inclusive.
