FINAL headspace Newsletter Autumn edition - Flipbook - Page 8
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From above: It was great to have afterBAGS Australia
attend for the first time with a display of their
heartwarming afterBAGS; Each year we are supported
by Amanda and Catherine McAuley College students to
assist on the day; and Steph and the headspace team.
Always a walk
to remember
Our headspace team attended the SPAN (Suicide Prevention Awareness Network) Walk again this year,
providing resources and information to community members bereaved by suicide.
We had team members from our therapeutic team, work and study, community engagement and Youth
Ambassador group attend, with Steph from Bendigo Community Health Services providing resources and
information about services available to access from headspace and BCHS.
We were welcomed to the event by Bendigo Mayor Andrea Metcalf with Troy Firebrace delivering a very
beautiful Welcome to Country. It was also wonderful for our community to hear from Luke Baker - who
shared his experience with mental health - and watch how Luke brought everyone together with his story.
Well done to everyone who attended the event supporting families who have lost a loved one and to let
them know they are not alone.
It’s time to push it real good!
It’s time to flex those muscles for mental health. headspace Bendigo
is participating in the Push Up Challenge, which runs from June 426, and we’re challenging you to join us!
It’s a fun and free mental health and fitness event pushing for better
mental health for all Australians. headspace is incredibly grateful to
be one of three official beneficiaries of the challenge too. You can
create your own team and raise funds together for your chosen
centre, or you can support your chosen centre by making an
individual donation.
Your task should you choose to accept it, is to complete 3214 push
ups (or alternative exercises) in 23 days. This is the number of lives
lost to suicide in Australia in 2023. Registrations are open now, so...
challenge accepted?
