BCHS Annual Report 2025 - Report - Page 32
headspace Bendigo
Community
engagement fast facts
• 40 community events attended
with 10,900 community members in
attendance
• 39 school connections with 4,499
students engaged
• Attended meetings with contacts
and networks with 1172 people in
attendance
• 25 Youth Ambassador meetings
with our 10 Youth Ambassadors
• 5 Family and Friends meetings
with headspace clinician Sarah Dal
Santo
Among those we engaged with were:
• 1420 First Nations young people
• 5258 young people in rural
communities
• 885 young people who use alcohol
and other drugs
• 1570 young men.
From Lindsay Rose,
Senior Leader
headspace Bendigo
As a team we are very proud
of the achievements we have
accomplished over 2024-25 through
connections and engagement in
our community. Particularly of
note is a reduction in wait times
for 昀椀rst appointments and also
the beginning of a pilot outreach
program model to Castlemaine
Secondary College which is allowing
us to travel to where young people
are and remove barriers that might
stop them from reaching out for
help. We also marked a special
milestone: celebrating 13 years of
helping local youth by holding a
community open day on headspace
Day 2024.
With support from sta昀昀, Youth
Ambassadors and Family and
Friends Reference Group members,
we have been able to connect and
engage with over 16,600 people in
our communities via the Community
Awareness and Engagement
program.
With support from the BCHS
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Communications team we have
昀椀nally created the headspace
Bendigo newsletter to keep our
community informed about all
things headspace, launching our
昀椀rst issue in Autumn. It is available
online, at BCHS sites and our Pall
Mall location.
We have worked hard to build
relationships with local service
agencies, sporting groups, schools
and businesses and over the next
昀椀nancial year we would like to
increase these connections so
together we can become more
responsive to community needs.
Our leadership team has had a
positive in昀氀uence on our community
engagement work and we
appreciate that support to ensure
we continue connecting with our
communities.
