Youth Live4Life
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Ranges backs away from Live4Life
Live4Life has been celebrated for breaking ground in youth mental health but now its Macedon Ranges founders will turn away from the model by December. An external evaluation of Life4Life in the Macedon Ranges has revealed significant challenges affecting the program’s viability and effectiveness in recent years. Increasing costs, low engagement and delivery inconsistencies are…
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Laps for mental health
Swimmers are preparing to make laps for youth mental health awareness and suicide prevention in the Lap it Up challenge from October 1-15. The challenge began in 2018 when father-daughter duo, Sean and Kirsten McKinney, hosted an event at Gisborne with the aim to run a continual relay and swim 2866 laps – being the…
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Laps for Live4Life
LAP it UP has made a splash for Youth Live4Life raising $38,926. The fitness and fundraising challenge encourages people to swim laps for youth mental health awareness and suicide prevention in rural and regional communities. This year’s event on November 20 saw an incredible 25,028 laps made – that’s 625 kilometres! Youth Live4Life CEO Bernard…
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Hair-razing move
For a decade they were known for their dreadlocks; now for braving the razor to raise funds and awareness for mental health. Mates John Crozier, Lucas Paladino and Jarrod McQuade lopped off their locks in front of a 100-stong crowd at The Full Moon Saloon at Woodend earlier this month. Two young men in attendance…
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Cutting the dread
It’s been at least a decade since any of them have had a haircut. Now mates, John Crozier, Lucas Paladino and Jarrod McQuade, are about to lop off of their prized dreadlocks in the name of mental health. Through their fundraiser, Cut the Dread, they aim to raise $20,000 for Youth Live4Life. It’s a big…
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Live4Life heads interstate
Youth Live4Life is expanding its award-winning youth mental health and suicide prevention program interstate, thanks to an $871,163 federal government grant announced last week. Federal Minister for Health, Greg Hunt, visited Woodend last Wednesday to announce the grant recipients from the National Suicide Prevention Leadership and Support Program. “We are thrilled to have secured funding…
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Mental health more important than ever
Youth Live4Life’s new headquarters in Woodend was officially opened on Friday by Macedon MP Mary-Anne Thomas and Macedon Ranges mayor Cr Jennifer Anderson.“The mental health of young people in rural and regional Victoria has never been more important than now,” said Bernard Galbally, Youth Live4Life’s chief executive officer.“Over the past year Youth Live4Life has experienced…