What is Live4Life?
Using the Live4Life model to improve youth mental health and reduce youth suicide.
Youth Live4Life is a health promotion charity, using the Live4Life model to support rural and regional communities and their young people.
Live4Life is the only mental health education and youth suicide prevention model designed specifically for rural and regional communities.
Live4Life communities deliver Mental Health First Aid Australia® Teen and accredited Youth Mental Health First Aid training in schools and the wider community, create local partnerships to lead conversations about mental health that reduce stigma, and promote young leaders as mental health ambassadors.
How it works
Our rural team works with communities to implement the Live4Life model, providing community development support, guidance, and resources. The Live4Life model is currently implemented in nine rural communities and with over 20 communities keen to implement Live4Life, we’re scaling up in line with funding capacity.
Our purpose
Youth Live4Life's vision is that all rural communities across Australia are empowered to support, improve and invest in young people’s mental health and reduce youth suicide. Our mission is to establish Live4Life as a model available to all rural communities across Australia.
Our purpose is to reduce youth suicide in rural communities by:
Reducing barriers that prevent young people from seeking help
Decreasing mental health stigma
Increasing awareness of local professional help
Increasing the mental health knowledge of secondary school-aged students, teachers, parents, carers and community members; and
Building community resilience in addressing mental ill-health.
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“The amount of people that have stopped me in the street, the hallways at uni, or at social events and told me they remember me from the Live4Life program and the way it has helped them is staggering.”
— Matty, former Crew member and ongoing supporter of Live4Life