Empowering rural communities to improve youth mental health and reduce youth suicide.
Youth Live4Life is a registered health promotion charity, bringing together rural and regional communities to improve youth mental health and wellbeing.
We do this by empowering communities to implement Live4Life, the only mental health education and youth suicide prevention model designed specifically for rural and regional communities.
Live4Life communities deliver 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. Learn more about the Live4Life model.
Become involved 4Life
Being a Live4Life Community means supporting, improving and investing in young people’s mental health and reducing suicide in rural and regional Australia — connecting young people, caregivers, schools and community partners — 4Life.
There are many ways that you can become involved and support young people. These include undertaking a local Youth Mental Health First Aid Course, or simply learning more about your community’s activities by signing up for our Live4Life Newsletter. If you are part of a community group, local business or organisation, you can also access further resources by requesting a 4Life Community Pack.
Young people’s mental health is better supported when your whole community is involved.
And there are lots of ways everyone can be a part of it!
Our community impact
The Live4Life model has been proven to make communities more knowledgeable, networked and resilient when it comes to youth mental health, and helps young people develop the skills and confidence they need to support their own mental health and that of their peers.
Learn the Live4Life BCDEA with Hamish Blake
Join Hamish Blake and Live4Life past crew as they tell us about Live4Life's BCDEA.
Be Aware
Check-In
Don't Check Out
Engage an Adult and Give Stigma the FLICK!
Let’s make a real impact together by reaching more young people.
Live4Life is the only youth mental health education and suicide prevention model designed for rural and regional communities. Live4Life is led by young people.
By making a gift to Live4Life, you can help smash the stigma, change the narrative around mental health and reduce suicide.
Our latest news & updates
Stay up-to-date with the latest news, events and updates from Youth Live4Life and Live4Life communities.
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LAP it UP this October
How many laps can you swim in 4 weeks?
Swimming is great for your fitness. And it's fantastic for your mental health too! So, why not LAP it UP?
LAP it UP is a 4-week swim challenge from October 1-28 where you raise funds to support youth mental health in rural and regional areas.
Your community can become a Live4Life community.
The Live4Life model is a long-term, locally-driven prevention approach that involves the whole community. Through school and community partnerships, mental health training and youth mental health ambassadors, we work with your community to improve youth mental health and reduce youth suicide in your local area.
If you are ready to become a Live4Life community, we would love to hear from you.
Our communities
Youth Live4Life works with fourteen rural communities across Victoria and Tasmania, with 20 communities keen to join in line with funding capacity. Supported by our team, each community runs training, fundraisers and other activities to support the Live4Life model.
“Mental health is now being taken seriously by young people, and now young people know who and where to go to get support.”
— School & Community Partnerships Group member