Central Goldfields
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“If you’re feeling sorrow, look for a better tomorrow. If in doubt, seek it out.”
Live4Life Central Goldfields launched in 2023.
Central Goldfields is a local government area in central Victoria. It covers an area of 1,533 square kilometres and has a population of over 13,000 residents. It includes the towns of Bealiba, Carisbrook, Dunolly, Maryborough and Talbot.
Live4Life Central Goldfields works in partnership with secondary school, Highview College, and members of the Central Goldfields Youth Alliance.
…have undertaken mental health education through Live4Life Central Goldfields since it began in 2023.
The Crew
The Live4Life Central Goldfields Crew is made up of students from Highview College, an ecumenical secondary school founded in Maryborough in 1974.
Members of the Crew design, plan and deliver mental health promotion activities throughout the year. For further information please email Bridget Wilson.
Crew theme
If you’re feeling sorrow, look for a better tomorrow
Every year, the Crew creates a theme to capture the mental health messages they believe will connect with their peers and wider community. The second ever Central Goldfields Crew theme for 2025 was: "If you're feeling sorrow, look for a better tomorrow". The Crew's message of hope and and looking to the future featured in their mental health activities throughout the year and included a line of extra encouragement: "If in doubt, seek it out!"
Check out the 2025 poster, packed with the Crew's amazing visual ideas! Download it here.
And you can download the first ever Central Goldfields Crew’s poster from 2024 here:
2024 Listen Up Stand Up.
"It’s really heartening to see how the Live4Life model can make a difference in young people’s lives. If we can even save just one person’s life by implementing this model in our community then it’s worth it. I believe and can see evidence that the Live4Life model is already having an impact and it’s been uplifting to hear the comments from young people recognising how important mental health awareness is."
Shelley Feilding, Live4Life Project Officer, Central Goldfields
Where to go in Central Goldfields for help
If you need help straight away, please call
Lifeline on 13 11 14,
Beyond Blue on 1800 512 348
Kids Helpline on 1800 55 1800
Our partners and supporters
Latest news from Central Goldfields
IN THE MEDIA - Youth Live4Life has received $351,000 from the latest state budget to continue implementation of its youth mental health and suicide prevention initiative in rural and regional communities, including the Central Goldfields and Hepburn Shires.