Live4Life won the Mental Health Program Excellence Award at the Mental Health Service Awards of Australia and New Zealand] held in Sydney on 6 August, emceed by ABC science journalist Natasha Mitchell. The award recognises an organisation or team that operates with the focus on a whole community or population.

Our third annual Crew4Life in-person get together on July 4 was another great opportunity to connect across widely spaced rural and regional communities, with Crew4Life members travelling from all over the state to converge on the Community Hub in Docklands for a day of brainstorming, discussions, and mentoring.

IN THE MEDIA - Students from Warragul Regional College (WRC) and Warragul District Specialist School, officially launched their Live4Life Program last week, organising a line-up of events to celebrate the occasion.

IN THE MEDIA - Prince Harry and Meghan Markle made a powerful impact during their recent visit to Australia after sitting down with young mental health advocates for an emotional discussion on the realities of growing up in rural and regional communities.

Live4Life Crews won the Victorian Government Group Achievement in the Community Award in the 2026 Victorian 7News Young Achiever Awards on Friday 1 May.

IN THE MEDIA - Former Baw Baw Live4Life crew mem­bers joined young men­tal health ambas­sad­ors to give a voice to regional men­tal health con­cerns in a present­a­tion to Prince Harry and Meghan, Duke and Duch­ess of Sus­sex dur­ing their recent visit to Mel­bourne.

Prince Harry and Meghan, Duke and Duchess of Sussex, met with Live4Life's Youth and Community Engagement Coordinator Bridie and Crew Champions Laura and Talon, as well as a number of past Crew members at the "Regional & Rural Youth Voices: Shaping the Future of Mental Health" forum at Swinburne University of Technology

IN THE MEDIA - The Centre for Rural Health has completed the Live4Life Break O’Day evaluation. Live4Life is a community‑based youth mental health promotion and suicide prevention model implemented for the first time in Tasmania in the rural area of Break O’Day.

IN THE MEDIA - Now in its fourth year in Ballarat, Live4Life is continuing to spark meaningful change, with local students leading the way in mental health awareness and action.

Live4Life Break O’Day introduced the members of the 2026 Crew to their community with a memorable launch event at Fingal on Monday 13th April.

IN THE MEDIA - Benalla Rural City Council, in partnership with the Live4Life program, is inviting community members to take part in upcoming youth mental health first aid training.

IN THE MEDIA - Suicide is the leading cause of death among Australians aged 15-24 years. Statistics show that the more remote one’s area of residence is, the greater the associated suicide risk.

IN THE MEDIA - Casey Musicka has dedicated her time to work with young people on Tasmania's East Coast to promote mental health and prevent suicide but now it's her turn to be recognised.

IN THE MEDIA - The 2026 Daylesford College Live4Life members have officially joined the Blue Tree project, a movement that encourages communities to paint trees blue as striking visual reminders to speak up and help reduce mental health stigma.

IN THE MEDIA - A group of 44 students from eight local secondary schools were inducted as youth mental health ambassadors at the recent Baw Baw Shire Live4Life crew induction day.

Live4Life is very proud to announce that Matilda Hasell has taken up a position on its Board of Directors. As a past Crew member (and an inaugural member of Crew4Life), Matilda is the first person with experience of the Live4Life program as a participant to serve on the Board.

Live4Life Wellington is pleased to announce that last week 30 young people were inducted into Wellington Shire’s Live4Life Crew. This is the first step for these committed and caring young people in becoming local community leaders and Mental Health Ambassadors.

Thanks to generous support from the Insignia Community Foundation, Live4Life has launched a new Crew Engagement Toolkit as part of LOOP, our new e-portal for communities.

RACV is extending its support for Live4Life with a funding extension will expand Live4Life’s youth mental health and suicide prevention program to additional regional communities.

Last Friday, we bid a sad farewell to Noelene Ward, who passed away following a very short illness. Her contribution to Live4Life and other suicide prevention events and groups cannot be overstated.