IN THE MEDIA Riverine Herald

Benalla Rural City Council has thanked the Lockie Project for its generous donation of $848 to the localLive4Life program.

IN THE MEDIA Mt Gambier Times

GLENELG Shire’s next generation of mental health leaders are making their mark in 2025, with the induction of 42 passionate Year 9 and 10 Live4Life Glenelg Crew members and a powerful series of youth-led Launch Days held throughout May.

IN THE MEDIA Warragul & Drouin Gazette

Youth mental health program "Live4Life" has gained surety with Baw Baw Shire to serve as the lead agency for the next five years.

Are you 18-25 years old? Passionate about improving youth mental health?

Live4Life is proud to announce the inauguration of the Youth Advisory Committee (YAC) . We want you to represent and embed the voices of young people within Live4Life! APPLY HERE

Crew4Life's amazing in-person get together

Live4Life is proud to announce that its annual Community Champion Award winner for 2024 is Ballarat Councillor, former Mayor and Victoria Police Youth Resource Officer, Des Hudson OAM.

More than 300 guests came together at the RACV City Club on Saturday 31 Mar to celebrate at the biggest ever Live4Life Annual Dinner.

IN THE MEDIA North Eastern Advertiser

Live4Life Break O’Day has introduced the members of its 2025 Crew with a launch event held in St Helens recently. The event was planned and hosted by the Year 9 and 10 members of the Live4Life Crew.

We are thrilled to announce National Volunteer Week 2025 will celebrate the power of volunteering to bring people together with the theme ‘Connecting Communities’. Volunteering creates lasting relationships that enrich lives and strengthen our communities. Join us as we explore how volunteering promotes community engagement, connection and belonging.

IN THE MEDIA RACV

Youth Live4Life has announced that it has reached more than 2,400 students in the Ballarat region with critical youth mental health training.

The 2024 Live4Life Annual Report is now published! Read about all the incredible achievements across the Live4Life communities in Victoria and Tasmania in 2024.

IN THE MEDIA City of Ballarat website

Ballarat’s young people are more equipped than ever with mental health knowledge as the award-winning Live4Life program embarks on another year in Ballarat.

IN THE MEDIA Herald Sun

Opinion Piece by Bernard Galbally

'Mental ill-health and suicide among young people is an urgent national problem — and it is alarmingly acute in rural and regional areas. Latest figures from the ABS show that the suicide rate in regional Australia is more than 50% higher than in major cities. The over-representation of these communities is an escalating crisis which demands action.

Live4Life Wellington is pleased to announce that on Tuesday 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.

Live4Life Break O’Day introduced the members of the 2025 Crew with a memorable launch event at the Bendigo Bank Community Stadium on Wednesday 9th April.

IN THE MEDIA - ABC NEWS, Published 9 April 2025

There are smiles, raucous laughter and friendly greetings in a large room in a Victorian council office building as a group of teenagers sit down to watch a video presentation.

This is not your usual school excursion — it's Live4Life, a mental health education program that equips young people with the skills to save lives in a mental health crisis.

IN THE MEDIA - Maryborough District Advertiser ‘Live4Life launch latest crew’

Live4Life Central Goldfields hosted their annual crew launch last Thursday morning at Highview College, inducting this year’s theme and five new members.

IN THE MEDIA -Mirage News Live4Life Central Goldfields Launch Latest Crew

Yesterday, Live4Life Central Goldfields hosted their annual Live4Life Central Goldfields Crew launch, inducting five new members and welcoming back two from last year's Crew.

Congratulations to the young volunteers of the Victorian Live4Life Crews, who have been announced as 2025 Finalists for The Victorian Government Group Achievement in the Community Award at the 7News Young Achiever Awards. Also announced as Young Achiever Awards finalists are the members of Live4Life alumni group Crew4Life, who have been nominated for the Awards Australia Foundation Connecting Communities Award.

IN THE MEDIA - Warragul & Drouin Gazette - New Live4Life Crew inducted.

Forty young people from seven local secondary schools and education settings across Baw Baw Shire were inducted as youth mental health ambassadors at the recent Baw Baw Shire Live4Life Crew induction day.