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Live4Life Gippsland Crews Join Forces For Exciting Day Out

IN THE MEDIA Mirage News

Live4Life participants from across Gippsland got together recently for an exciting day out at Allambee Camp. More than 30 youth mental health ambassadors (the Crew) from the Baw Baw, Latrobe, South Gippsland and Wellington Live4Life communities joined forces to celebrate teamwork and self-confidence at the outdoor adventure camp located near Yarragon.

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Tassie Coordinator Swims Icy Waves for Youth Mental Health

IN THE MEDIA Tasmanian Times

At Taylors ocean beach in The Gardens,  Musicka is enduring sea temperatures of 8–12°C with no wetsuit, swimming for up to 20 minutes to push past the cold shock and raise her core temperature. She uses cold-water swimming for her own physical and mental health, finding it a powerful way to be “totally present in the moment.” This year, her personal endeavor has a public purpose – the month-long LAP it UP challenge.

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Swimming for Sean

IN THE MEDIA Star Weekly Swimming for Sean

In 2018, Sean and his daughter Kristen McKinney hosted a 2866-lap swimming challenge at the Gisborne Aquatic Centre – one lap for every life lost to suicide in the previous year. Starting at 6am, people of all ages were invited to swim a continuous relay in memory of those that died by suicide.

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Live4Life Crew learn leadership skills

IN THE MEDIA Warragul & Drouin Gazette ‘Live4Life crew learn leadership skills’

More than 30 members of the Baw Baw Live4Life Crew developed leadership skills at a recent training day held at the Bellbird East Pavilion in Drouin.

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Full crew for Baw Baw mental health skills event

IN THE MEDIA Inside Local Government website ‘Full crew for Baw Baw mental health skills event’

More than 30 Baw Baw Youth Mental Health Ambassadors, known as the ‘Crew’, came together this week as part of the Live4Life Baw Baw program.  

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Mental health leadership program kicks off

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.

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Inspiring Healthy Minds

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.

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Herald Sun - A proven suicide beater

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.

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Youth Live4Life program helping teens to deal with mental health issues

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.

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New Live4Life Crew inducted

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.

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