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Community activities that improve youth mental health and reduce youth suicide.
Crew4Life Animation - It’s okay not to be okay
We all have hard times and most of us struggle in silence. Sometimes all it takes is the support of a loved one or someone you trust to lift some of the weight off your shoulders. You never know what they are going through either. Just remember it’s okay not to be okay and it’s okay to ask for support.
Crew Camp creates connections and fosters friendships
Live4Life's 3rd Crew Camp was held from September 23-25 at the PGL Australia campground at Campaspe Downs. 46 Year 9 & 10 Crew members from eight Live4Life communities made the trip from all over the state to come together.
Live4Life selected as recipient of global grant
IN THE MEDIA - Live4Life was selected for the Kindness In Community fund grant. From nominations to identifying the shortlist, and all the way to the final selection, young people in each region were engaged at each step of the grant process, ensuring their input and perspectives were central to the decision-making and reflecting their genuine needs and priorities in mental health.
Meet Mina – Crew4Life
Meet Mina – Crew4Life
Mina first became a Live4Life Crew member in 2018 in the Macedon Ranges and then joined Crew4Life in January this year.
Live4Life receives international 2024 Kindness in Community Fund Grant
IN THE MEDIA - Live4Life was selected for the Kindness In Community fund grant. From nominations to identifying the shortlist, and all the way to the final selection, young people in each region were engaged at each step of the grant process, ensuring their input and perspectives were central to the decision-making and reflecting their genuine needs and priorities in mental health.
Crew4Life get together in-person for the first time
On Saturday 27 April, Crew4Life from all over Victoria caught up for the first time in person in Melbourne. For some, it meant waking up at 5am to make it, for others it was the first time they had been to Melbourne on their own.
A Passion for Mental Health Education
To celebrate National Volunteer Week, Live4Life would like to highlight a growing number of young people in rural and regional Victoria who are putting their hands up to volunteer as Mental Health Ambassadors for Crew4Life — bringing their Leadership skills and passions to their communities — and helping to smash the stigma surrounding mental health.
Potholes to Possibilities: Rural Youth Sector Conference 2023
Alannah Sander, Live4Life Youth Engagement Worker, and Laura Crozier, Crew4Life member, took part in a great session — Pathways from Participation — which explored the transition from Live4Life Crew to Crew4Life, and the life, study and work pathways youth 'alumni' can pursue and how to help get them there.
A Live4Life Glenelg celebration
IN THE MEDIA - Glenelg Shire On Friday 27 October, more than 225 secondary school students from across the Glenelg Shire were on hand in Portland for Live4Life Glenelg’s annual celebration event.
Catching up with Crew
Share your experiences of Life after being a Live4Life Crew Member! Were you a member of a Live4Life Crew in Macedon, Benalla or Glenelg between 2010 and 2020? AND have you left school? If so... WE WANT YOU! Come and take part in an interview about your experiences after high school.
Local a feature of Live4Life Melbourne Event
IN THE MEDIA - Portland Observer Live4Life held their annual dinner recently to celebrate their achievements and positive impact on young people in regional communities.
Real Change Makers - Young Rural Mental Health Ambassadors Make a Lasting Impact
In rural and regional Victoria, a growing group of young people are putting their hands up as mental health ambassadors and fast becoming real change makers.
Crew4Life - Calling all Past Live4Life Crew!
Have you finished being in the Live4Life Crew and wondering what’s next? Well, that’s where Crew4Life comes in… Crew4Life is a program developed for young people, by young people!
Live4Life at the 7NEWS Young Achiever Awards
What an amazing night it was on Friday to be at the 7NEWS Young Achiever Awards Australia Gala Presentation Dinner with some of our past Live4Life Crew. Youth Live4Life were selected as finalists in the 'Group Achievement in the Community' Award sponsored by the Victorian Government.
Live4Life an unstoppable force
Live4Life crews from rural and regional communities across Victoria have been named finalists in the 7News Young Achiever Awards for the ‘Group Achievement in the Community’ Award.
Showing off the work of Youth Live4Life
Star Weekly: The incredible work of Woodend-based Youth Live4Life was in the spotlight once again last week. When Youth Minister Dr Anne Aly visited the Macedon Ranges on Friday, February 10, McEwen MP Rob Mitchell took the opportunity to show her the work the youth mental health charity was doing.