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New young Crew members join Wellington’s Live4Life program
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.
Wellington Crew celebrates 2024
Wellington Crew celebrated their first year of Live4Life on November 12, showcasing the 2024 theme, “Speak Kind, you may just change someone's mind”.
Success At Live4Life Wellington Launch Day
IN THE MEDIA - On Wednesday 19 June, over 600 year eight students from secondary schools across Wellington gathered at the Gippsland Regional Sports Complex in Sale to celebrate the launch of Live4Life Wellington.
Live4Life Wellington boots up
One of Live4Life's newest communities has hit the ground running with an incredible 38 young people inducted as Crew for 2024! 2024 is Wellington's first year of Live4Life implementation and on Tuesday 14 May, students from from Sale Secondary College, Yarram Secondary College, Maffra Secondary College, Sale and District Specialist School, Gippsland Grammar and Catholic College Sale took the first step to becoming local community leaders and Mental Health Ambassadors.
Success At Live4Life Wellington Launch Day
IN THE MEDIA -On Wednesday 19 June, over 600 year eight students from secondary schools across Wellington gathered at the Gippsland Regional Sports Complex in Sale to celebrate the launch of Live4Life Wellington.
Live4Life youth mental health program to begin in Wellington this year
IN THE MEDIA - WELLINGTON SHIRE Gippsland Times article by Stefan Bradley - Live4Life youth mental health program to begin in Wellington this year
Live4Life reaches over 21,000 young people as it expands into Hepburn, Latrobe Valley and Wellington Shires.
In 2023, thanks to Live4Life, over 6,000 young people received evidence-based mental health education — a 90% increase from 2022. Since the Live4Life program began in 2010, the total number of young people in rural and regional communities who have received evidence-based mental health education is now over 21,000.
Award-Winning Youth Mental Health Program coming to Wellington in 2024
Wellington Shire Council is delighted to announce that the innovative Live4Life youth mental health and suicide prevention program will commence in Wellington Shire in 2024.