Live4Life Baw Baw is hosting a series of youth mental health first aid courses around the Baw Baw Shire between March and October 2021. Find a date and location that suit you and book your place today.

Youth Live4Life calls for scaled-up government support to tackle youth suicide in rural and regional Victoria.

Today, Youth Live4Life calls for increased funding from the Victorian Government to scale up its youth suicide prevention model, in response to the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System.

Wimmera, South West school nurse manager Nicola Grayson goes extra mile to combat mental health

Read the December 2020 edition for an overview of Live4Life, Crew updates and hear about the activities of the Southern Grampians Live4Life School and Community Partnership.

Major shout out to Year 8s at Kyneton and Gisborne Secondary Colleges for their entries into the 2020 Macedon Ranges Live4Life Mental Health Promotion Challenge. This year's competition theme, as selected by our Crew was: Words can hurt heal

Live4Life Southern Grampians is celebrating its one-year anniversary and is looking forward to another successful 12 months. Recognising and working to improve youth mental health, Live4Life has had a challenging first year.

The Live4Life program is growing leaps and bounds in the Glenelg region with Portlander Cathryn Walder playing a big part in its development. "It’s really important that we’re raising awareness and educating people on mental health and working hard to reduce the stigma around it”

Grant supports local youth Live4Life project

Live4Life has received a $5,000 boost thanks to Wannon Water’s Ripple Effect community grants program.

“I’m so very pleased we’re finally delivering proactive mental health strategies for students to support each other, I’m looking forward to increasing awareness and community involvement” Kimberley Tempest, Cobram Secondary College Principal.

Grant supports local youth Live4Life project

Live4Life has received $5,000 boost thanks to Wannon Water’s Ripple Effect community grants program.

Our social media campaign for Mental Health Week 2020 is a shout out to all those important people who young people identify as being “on their team”.

Live4Life Southern Grampians has launched a monthly newsletter to share how their community is supporting youth mental health.

Download the October 2020 edition today for an overview of Live4Life, Crew updates, and hear about the activities of the Southern Grampians Live4Life School and Community Partnership.

When Melbourne Uni medical student Mia, and her partner Kade, found themselves with hours of free time they set about finding some fun by making facemasks and donating to charity.

Live4Life, the only youth mental health and suicide prevention model designed specifically for rural communities, was conceived in Macedon Ranges Shire but is now helping young people around Victoria…

We recently teamed up with the very funny, insightful (and dare we say it superhero'ish) Hamish Blake! Thanks Hamish for helping us reach out and continue important conversations about mental health with thousands of students across rural Victoria!

Cr Janet Pearce, Mayor of the Macedon Ranges said the council was proud of the work over the years that had built such a strong youth mental health program.

Baw Baw Shire is about to get a significant boost in mental health first aid instructors thanks to the generous support from Baw Baw Big Blokes.

Baw Baw Shire is about to get a significant boost in mental health first aid instructors thanks to the generous support from Baw Baw Big Blokes.

A new shire-scale youth mental health and suicide prevention approach in the Southern Grampians kicked off on Tuesday, 26th November 2019.

“This program is a unique approach for the Southern Grampians community to build greater levels of resilience within secondary school aged children, which in turn hopefully leads to a healthier more vibrant community.”