Georgie loves working with people on projects that can make a difference. Based on a rural property in Bass Coast, Georgie brings extensive partnership and project management skills and great knowledge of the education sector to her role as the Live4Life Coordinator for Bass Coast and South Gippsland.

As the staggering effects of the pandemic on the mental health of young people becomes apparent there is an urgent need to focus on the mental health of young people in our regional community, this is where Live4Life comes in, the award-winning youth mental health model is being rolled out across the Central Goldfields shire this year.

Charlie Sawyer-Basset

Portland Observer

The impact of the pandemic on young people has been substantial. There is a real and immediate need to focus on the mental health of young people in our community, Youth Live4Life, in collaboration with local communities are seeking suitably qualified and experienced community members to become Teen Mental Health First Aid instructors.

Cobram Anglican Grammar School student Tahlia Muller said she thought the program would help generate understanding within the school community.

“I think it’ll help them understand more what other people are going though and what experience they have to face, and how to help,” she said.

“I think it’ll be pretty effective. It brings fun to the community and since COVID-19, it will just like lift the mood.”

Mental Health First Aid® has recognised Glenelg Shire as a ‘Champion Community’ for its commitment to improving the mental health of young people and the adults who support them.

Live4Life Baw Baw was launched in 2020 and is delivered in partnership with all secondary schools and other education providers in Baw Baw as well as six community agencies. 

Sara Cogo has dedicated her professional career to supporting and working with young people and their communities. Based in Gippsland, Sara brings a wealth of experience working in partnerships with government and non-government organisations and has extensive skills in community building and creating lasting change in rural communities.

As students return to the classroom for yet another year of learning in the midst of a pandemic there is an immediate need to focus on the mental health of young people in our community.  With additional funding support from Portland Aluminium the award-winning Youth Mental Health model Live4Life will be supported to become completely embedded and sustainable in Glenelg. 

As students return to the classroom for their third year of learning in the midst of a pandemic there is a real and immediate need to focus on the mental health of young people in our community, this is where Live4Life comes in.

Meet Matilda - Crew4Life Member. Crew4Life Members are former Live4Life Crew members who are passionate about continuing to promote Live4Life, reducing the stigma around mental health and helping to reduce suicide.

Read the December 2021 edition for an overview of Live4Life, Crew updates and hear about the activities of the Southern Grampians Live4Life School and Community Partnership.

Save the Date! The Baw Baw Live4Life Community launch event is happening on Thursday the 24th of February 2022.

Please join us for a very special screening of the documentary 'Happy Sad Man' including a Q&A with the filmmakers.

We are excited to officially announce that Live4Life has been included in the Victorian Government’s School Mental Health Fund, evidence-based Menu as a Tier 1 program: Positive Mental Health Promotion.

Meet the incredible Leadership Great South Coast Group whose goal this year is to improve the capacity of community members to support young people's mental well being and help break-down negative stigmas surrounding mental health.

Meet Janessa - Crew4Life Member. Crew4Life Members are former Live4Life Crew members who are passionate about continuing to promote Live4Life, reducing the stigma around mental health and helping to reduce suicide.

Live4Life, in collaboration with local communities in rural and regional Victoria launch the ‘Give Mental Health Stigma the Flick’ campaign for Mental Health Week.

Live4Life Baw is offering two qualified and experienced community members funded positions to participate in a five-day instructor training program to become youth mental heath first aid training instructors.

Watch this short clip and meet the awesome Cobram Anglican Grammar Crew. They’ve put together a few great mental health tips to share with their school community. No matter the weather, it does get better together!

Live4Life Glenelg Crew have officially launched Live4Life in their school communitites, marking the fifth year of the mental health initiative for young people in the municipality.