Star Weekly: After two years of lockdown, Woodend-based Youth Live4Life is continuing the McKinney’s legacy, running LAP it UP from November 10 to 20 to raise funds for the organisation’s Live4Life initiative. Youth Live4Life chief executive Bernard Galbally said swimming was a “fantastic” exercise for the cause.

The Ballarat Times: The money for BSPN will go towards introducing the Live4Life youth mental health five-year program, which chair Des Hudson said will be an exciting opportunity for the city. “This will be the largest community that the Live 4 Life team have looked at building a community network of support,” he said.

How many laps can you swim in 11 days? Join us for LAP it UP – Youth Live4Life's fitness and fundraising challenge to swim laps for youth mental health awareness and suicide prevention in rural & regional communities.

CREW CAMP 2022 was a blast! Overcoming nerves on the giant swing, taking part in media training for storytelling, learning about leadership and kindness, archery, dance battles with Movement Zone Dance Studio.

Live4Life Glenelg is running two training courses in Portland in November and December 2022. Completion awards your certificate of Youth Mental Health First Aid. Find out more or register …

Benalla Rural City has been recognised as a Mental Health First Aid Champion Community. Since implementing Live4Life in 2017, Benalla Rural City has trained over 1000 teens and 165 adults to recognise and respond to the signs of developing, worsening or crisis level mental health problems in young people.

The Ballarat Times: FRIENDS of India Network’s 2022 charity cricket match and black-tie gala dinner have been successful in raising funds for the Ballarat and District Suicide Prevention Network. The FIN community and their guests generated $75,000 this year which will benefit Ballarat Youth Services-led mental health program Live4Life, expected to reach 20,000 young people in schools over five years.

The Portland Observer: Youth Mental Health First Aid training is returning this August … The training is delivered through award-winning youth based mental health initiative Live4Life Glenelg.

The Financial Standard: Future Generation is on a mission to accelerate funding into the prevention of youth mental health issues, warning that Australia's current funding of mental healthcare is "not working". Comprising of 14 non-for-profit partners, the social investment strategy aims to counter the alarming rise in the rates of ill mental health, self-harm and suicide among young people, despite a steady increase in government expenditure on mental healthcare services.

The Warragul and Drouin Gazette: Larder Park played host to 900 Year 8 students for the official Baw Baw Shire Live4Life launch on Thursday. Students spent the day learning about mental health and hearing from guest speakers and Live4Life crew members from local schools. Live4Life is a health promotion charity that operates across six rural and regional Victorian communities. It aims to improve the lives of young people through mental health education and suicide prevention.

The Ballarat Times: The Friends of India Network held their fifth fundraising dinner with proceeds going towards the Ballarat and District Suicide Prevention Network. The fundraiser’s cause changes yearly, and FIN president Dr Sanjay Sharma said their latest is particularly relevant. “We’re wanting to engage with the schools’ mental health program through the Network and their Live4Life Program which will benefit almost 5000 young people.”

What a turnout! Over 900 Year 8 students headed to Lardner Park for the recent launch of Live4Life Baw Baw. With beautiful words from Live4Life Crew Kyle and Laura about their own lived experience – "you could hear a pin drop" – a DJ and over 1000 snags sizzled (thanks Rotary!), it was a wonderful day to celebrate getting together.

Future Generation, one of Australia’s biggest private funders of youth mental health, has unveiled 14 new not-for-profit social impact partners, with a social investment focus on prevention and wellbeing of youth mental health.

We are honoured that Youth Live4Life has been selected as one of those partners.

Would you like the Live4Life program in your community? Youth Live4Life has opened its Expression of Interest process.

We are looking to engage with communities across Australia who would like to implement the award-winning Live4Life model.

Through funding support from the Australian Government and the State Trustees Australia Foundation, we will work with three Victorian communities and one community outside Victoria.

A huge thank you to everyone who came along to our Spring into Winter Annual Dinner. It was a great success and so wonderful to catch up again with everyone in person! This was our third Annual Dinner and we have now raised over $80,000, with this year being our most successful to date. Your donations go directly towards helping us expand our work with rural communities. Here's a highlights package!

The Warragul and Drouin Gazette: A further 27 secondary students from throughout Baw Baw Shire have been inducted into the Live4Life Crew. The induction held at the West Gippsland Arts Centre is the first step for the students in years nine and 10 becoming community leaders and mental health ambassadors. They have committed to work collaboratively to reduce the stigma of mental ill health within their communities and decided on a theme for the year which will be announced at an upcoming launch function.

From our CEO Bernard Galbally, a big thanks to everyone who has donated to Youth Live4Life – to support our important work empowering regional communities to improve youth mental health and reduce youth suicide.

If you haven't had a chance to donate yet, there's still time.

The Maryborough District Advertiser: One organisation that the Central Goldfields Shire has partnered with in our fight for better is Live4Life.

I had the pleasure of meeting some of the team from Live4Life recently and their enthusiasm and vision for our community is truly inspirational.

The Sentinel Times: Celebrating the first year in Bass Coast and South Gippsland shires, 45 Year 9 students from secondary colleges across the district participated in their crew induction today at RACV Inverloch.

The Star Weekly: Youth Live4Life has been granted more than $750,000 over three years to support young peoples’ mental health and wellbeing across regional and rural Victoria. State Trustees Australia Foundation provided the grant to recognise the vital role Youth Live4Life plays as the only mental health education and youth suicide prevention model designed for rural and regional communities in the state. Youth Live4Life chief executive Bernard Galbally said the grant would help bring three new communities into the model.