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Meet Mia Lobé - Program Lead, Youth Services, Live4Life Macedon Ranges
We'd love to introduce you to the incredible people who support Live4Life and young people in our communities. Mia Lobé is the Live4Life Program Lead in Youth Services in the Macedon Ranges.
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.
Steph honoured as community champion for work with youths
IN THE MEDIA - Benalla Rural City Council has announced that Steph Brack, its Youth Development Coordinator has been honoured with the Live4Life Community Champion Award for 2023.
Meet Casey Musicka – Program Coordinator, Live4Life BreakO'Day
We'd love to introduce you to the AMAZING people who support Live4Life and young people in our communities. CASEY comes from Break O'Day in Tasmania and first found out about Live4Life in 2019 when she was researching which suicide prevention programs are out there for young people.
McQueen’s Wood Fired Pizza in Woodend matches funds at Live4Life Annual Dinner - helping raise over $30,000 for local charity
At the recent Live4Life Annual Dinner, the Fielding family — the team behind McQueen’s Woodfired Pizza, Panini and Coffee Pit Stop in Woodend — generously offered to match the funds raised for the Silent Auction to the tune of $10,000. The matched funding pledge spurred people on to dig deep, helping to raise more than $30,000 on the night.
Southern Grampians Crew launch 2024 in style
Congratulations to the 30 members of the Live4Life Southern Grampians Crew (from Monivae College, The Hamilton and Alexandra College, Baimbridge College, Good Shepherd College Hamilton and Balmoral K-12 Community College) who presented and hosted an awesome program of activities and presentations to launch Live4Life in 2024.
Lockie Project donates $1000 to vital youth mental health training program Live4Life
IN THE MEDIA - Most people could not imagine the pain and loss that Benalla’s Gayle Golonski, and her family, have endured losing two amazing young people to suicide. In honour of Lockie and Madeline, Ms Golonski decided to turn her pain into something positive and try and make sure no other family goes through such heartbreak.
Live4Life Dinner a joyful occasion
The 5th Annual Live4Life Dinner promised a night of 'celebration and stories'. It delivered all that and more, with a joyous gathering at the RACV City Club in Melbourne on Saturday May 18.
Live4Life Community Champion for 2023
Live4Life is proud to announce that our Community Champion for 2023 is Benalla Youth Development Coordinator, Stephanie Brack. We were thrilled to present Steph with the Award on Saturday night at our Annual Dinner
Funding posts a difference
IN THE MEDIA - Live4Life has joined more than 150 grassroots community and not-for-profit groups to receive up to $2000 in funding through Australia Posts annual People of Post grants.
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.
Benalla gorillas great day out
Live4Life Benalla launched 2024 on Wednesday 1 May with a terrific program of information and activities at the Indoor Recreation Centre! ❤💛💙💜
Introducing Live4Life Crew Support Worker - Alex Brown
We'd love to introduce you to the amazing people who support Live4Life and young people in our communities. ALEX BROWN is Youth Engagement Officer at Daylesford College, Live4Life Hepburn.
Live4Life receives national award
IN THE MEDIA - Macedon Ranges-born health promotion charity, Live4Life, has won the National LiFE Award for the communities in action category.
Recognising excellence
IN THE MEDIA - Macedon Ranges-born health promotion charity, Live4Life, has won the National LiFE Award for the communities in action category.
Live4Life awarded the 'Communities in Action' Award at the National LiFE Awards
Live4Life is honored to have won the 'Communities in Action' Award at the National LiFE Awards hosted by Suicide Prevention Australia
Meet Kayla Spence, Youth Engagement Officer, Daylesford College
We'd love to introduce you to the amazing people who support Live4Life and young people in our communities. KAYLA SPENCE is Youth Engagement Officer at Daylesford College, Live4Life Hepburn.
Meet Meghan Bennett - Youth Development Officer, Glenelg Shire Council
We'd love to introduce you to the incredible people who support Live4Life and young people in our communities. MEGHAN BENNETT is the Youth Development Officer at Glenelg Shire Council.
Young Tasmanians become mental health ambassadors for rural community
IN THE MEDIA - For the first time ever, young Tasmanians have become mental health ambassadors for the Break O'Day community through an award-winning youth mental health campaign.
Mental health training to support young people
IN THE MEDIA - Beyond the Bell Great Southern Coast applied to the In a Good Place program, on behalf of the Southern Grampians Live4Life Partnership Group, for funds to support the implementation of the Live4Life model in the Southern Grampians Shire.