Former Collingwood player Nathan Murphy has joined us to voice his support for youth mental health, asking you to play your role by getting involved with LAP it UP.

Live4Life Glenelg has developed a brilliant collaboration with Blue Light Portland, which gets Crew out in the community four or five times a year, having heaps of fun and also raising valuable funds for the local partnership.

Meet Mina – Crew4Life

Mina first became a Live4Life Crew member in 2018 in the Macedon Ranges and then joined Crew4Life in January this year.

Wear It Purple Day was recognised and celebrated in a very special way when Hepburn Crew visited Central Highlands Rural Health Aged Care. These awesome young people of Daylesford College spent the afternoon with residents, making friends, sharing stories, having some fun and promoting positive messages around mental health and self-care.

IN THE MEDIA - Club coaches, support staff and anyone interested are encouraged to attend youth mental health first aid training to support their young players. 

IN THE MEDIA - LIVE4Life Southern Grampians is seeking community members to become Youth Mental Health First Aid Instructors. Participants in the program will receive evidence-based mental health and suicide prevention training from professionals.

LAP it UP is a 4-week swim challenge from October 1-28 where you raise funds to support youth mental health in rural and regional areas. REGISTER NOW

IN THE MEDIA - On Friday August 2, 29 students from five South Gippsland schools participated in the Live4Life Crew Induction at the Korumburra Community Hub.

IN THE MEDIA - The Baw Baw Live4Life Crew got together this afternoon to plan for the rest of this year and discuss how they would implement further health and wellbeing activities into their schools and throughout the community.

IN THE MEDIA - Live4Life was selected for the Kindness In Community fund grant. From nominations to identifying the shortlist, and all the way to the final selection, young people in each region were engaged at each step of the grant process, ensuring their input and perspectives were central to the decision-making and reflecting their genuine needs and priorities in mental health.

IN THE MEDIA - The Central Goldfields Live4Life first ever crew was held on Wednesday, June 26, at Highview College.

In front of an audience of Year 8 students, four upstanding crew members were presented with their honorary Live4Life hoodies.

Live4Life welcomed the Minister for Mental Health, Ingrid Stitt, to Live4Life headquarters in Woodend on June 27.

IN THE MEDIA - Highview College welcomed Live4Life Central Goldfields’ first ever ‘crew’ last week, encouraging students to be proactive around mental health.

Live4Life has been selected as a 2024 Kindness in Community Fund grantee! With input from young people at every stage, we're among just 65 organisations worldwide chosen to support + expand our program improving youth mental health + reducing suicide in Australian rural and regional communities.

Federal Member for McEwen Mr Rob Mitchell MP dropped by the Woodend office to congratulate the team on our recent 'Communities in Action' Award, announced at Suicide Prevention Australia's National LiFE Awards in Adelaide last month.

Are you interested in young people’s mental health and preventing suicide in rural Victorian communities? We are seeking a skilled partnership and community engagement specialist to join our passionate team.

IN THE MEDIA - Youth Live4Life has received $351,000 from the latest state budget to continue implementation of its youth mental health and suicide prevention initiative in rural and regional communities, including the Central Goldfields and Hepburn Shires.

IN THE MEDIA - Kherington Aykens says she is "not a little kid anymore" and growing up is becoming more aware of the real world. A big part of that world has been recognising an acute youth mental health crisis and youth suicide as young lives lost in this community.

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.

IN THE MEDIA - This connection seemed obvious to East Point Dragons, joining forces with Live4Life. Mental Health round is looming in the Ballarat Football Netball League female footy competition and the Dragons have been keen to find a way to do something bigger as a club.