Hepburn
Dja Dja Wurrung Country
“Kindness is key to being free”
Live4Life Hepburn began delivering mental health education to the community in 2024.
The Shire of Hepburn is located in central Victoria, covering an area of 1,473 square kilometres, with a population of approximately 16,600. Notable settlements include Clunes, Creswick, Daylesford, Hepburn Springs, Trentham, Allendale, Denver, Glenlyon, Kingston, Leonards Hill, Lyonville, Newlyn and Smeaton.
Live4Life partners with Lead Agency Daylesford College, Hepburn Shire Council and Central Highlands Rural Health to deliver this award-winning program.
If you or your organisation are interested in further information on how you can support the mental health and wellbeing of young people in Hepburn, please contact Bridget Franc at Daylesford College on bridget.franc@education.vic.gov.au.
……have undertaken mental health education through Live4Life Hepburn since 2024 and there’s an ever growing Crew of awesome mental heath ambassadors
Youth Mental Health First Aid® training for adults in Hepburn
🔴 Do you live in Hepburn Shire?
🟡 Do you teach, care for or support young people?
🟣 Could you use the knowledge, skills and confidence to recognise, understand and respond to a young person experiencing a mental health problem or crisis?
Hepburn Shire Council] is running two community Youth Mental Health First Aid® courses:
✳️ 23 June - Creswick ✳️ 7 July - Trentham
The Live4Life Hepburn Crew
The Live4Life Hepburn Crew is made up of students from Daylesford College. Members of the Crew design, plan and deliver mental health promotion activities throughout the year.
To find out more, or to get involved with the Crew, contact Bridget Franc on bridget.franc@education.vic.gov.au.
“The Launch was really fun. It was great to learn about the Live4Life program and meet all the people. It helped me to understand the bigger picture of what the program is all about. I’d also like to be in Crew next year!”
Year 8 Student, Hepburn
2025 Crew theme
“Kindness is key, to being free”
Every year, the Crew creates a theme to capture the mental health messages they believe will connect with their peers and wider community. The Live4Life Hepburn Crew Theme Poster was co-designed with the young people involved in the Live4Life Hepburn Crew and features Dave the Wombat who ‘does not judge’.
Download the 2025 Live4Life Hepburn poster.
Check out the Crew Themes from previous years:
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Latest news from Hepburn
World Mental Health Day — a day to raise awareness around the world and mobilise our efforts in support of mental health. This year, Mental Health Australia’s theme for 10 October is ‘Connect with your community’ and reminds us that our communities – the people and places where we feel safe, seen and heard – can help us feel cared for and supported, which is good for our mental health.