Give mental health the same priority as physical health
Leading community mental health agency, Wellways Australia has called for the next Victorian government to give mental health the same priority as physical health.
2018 Victorian state election call to action
As the Victorian State election campaign period officially commences at 6pm today, Wellways calls on the next government to give mental health the same priority as physical health.
Happy birthday Brainwaves
On World Mental Health Day, October 10, radio program Brainwaves celebrated its 8th birthday.
Breaking down stigma
Too often people with complex mental health issues are stigmatised by society and even by the medical community, a Melbourne University forum has heard.
Pedalling an important message
A team of 18 amateur riders and Wellways staff left Wagga Wagga for a 5-day, 600km tour of the Murrumbidgee region of New South Wales for Mental Health Week.
Wellways plants seeds of hope for Aussie farmers
With most of eastern Australia gripped by drought, Wellways has produced a manual of mental health and suicide support and available services called “Growing Hope”, written especially for regional communities, farmers and their families.
Grassroots help for remote communities
Wellways provides frontline services in remote regions affected by drought in New South Wales - where farming families are struggling with both drought and mental health.
September news from Wellways
There’s been plenty happening with Wellways across Australia in the month of September, from advocates taking on the Camino de Santiago de Compostela to Kavisha Mazzella directing the Moon’s A Balloon community choir.