Twenty years since it opened to a cohort of 20 students on the site of an old dairy farm, Communities@Work Galilee School is expanding to help vulnerable students attain a Year 12 certificate.
Before the first Budget of the ACT’s new parliamentary term is revealed next week, the Government has recommitted to its election promise of extending PACER - Police, Ambulance and Clinician Early Response...
A new study from the Australian Catholic University (ACU) has found young Australians surveyed during COVID-19 experienced a sharp drop in mental health, but their trust in government improved after years in...
Since the ACT election in last October, the new Mental Health Minister, Emma Davidson, has been working on the complexities of the portfolio to understand the service gaps and is optimistic they...
One year into the pandemic mandatory quarantine remains a common occurrence in the ACT, and a new RMIT University study reveals keeping busy may not be the best way to cope with...
A recent Productivity Commission report into the mental health system has found close to half of Australian adults have met the diagnostic criteria for mental illness at some point in their lives.
Drug and alcohol support service Directions Health has a brand new set of wheels.
Directions Health will be hitting in the road in their new van, named ‘Pat’ – Pathways to Assistance and...
For Long Beach resident Grace Hornby, last summer’s bushfires are never far from her mind.
Evacuating over the New Year period from her NSW South Coast home with her partner and two young...
Canberra’s leading LGBTIQ+ bodies are calling on funding for professional health organisations, following recent research finding mental health within the community was in crisis.
An Australian National University (ANU) analysis has seen a continued worsening of mental health outcomes for young Australians, despite the easing of COVID-19 restrictions.
The Black Dog Institute’s partner Mental Illness Education ACT (MIEACT) have won 2020’s major mental health award for delivering the Youth Aware of Mental Health (YAM) program to 2,300 students.
Presented at schools...
That time of year has snuck up on us again: it’s time to prepare your face for a ‘mo’ in the name of men’s health for Movember.
Movember runs annually in...
Mental health first aid is being highlighted during Veterans’ Health Week (24 October-1 November), with members of the ex-service community encouraged to undergo training to become a mental health first aider.
Veterans’ Affairs...
The Lifeline Canberra logo will be seen on the Canberra Cavalry jersey this season, as the local Australian Baseball League (ABL) franchise hands over its naming rights for a good cause.
The ACT Greens have today promised a further $47.35 million in mental health funding, which would include more supported accommodation and an expansion of the Police, Ambulance, Clinician Emergency Response (PACER) program.
The...
