Bunbury high school students attended the first South West-held youth mental health forum last week at the Bunbury Lighthouse.
Sofia Fimognari
Katherine Waddington from Wadi Farm HerdLife runs Walking With Horses sessions, and said the purpose was to help people reconnect with themselves.
Anjelica Smilovitis
A unique alliance between South West farmers and motorcyclists is shining a light on mental health issues in the heart of regional and rural communities.
Mental health advocate Kendall Whyte, who started charity Blue Tree Project in the wake of her brother’s 2018 death, has been awarded for her globally recognised campaign.
Claire Sadler and Caitlyn Rintoul
Bridgetown volunteers have banded together to meet a critical need in the community with a safe space for people to visit during times of distress.
The Great Southern will no longer be the only WA region without a residential rehabilitation facility if Labor win the 2025 state election, with the party pledging $12.4m to establish a local centre this week
Melissa Sheil
Mental health patients are being discharged or sent elsewhere after staffing shortages forced the closure of a Perth mental health ward.
Hannah Cross
For people living in rural and regional areas, one-on-one visitations services are making mental health more accessible, while addressing confidentially concerns for people living in small towns.
‘Connectors’ work by visiting palliatively ill patients and providing social support like helping with grocery shopping, gardening and finding suitable social activities.
Jessica Evensen
A free weekly walk has been launched in Broome, inviting men to get walking and talking along the picturesque shoreline of Cable Beach while raising awareness around men’s mental health
Katya Minns
It feels like mental health challenges are a dark cloud that could come over our kids at any time.
Kelsie Prabawa-Sear
Traumatised children affected by the carnage on our roads are being turned away from counselling because of a lack of specialist mental health practitioners at the agency set up to help them.
Caleb Runciman
While the majority of West Aussies will be enjoying Christmas Day with their family, dedicated Lifeline volunteers will be in the call centre making sure people in their darkest hour have someone to talk to.
Claire Sadler
For many older Australians, the festive season can be a mixed bag of emotions that leaves them feeling anything but merry and bright.
Bev Jowle
Last December, the horror blaze destroyed three homes and severely damaged a fourth — including the Moody’s family home of 20 years.
“Allow yourself to eat without guilt. Food is one of life’s pleasures, especially during the festive season when it’s often prepared with love,” writes health coach Emma Polette.
Emma Polette
“I’m here to tell you that you can enjoy your treats this holiday season and not worry about tooth decay”, writes dental therapist Pamela Holmes.
Pamela Holmes
A WA coroner has recommended the State’s prisons be allowed to automatically transfer mentally ill inmates who refuse to take their medication to the State’s only forensic hospital for further treatment.
Emily Moulton
The Gidget Foundation opens a new centre in WA to support parents battling perinatal mental health challenges, offering free counselling.
Gabrielle Becerra Mellet
Blackwood Youth Action was one of 11 winners in the 2024 WA Mental Health Awards for their mental health program aimed at helping young people.
A “unique” community hub that provides a space for mental health support has received vital ongoing funding, ensuring its doors will be kept open for the foreseeable future.
Perth boys Nazeem Fahmi and Nate Fearnall may have their obstacles to overcome and have yet to make it to outer space — but they have defied gravity.
SEE THE PICS: A group of Australian tradies are stripping down for a cause, saying ‘there’s nothing sexier than a bloke who knows how to handle an Icebreaker and a ciggie’.
Max Corstorphan
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