Breakthrough Mental Health Research Foundation

03/09/2025

96 kilometres.🥾🥾
That’s the length of the Kokoda Centurions Trek and every step has now been completed.

What an extraordinary journey it was. Over 10 days, 46 trekkers walked in the footsteps of history, showing grit, resilience, and true connection.

Together, this group has raised more than $172,000 (and counting) for Breakthrough Mental Health Research Foundation and The Man Cave helping to break down stigma and drive real change in mental health.

We are humbled by the time, effort, and heart every trekker poured into this challenge. They returned not only with sore feet but with tales, bonds, and new connections that will last far beyond the track.

A very special thank you goes to the local guides and porters. During the war, they were known as the “Angels,” carrying supplies and caring for the wounded along the Kokoda Track. On this trek, they showed that same spirit, carrying heavy loads on their backs with strength, humour, encouragement, and song. Remarkably, some completed the journey in nothing more than thongs on their feet, a true testament to their resilience!

To our trekkers, supporters, and our incredible porters we are profoundly grateful. This was more than a physical challenge. It was a journey of mateship, humility, and purpose, all for a great cause.

02/09/2025

Will you leave a legacy for mental health?

This week, we celebrate Include A Charity and Breakthrough invites you to consider one powerful act: including a gift in your Will.

Thanks to our partnership with Gathered Here you can create your Will online for free, and it only takes 15 minutes.

You don’t need to be wealthy to make a lasting difference. Even 1% of your estate can help unlock answers for future generations.

👉Click here to start your free will today https://rb.gy/bd1qkf

29/08/2025

💜 We breakthrough barriers to allow people to open up.
We do this by:
✨ Funding breakthrough research
✨ Fostering community engagement
✨ Empowering individuals and organisations through mental health literacy and education
Our aim? A future free from the devastating impacts of mental illness.

26/08/2025

The Breakthrough team have been on the road, visiting rural communities as part of our statewide initiative to support farmers facing this year’s drought.
With 21 events planned, the feedback we’ve received so far has been incredible 🙌 and it tells us we’re on the right track. Communities are connecting over a shared meal, learning practical tools to manage mental distress and hearing powerful lived-experience stories.
This program is making a life-saving impact in rural areas, where tragically one Australian farmer dies by su***de every 10 days.
We are so grateful to our amazing speakers Tom Jonas Steph Schmidt - Farm.Life.Psych Marc Ryan as well as our generous partners Department of Primary Industries and Regions Elders Limited Adelaide Footy League and West End Draught

26/08/2025

Breakthrough is back on the road to Peterborough, supporting rural communities affected by the drought. This time, we’re hosting a women-only event: “Fill Your Silo: Navigating the Tough Season.”
The event will take place at The Peterborough Hotel, on 18th September and is being co-hosted by Steph Schmidt - Farm.Life.Psych farming psychologist and Sharn Elder, Breakthrough’s Community Education and Training Manager.

These sessions will include:
Insight into how stress affects the body and brain.
A practical workshop exploring the “Fill Your Silo” concept: what drains us, what fills us and how to care for ourselves during tough seasons.
A take-home wellbeing resource pack.
Opportunities for conversation and connection with others in your community.
Link here to register: https://lnkd.in/gGEttWjD

This event is supported by the SA Drought Support Wellbeing Initiative, part of the State Government's $73 Million Drought Support Package, via Department of Primary Industries and Regions
We extend our sincere thanks to our partners: Elders Limited Adelaide Footy League and West End Draught

25/08/2025

Thank you North Entrance Surf Club for your incredible job, hosting this beautiful fundraiser for Lenny Deacon - community events like these are so important to funding mental health research. A special thanks to Annie and Phil Jenkinson for all their hard work 💜

20/08/2025

Last week at The Peterborough Hotel, we held our second 'Mates, Meals & Mental Health' event, as part of our wellbeing support for rural communities. The evening provided a moment of connection, a shared meal and practical tools for recognising and managing mental distress.
The quiet hero was James, the landlord, whose pub has become more than a bar, it’s become a lifeline for his community.
Big thanks to former AFL Captain Tom Jonas Marc Ryan 'The Beautiful Bogan' and Fat Farmers for sharing powerful messages of vulnerability, resilience and connection.
Proudly supported by Elders Limited Adelaide Footy League, West End Draught and
Department of Primary Industries and Regions
These events are supported by State Gov $73 Million Drought Support Package

19/08/2025

Today is Mental Health First Aid Day ⛑️
Listen to some wise words shared from Breakthrough's Mental Health First Aid trainer.
It's time to learn how we should respond safely, to those who are quietly suffering 💜

18/08/2025

Today we celebrate the very first 'Mental Health First Aid Day', a national movement empowering Australians with life-saving conversation skills.
At Breakthrough, we’re proud to be an accredited provider of Mental Health First Aid International training. These evidence-based courses help individuals, workplaces and communities recognise the signs of mental health challenges and respond with confidence and care.
We spend up to 80% of our waking hours in conversation, each one is a chance to notice, listen and step in with support.
👉 Discover how you or your workplace can benefit from Mental Health First Aid training.
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Through our extensive research, Breakthrough is facilitating evidence-informed training courses and workshops to better educate our community about mental health. This includes Mental Health First Aid Training courses, Su***de Conversations, Women's Wisdom & Wellbeing and Men's Meals & Mental Health...