Bridges Health & Community Care

25/09/2025

At Bridges, we believe access to mental health and alcohol & other drug services should be simple and stigma-free. Our Regional-Queensland programs support people with tailored care, referrals, and wrap-around supports. 💬 If you or someone you know needs help, we’re here and we're local.
👉 Learn more: www.bridgeshcc.org.au

22/09/2025

It’s Dementia Action Week (Sept 16–22) 💜 This year’s theme is ‘Act Now for a Dementia-Friendly Future’. At Bridges, we know families in our community are touched by dementia every day. Small actions like patience, inclusion, and awareness make a huge difference. If you are a support for someone going through Dementia, make sure to check in and look after yourself 💜

For more information on Dementia go to www.dementia.org.au

Dementia Australia is the national peak body providing information, advice and support to the more than 433,000 Australians living with dementia, their families and carers.

21/09/2025

Bridges Health & Community Care Ltd. (BHCC) is a purpose-driven, community-based organisation delivering life-changing programs across regional and rural Queensland. Since 1997, we've helped thousands of people navigate mental illness, addiction, disadvantage and complex needs - moving from isolation to connection, from stigma to purpose.

Want to make a difference, join our team!

We’re recruiting for up to 8 full-time positions under the Staying on Track (SoT) program, funded by the QLD Department of Youth Justice and Victim Support as part of the Making Queensland Safe initiative.

✅ Team Leader – People & Culture
✅ Family Practitioners
✅ Youth Workers & Mentors

This program supports young people aged 10–17 who are exiting detention, helping them safely reintegrate into their families and communities, with wraparound support for education, training, employment, cultural identity, and resilience.

If you're ready to be part of a fresh, dynamic and purpose-driven program, we’d love to hear from you. Step into a role where you can lead, support or mentor — and help young people stay on track!
🎯Apply here: https://applynow.net.au/jobs/300381
Applications are now open and we're moving quickly!

➡️Be part of something that truly changes lives.

19/09/2025

Help shape victims’ rights in Queensland > The Office of the Victims’ Commissioner is reviewing Queensland’s Charter of Victims’ Rights for the first time since 2017.

If you’ve been affected by crime, or if you’re supporting someone who has, this is your chance to share your experiences and help improve support for victims across the state.

Complete the survey or make a submission: victimscommissioner.engagementhub.com.au

17/09/2025

Options Day is back for 2025! Located at the Recreational Precinct Main Pavilion on Tuesday, 23 September from 9am–1pm > FREE community expo showcasing services, support, and opportunities for people with disability in Bundaberg. With over 60 stalls, hands-on activities, entertainment, food and drink, plus a quiet sensory hour and chill-out zone, it’s a chance to connect, learn, and celebrate inclusion.

More info – https://widebaykids.com.au/options-day-bundaberg-2025/

All Abilities Alliance - Bundaberg

Options Day is back for 2025! Head to the Recreational Precinct Main Pavilion on Tuesday, 23 September from 9am–1pm for a free community expo showcasing services, support, and opportunities for people with disability in Bundaberg. With over 60 stalls, hands-on activities, entertainment, food and drink, plus a quiet sensory hour and chill-out zone, it’s a chance to connect, learn, and celebrate inclusion.

More info – https://widebaykids.com.au/options-day-bundaberg-2025/

All Abilities Alliance - Bundaberg

17/09/2025

The Wintergarden Showtime Exhibition CLOSES THIS THURSDAY, 18th. If you have been wanting to come and experience the history of Bundaberg, it's vibrant theatre scene and the beautiful Wintergarden building, make sure you stop past before we dismount the exhibition to make way for headspace Bundaberg Youth Art Showcase.

Open today and Thursday from 10am to 4pm
at 2 Maryborough Street, Bundaberg

Proudly supported by Regional Arts Development Fund and Bundaberg Regional Council.

16/09/2025

🌟 We’re Hiring! Join our team & make a difference 🌟
​​Help shape positive futures for youth and families in regional Queensland, across leadership, mentoring and support roles.

Multiple Opportunities – One Shared Purpose
We’re recruiting for up to 8 full-time positions under the Staying on Track (SoT) program, funded by the QLD Department of Youth Justice and Victim Support as part of the Making Queensland Safe initiative.

✅ Team Leader – People & Culture
✅ Family Practitioners
✅ Youth Workers & Mentors

This program supports young people aged 10–17 who are exiting detention, helping them safely reintegrate into their families and communities, with wraparound support for education, training, employment, cultural identity, and resilience.

If you're ready to be part of a fresh, dynamic and purpose-driven program, we’d love to hear from you. Step into a role where you can lead, support or mentor — and help young people stay on track!
🎯Apply here: https://applynow.net.au/jobs/300381
Applications are now open and we're moving quickly!

➡️Be part of something that truly changes lives.

12/09/2025

🎉 Rainbow Day is Here! 🌈 an event by the Child Protection Week Action Group-CPWAG to support Queensland Child Protection Week
Head over to the PCYC today and say hi to the incredibly friendly team from EDON Place.
📍 Where: PCYC
🕘 When: Today from 9:00 AM
Join them and other organisations for a fun, family-friendly event celebrating community, safety, and support for our kids. 💛💚💙💜❤️

11/09/2025

🌻 R U OK? Day in Gayndah 🌻 Today our Bridges team members Melinda and Russell joined the crew from IWC at their big R U OK? Day event in Gayndah, and what a day it was! 💛

They set up a stall filled with conversation, laughter, and a couple of fun activities to get people talking about mental health:
🎲 A giant Jenga game where each block had a feeling word, where they were invited to categorise as either positive or negative and to share a time when they experienced that feeling during their life
🎯 A Velcro dartboard where people were asked to give getting a bullseye their best shot, if they got one, they then got to roll the R U OK “conversation starter” dice.

The best part? Meeting the locals, sparking meaningful chats, and letting people know the many ways Bridges Health & Community Care is here to support their community. We also connected with other services on the day, building stronger community relationships.

💬 Thanks to everyone who came by for a chat, had a go at playing our games, and reminding us why days like this matter. Together, we’re making space for connection and support in the Wide Bay Burnett.

09/09/2025

Today is World Su***de Preventation Day. Members of our team participated in the Out of the Shadows Walk held at dawn today at Bargara - one of many community gatherings across Australia to remember those we have lost to su***de and acknowledge the ongoing journey of many who struggle with mental ill health. People spoke, we walked with candles, we shared memories and we drew in the sand. Thank you Lifeline Queensland for supporting these important annual gatherings.

09/09/2025

Speaking up not only supports your own healing, but it can also spark strength and courage in someone else.

Every year on 10 September, across Australia and around the globe people come together to mark World Su***de Prevention Day. It is a time to reflect, connect, and recommit to our shared goal of preventing su***de and spreading hope.

Mel, a Su***de Prevention Australia Lived Experience panel member, kindly shared her story to help others. You can read it at https://www.su***depreventionaust.org/world-su***de-prevention-day

For more stories and resources head to Su***de Prevention Australia

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09/09/2025

This Thursday, on R U OK? Day, Wide Bay Hospital & Health Service are opening their crisis support spaces to the community from 12.15pm-1.45pm so more service providers and families can get a feel for who they are and how they can support you. 💚

Their spaces provide an alternative to the emergency department for people experiencing mental health crisis, distress or thoughts of su***de.

They offer short-term support from peer workers and clinicians in a warm, non-clinical environment, where you can get help to work through what's happening in that moment. Basically, in their crisis support spaces it’s R U OK? Day - EVERY day!

Curious to know and see more for yourself? Come and drop in for a chat. 🗣️
You can find them at:
👉The Lighthouse crisis support space, Bundaberg Hospital – take the Allied Health entrance next to the emergency department
👉The Oasis crisis support space, Hervey Bay Hospital – next to the emergency department.