Youth Live4Life

17/03/2026

📣 WE’RE HIRING 📣

✅ Are you based in/near Gippsland?
✅ A skilled partnership and community engagement specialist?
✅ Are you looking for flexible work arrangements, including hybrid wfh?
✅ Come and join our passionate team!

Learn more and apply here www.ethicaljobs.com.au/members/youthl4l/live4life-adviser-gippsland-1

Are you interested in young people’s mental health and preventing su***de in rural Victorian communities? Can you build strong partnerships with schools, councils and community organisations?

If this is you (or someone you know!) head over to Ethical Jobs for the position description and application details today. Applications close 9am AEST 8 April 2026.

We look forward to chatting with you :)

14/03/2026

Join our host Brian Nankervis and special guest, Aria award-winning singer-songwriter, actor and author Dan Sultan for Live4Life’s renowned night of celebration!

BOOK YOUR TICKETS TODAY - https://events.humanitix.com/annualdinner2026?c=s

💙 WHEN: Saturday 30 May, 6.30pm
💜 WHERE: RACV City Club, 501 Bourke Street, Melbourne

Don’t miss out on this special evening in the Live4Life calendar — the time of the year when we come together and celebrate the achievements of Live4Life communities. Enjoy the company of leaders in the business, government and philanthropic community as we pay tribute to the efforts of young people and their rural and regional communities to improve youth mental health and reduce su***de. Bring your friends, your family, your colleagues...and have a heap of fun!

Last year, tickets sold out FAST, so get in early!

https://events.humanitix.com/annualdinner2026?c=w

11/03/2026

With Hike4Life starting soon, this is a perfect time to remind ourselves that there are all sorts of ways we can support youth mental health in rural and regional communities. Two time Gold Logie winner HAMISH BLAKE is here with Youth Live4Life to introduce you to one of them....our BCDEA alphabet!

Yes, it's a slightly weird alphabet — it starts with B!

B is for BE AWARE.

Sometimes when times are tough, it's much easier to share what's happening with a friend rather than an adult. And as a friend, you could be in the best position to notice when things seem a bit off, or even just different, with how they are feeling, thinking or behaving.

It might be one small change. Or it might be many. But if you can 'be aware' when a friend is feeling, thinking or behaving unexpectedly, that’s a great time to check in on their mental health.

To take part in Hike4Life this April please visit: https://www.hike4life.org.au/

To watch more of Hamish Blake's tips, please visit: https://www.live4life.org.au/films

***deprevention ***deawareness
Video Description: Live4Life video with Hamish Blake and former Live4Life Crew members talking about how to be aware and recognise mental health issues with your friends.

11/03/2026

🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations Live4Life Break O'Day on their 2026 Tasmanian LiFE Award nomination!

Break O'Day is the first community outside of Victoria to implement Live4Life. Launched in 2024, it is showing the incredible impact a whole-of-community, youth-centred approach can have in Tasmanian rural and regional areas.

Amazing stuff, after Live4Life Break O'Day Coordinator Casey Musicka was recently nominated for the 2026 𝙊𝙪𝙩𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙎𝙪𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 LiFE Award 🙌

Winners will be announced on Wednesday 18 March and we'll be cheering Break O'Day on!

10/03/2026

06/03/2026

📢 38887! 📢

That's the number of young people living in rural and regional communities who have now received evidence-based mental health education through Live4Life!

Just last year:
❤️ Live4Life reached 8,896 secondary students in 65 schools
🩵 488 Adults trained in Youth Mental Health First Aid®
💛 325 young leaders volunteered as Mental Health Ambassadors in the Live4Life Crews

Since Live4Life began the total number of adults trained to assist a young person in a time of need is now over 3,500. Last year, there were 144 Teen and 24 Youth MHFA® instructors based in communities and an incredible 124 local organisations joined together in partnerships to invest in young people’s mental health and reduce su***de.

𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁?

EVERYONE deserves to live a full live no matter where they grow up. Rural and regional communities don't get the services available in metropolitan areas. Support for mental health and wellbeing should be available to all communities across Australia. These numbers demonstrate that:
✅ Live4Life communities are making a difference
✅ More young people and adults are educated in mental health
✅ Communities are positively influencing broader attitudes and behaviours relating to mental illness
✅ Together, we are all are creating long-lasting generational change

City of Ballarat ~ Latrobe Regional Health ~ Baw Baw Shire Council ~ Fingal Valley Neighbourhood House Inc. ~ Highview College ~ Glenelg Shire Council ~ Glenelg Shire Youth ~ Daylesford College ~ Hepburn Shire Council ~ Latrobe Health Assembly ~ Macedon Ranges Youth ~ South Gippsland Shire Council ~ Western District Health Service ~ Wellington Shire Council

06/03/2026

Live4Life Wellington ☁️

Youth Mental Health First Aid Training - 📣FREE COURSE

✅ For adults who teach, care for, or support young people
👉 Equips participants with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to recognize, understand and respond to a young person experiencing a mental health problem or mental health crisis.

⏱ 2-day training course 9am-5pm each day
📆 Tuesday 17th & Wednesday 18th March
📍 Nakunbalook Education Centre, Sale Botanic Gardens
🎟 FREE
❗️ Bookings essential 👉 Link in Bio

04/03/2026

03/03/2026

Live4Life Ballarat is excited to offer a 2‑day Youth Mental Health First Aid course this March.

We’re aiming to support our local community by providing practical training for sporting club members, coaches, trainers, and community volunteers who work with young people.

This course complements the Teen Mental Health First Aid education that is being rolled out across our 10 participating secondary schools and is part of the broader Live4Life Ballarat initiative.

Adults who undertake the Youth Mental Health First Aid training course will have a better understanding of common mental health problems such as depression, anxiety, panic attacks, eating disorders and psychosis. This course also teaches adults to learn how to identify the signs and symptoms of a developing mental health problem in a young person, how to have a conversation with them when they are in distress or crisis, and how to support them in receiving professional help.

This is a 2-day course. You MUST commit to attending both sessions to receive your accreditation. Please do not book this course if you do not think you will be able to complete it.

Dates of training:
Saturday 14th March 9am - 5pm
Saturday 21st March 9am - 5pm

Cost: $30pp to cover course materials + morning tea and afternoon tea at both sessions. BYO lunch. Training costs are subsidised by the Live4Life Ballarat Partnership Group.

Register: https://events.humanitix.com/live4life-ymhfa-mar26

27/02/2026

We are delighted to welcome Dr Laura Grattidge to the Live4Life team!

Laura is a rural health researcher with over 18 years’ experience across Australia in research, policy, evaluation and frontline mental health roles. Her PhD focused on youth su***de prevention in rural communities, and she has worked with numerous councils, schools and services, evaluating major programs, including Live4Life in Break O’Day over the last couple of years.

Laura's work is grounded in the belief that communities hold the knowledge needed to create safer environments for young people.

Building reliable evidence of Live4Life's impact is a vitally important part of our program and we are very excited to have Laura's research expertise and real-world experience as she manages our evaluation projects.

26/02/2026

Register on Humanitix - Blended Face-to-Face Youth Mental Health First Aid Training - BALMORAL 20 March 2026 hosted by Southern Grampians Live4Life . Balmoral Bush Nursing Centre, 26-28 Bell St, Balmoral VIC 3407, Australia. Friday 20th March 2026. Find event information.

25/02/2026

💥Check out this stunning animated explainer of Live4Life created by artist Alice Edy!

Live4Life has lots of moving parts — and young people are at the heart of it all. It's a whole-of-community model that works really well...But over the years, feedback from young people suggested it isn't always easy to understand how the components work together in Live4Life communities.

Challenge accepted!

Someone once said "a picture paints a thousand words". Working with AMAZING artist Alice Edy we have used the power of illustration to help tell our story. www.livedrawing.com.au

Huge thanks to the Insignia Community Foundation, who supported this project!

What do you think? Let us know in the comments!