Get Involved This Mental Health Month

Mental Health Month is celebrated each year in the month of October in NSW. This month encourages all of us to think about our mental health and wellbeing, regardless of whether we may have a lived experience of mental illness or not. It also gives us the opportunity to understand the importance of good mental health in our everyday lives and encourages help seeking behaviours when needed.

Schools Pack

We are proud to continue our partnership with NSW Department of Education for Mental Health Month in schools.

WayAhead’s schools pack will be available to over 3000 schools in NSW. This collaboration brings Mental Health Month into school communities, and encourages, educators and students to learn more about mental health and the important roles they can play.

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We all have a role to play

Mental Health Month is a chance to promote activities and ideas that can have a positive impact on our daily lives and the lives of others. These events and messages are tied together with a specific theme, and this year’s is “We all have a role to play”.

We all have a role to play

How to become a
Mental Health Ally

As a Mental Health Ally you can shift the world to be safer and more supportive for people experiencing difficulties with their mental health.

Find out how you can be a Mental Health Ally.

Find out more

Our Resources

All your digital and printable resources are available here. There is an abundance of resources to support your work, school or community event, calendars to add to your workspace as reminders or email signatures to increase awareness and support.

Check out our resources

2023 Awards Event

The Mental Health Matters Awards recognises and celebrates the achievements of individuals and organisations who have worked to improve understanding, awareness, service provision and the mental health of our communities in NSW over the previous year.

Tickets are now live!

Event Starter Kit

Want to organise an event for Mental Health Month? Our starter kit has everything you need! It goes through all the steps for planning an event that can help build awareness for mental health, and includes some useful templates to help your event run smoothly.

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Add your event to our calendar

Hosting an event? Make sure to add it to our Mental Health Month calendar. Your event details will be promoted live on our website to increase community engagement. Don’t forget to tag us on our socials for further event promotion @wayahead.

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Poster Competition Winner

Poster will lead this year’s mental health month campaign and will be available to download or as a printed copy through our resource’s orders.

Find out more about our winner

Mental Health Month at Work

This year, WayAhead has developed a free initiative you can use in your workplace.

Register here to get access to 4 presentations related to different facets of workplace wellbeing, presented by experts in the field. You will also get access to a range of launch material and supporting resources to help make this campaign be impactful in your workplace! Proudly supported by SafeWork NSW.

Learn more here