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        • At WayAhead, we work every day to educate people throughout New South Wales on mental health and wellbeing and link them to services and resources that improve their mental health.
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Tune In this Mental Heath Month
Downloadable resources
Workplace activation guide and toolkit

Each year we design a range of Mental Health Month (MHM) resources featuring the theme to help you promote positive mental health messages and maybe even host a MHM activity or event.

This year we have created more than ever! We have the usual theme posters and ones to adapt for your MHM event and a factsheet taking you in depth into what Tune In means and how you can apply Tune In to your everyday life.

An exciting new addition this year is our mental health ‘Ally Pack’ which includes factsheets, myth busting and more.

And what about our “Tips To Stress Less”? – We have brand new ‘Tips to Tune In’, ‘Workplace Tips’ developed with the members of our WayAhead Workplaces network, ‘Uni Tips’ created in partnership with Western Sydney University as well as our ‘Deadly Tips’ created in partnership with the Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council.

The Aboriginal art that is featured in this years Mental Health Month campaign has been contributed by Tylah Lomas, proud Kamilaroi woman. The goanna is the totem of her tribe.

Our orders for physical resources are currently not open until 11th of July 2022 – but you can use the links a the top access the 2021 resources as downloads.

2021 Mental Health Month Resource Options:
– Tune In Poster
– Tune In Factsheet
– Mental Health Ally Pack
– Tune In Tips – Poster and Postcard
– Deadly Tips Poster
– Uni Tips – Poster and Postcard
– Workplace Tips – Poster and Postcard
– Mental Health Month Morning Tea Pack

Workplace Tips
Deadly Tips to Stress Less
Deadly Tips
Uni Tips
Tips to Tune In
Tune In Tips

Downloadable digital posters and fact sheets will be available to share and print closer to Mental Health Month.

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At School

 

How can we share the journey at school?

  • Host a Mental Health Month assembly
  • Include Mental Health Month in your classroom activities 
  • Support students to put on their own events for Mental Health Month
  • Consider hosting a “Share a Meal for Mental Health Month” event on World Mental Health Day
  • Ensure that all students and staff know what supports are available at your school
  • Challenge ideas and language that may have a negative impact on the way people think
    about mental ill-health

 

Download the ‘Schools Pack’ with heaps of useful resources and activities

Download the ‘At School’ social post here

Check out all the Share the Journey downloads here

At Work

 

How can we share the journey at work??

  • Include mental health in discussions about workplace health and safety
  • Organise wellbeing activities and make them accessible to people
  • Consider hosting an event for Mental Health Month
  • Have someone to come and talk to your workplace about mental health and wellbeing
  • Connect with the WayAhead Workplaces network –
    a network of likeminded organisations working together to improve mental wellbeing in the workplace.

 

Download the ‘At Work’ social post here

Check out all the Share the Journey downloads here

With Family and Friends

 

How can we share the journey with family and friends?

  • Share a hobby or teaching each other something new
  • Helping each other with chores like laundry, cooking or cleaning
  • Help each other get to appointments, occasions or events
  • Organise times to check in with each other
  • Help each other plan for difficult situations
  • Create a fun challenge you can do together
  • Play games together

 

Download the ‘Family and Friends’ social post here

Check out all the Share the Journey downloads here

In the Community

 

How can we share the journey with family and friends?

  • Host a community event for Mental Health Month
  • Think about ways you can connect with people experiencing mental health issues –
    this could include having quiet spaces or transport options available for community events.
  • Make sure that mental health and wellbeing are talked about in your community
  • Consider hosting a “Share a Meal for Mental Health Month” event on World Mental Health Day in your community

 

Download the ‘In the Community’ social post here

Check out all the Share the Journey downloads here

Share the Journey

 

Connecting with others is important for all aspects of our health and wellbeing. Research tells us that feeling connected with others gives us a sense of security, support, purpose and happiness. Close connections and good relationships with others help us enjoy good times in our lives as well as cope with difficult experiences. Many of us report feeling lonely and believe loneliness is increasing in Australia. For those experiencing or living with mental illness, loneliness can have an even bigger impact, especially when you factor in the added experiences of social exclusion and stigma.

Share the Journey is all about ways we can connect with others, both for our own health and wellbeing, as well as theirs.

Sharing the journey can mean many things:

  • Telling your loved ones about both your successes and difficulties
  • Reaching out to people who might be withdrawing from others
  • Working with someone to find and access services or support
  • Asking for help with day-to-day things when you need it
  • Getting involved in group activities, like sports or book clubs
  • Sharing a cuppa with a mate

 

Whether you reach out to someone who might be feeling a bit lost or find a way to connect with others when you need some help,
building positive social connection is something we can all try and do.

Download this information as a fact sheet here

View all Share the Journey downloads here