Through a combination of games, activities and discussions, participants learn about the power of community and connection, what healthy friendships look and feel like, and how they can access support and resources when required.

Over the course of this program, participants will:

• Explore the concept of connection, and what it means to live in the community.

• Identify concerns and challenges that are common for their age group, and reflect on the importance of asking for help.

• Increase their mental health literacy, particularly around attitudes that promote help-seeking.

• Identify the barriers which might hold a young person back from asking for help, and consider what might motivate someone to reach out.

• Explore the concept of ‘strength’, and how family, peers, popular culture and the media influence ideas and perceptions.

• Explore real-life scenarios and strategies for responding to problems, identifying the appropriate people to go to for help.

• Identify feelings associated with being helped, and helping someone else.

• Reflect on their own support network, identifying friends, family and other individuals who positively influence them, as well as resources and services that are available to them.

• Discuss the characteristics of healthy friendships/relationships, and consider how they can build a healthy support network.

• Expand their knowledge regarding the support services that exist for young people in their school and local community.

• Consider how they can use their own strengths to bring strength and encouragement to someone else.

Our programs run per school term, based on expressions of interest.