Youth Live4Life

14/11/2025

🧠💙 Last chance to join Youth Mental Health First Aid training!

📯Live4Life Baw Baw is hosting their final Youth Mental Health First Aid training for the year on 19-20 November in Drouin.

📖 This two-day course equips adults who teach, care for, or support young people with the skills, knowledge, and confidence to recognise, understand, and respond to a young person experiencing a mental health problem or crisis.

👉 Thanks to heavy subsidisation from Live4Life Baw Baw, tickets are just $22 for both days.

🎟️ Secure your spot here:
https://events.humanitix.com/youth-mental-health-first-aid-dglse83f

Youth Live4Life

11/11/2025

At this year’s Rural Mental Health Conference in Hobart, Live4Life had the chance to showcase what community-led mental health promotion looks like when it’s built through deep partnership and local ownership. Live4Life's Deputy CEO/Director of Strategy and Impact Jeremy Wiggins joined three incredible leaders on as part of a panel discussion: Laura Crozier, one of Live4Life's Crew Champions bringing the lived voice and energy of young people; Casey Musicka, the Coordinator of the Break O’Day Live4Life program through Fingal Valley Neighbourhood House; and Dr Laura Grattidge from the University of Tasmania, who shared early findings from the evaluation of the federally funded Live4Life program in Break O’Day.

Together, they showed how Live4Life builds real capacity in rural communities by working alongside them over the long term, not flying in and out. Laura spoke powerfully about the impact of youth-led mental health promotion. Casey grounded the conversation in what it takes to deliver the program locally, highlighting the strength of community ownership and trusted local coordination. Dr Grattidge added an important evidence lens, outlining what is beginning to emerge from the evaluation of the Break O’Day program and how those early signals reflect community strengths and program impact.

The mix of youth voice, local implementation experience and early evaluation insights really resonated with the audience and sparked strong interest from other rural regions looking for practical, place-based approaches.

Outside the panel, it was energising to connect with so many organisations focused on regional and rural mental health. We also valued the opportunity to meet with representatives from both the Tasmanian and Australian Governments to discuss rural mental health priorities and areas where Live4Life can support future work.

Overall, the conference was a great reminder of the shared commitment across the sector to strengthening rural mental health, and it was wonderful to see young leaders, local partners and evidence all spotlighted together.

Thank you to the 2025 Rural Mental Health Conference in Hobart for the invitation to participate.

06/11/2025

🏆🏆🏆 A record-breaking LAP it UP!

This year, LAP it UP ran for four weeks, coinciding with the World Mental Health Month of October. In this fourth year of LAP it UP, participants all across Australia made a big splash for youth mental health!

Records tumbled across the board. An amazing 223,446 laps swum in 28 days! 🏊🏽🏊🏿🏊 And the final fundraising tally? $171,868!

Incredible effort — we’d like to THANK ALL OF YOU who participated with such commitment, enthusiasm and perseverance. Congratulations and well done!

Your efforts in and out of the pool have helped raise a record amount! You are champions for youth mental health, and we acknowledge and greatly appreciate the generosity of everyone who raised funds for Live4Life through their swimming this year.

You have all made a real difference for young people in rural and regional Australia! 💙💙💙

Youth Live4Life

05/11/2025

"From one teenager to another - we are not alone"

Every message of kindness, every "are you ok?" and every smile makes a difference.

Let's keep showing up for each other.

Because together we are stronger 🩵💜💛❤️

29/10/2025

🏆🏆🏆 Congratulations to our 2025 LAP it UP CHAMPIONS!

Today we announce winners and prizes....But first, can we have a round of applause for the 1,216 who signed up this year? A new record! And how about the over 80 towns and cities across the country where swimmers were doing their laps? Amazing! And as for the 213,065 laps you all swam…that more than DOUBLED last year’s total! WELL DONE, EVERYONE! 👏👏👏

Incredibly, 79 participants achieved 1,000 laps or more. Wow.

🥁🥁🥁 Drumroll... and our 2025 LAP it UP champions are:

🏆 Most individual laps - MURRAY with an extraordinary 4,800 laps. That’s 1,200 laps per week!

🏆 Most individual laps by a young person - MILLIE who swam 4080 laps. What a champion!

🏆 Highest individual fundraiser - RHYTHM raised an outstanding $4,505. Shout out to 2nd place getter Adam on $3,383 and Christopher in 3rd with $3,147.

🏆 Highest team fundraiser - AIRLIE BEACH LAGOON LIFEGUARDS took the lead early and ended with an incredible $9,552! Second place-getters Bernard’s Different Strokes finished on $6,411, closely followed by Park Swimmers with $4,001.

Thank you so much! You have all made a real difference for young people in rural and regional Australia!

28/10/2025

27/10/2025

Whew! What an amazing effort from everyone over our 4Weeks 4Life. THANK YOU! It’s been an epic journey — but one that has said so much about your care and commitment to supporting young people’s mental health.

Together we’ve swum 197,856 laps and raised $158,254!

BUT we’re not done till the big hand hits the 12 at midnight. This final day is often when we can make the biggest impact. Let’s make today our most successful fundraising day of the month!

So, get those last laps in, thank your supporters, and make your final fundraising push. Finish strong!

And from all of us at LAP it UP, thank you so much for being part of an awesome movement.

Together, let’s LAP it UP!

Youth Live4Life

27/10/2025

🧡💛💜 We all know good things come in threes!

Crew4Life have turbo-charged their mental health messaging with not one, not two, but yes...THREE theme posters!

Huge congrats to Crew4Life who began work on this back in June at their in-person get-together. Since then, a working group has been whipping up a creative storm with amazing contributions from Coco, Jewel and Mina. Crew4Life voted that the designs were so good all three had to be used as the Crew4Life theme poster!!

Check out the posters and see how many 'easter eggs' you can spot — including a famous cat and a tribute to Crew4Life's inaugural coordinator Alannah! 😍

ALT IMAGE DESCRIPTION:
POSTER ONE: A poster design featuring a superhero in a green cape linked to a young person with green thread, plus the headline "With our minds, we are able to empower lives!" and tagline "Crew4Life is a program developed for young people by young people!"
POSTER TWO: A surreal poster design featuring a floating hand with green threads connecting it to a tree-shaped dreamcatcher formed by young people linking arms, with trunk and roots extending below, plus the headline "With our minds, we are able to empower lives!" and tagline "Crew4Life is a program developed for young people by young people!"
POSTER THREE: A poster design featuring a young person in a Crew4Life hoodie sitting in a tree knitting from multi-coloured loops of yarn threaded through the foliage, while below on the ground young people celebrate, plus the headline "With our minds, we are able to empower lives!" and tagline "Crew4Life is a program developed for young people by young people!"

23/10/2025

Here we are! The last weekend of LAP it UP. You made it. Congratulations!

What an achievement from all our swimmers. All together, you have notched up an extraordinary 168,175 laps!
But wait! A whole weekend? That’s enough time for you to reach another milestone…And get a bit of a boost too!

We are delighted to announce that, thanks to our very generous partners DON Smallgoods, all donations made from today Friday 24 October will be matched — DOUBLING your donations and adding up to $5,000 to the funds you raise!

BUT when the matching pool of $5,000 runs out, it’s gone forever. So dive in now and take advantage of this last chance to supercharge your swimming!!

Massive thanks to DON Smallgoods. And thanks to YOU for all your hard work!

💦💦💦 Visit https://www.lapitup.org.au (LINK IN BIO)

Youth Live4Life

23/10/2025

Youth Mental Health First Aid is coming to Hamilton! This 2-day accredited course will be held at Hamilton Base Hospital, designed to equip adults with the skills to support young people facing mental health challenges.

📍 Venue: Education Centre, Hamilton Base Hospital
🗓️ Dates: November 13 & 20 | 9am–4pm (Participants must attend both days)
🍽️ Lunch and course materials are provided

💛 Ideal for parents, teachers, coaches, and anyone aged 18+ who works with or supports youth.
✨ Places are limited – early registration is encouraged.
👉 Register now - https://tinyurl.com/yz4jrf9j

Youth Live4Life Live4Life Southern Grampians

23/10/2025

Youth Live4Life are back with our last FREE Youth Mental Health First Aid training for 2025! 🙌

This training program will be a blended-delivery, meaning that you complete online modules followed by a one-day course on held on Monday 3rd November, 8:30am - 4:30pm at Lowanna College in Newborough.

Spots are strictly limited and filling fast so register today at 👉 https://www.healthassembly.org.au/learn/projects/mental-health/youth-mental-health-first-aid-registration/

For more information, please contact Jessica via jessica.possart@healthassembly.org.au or 0484 133 732.

17/10/2025

Our 3rd weekend of LAP it UP and everyone is digging deep!

But wait! What's this? Our very generous partner, Concord Music Publishing, has announced that all donations made from today will be matched up to the value of $4,000. Yes, that means the funds you raise right now are worth DOUBLE!

This is your chance to give your fundraising a real turbo boost. Close to achieving your fundraising goals? Ready to smash past them? Supercharge your swimming this weekend with double donations. Turn ten dollars into twenty. Fifty into a hundred!

Massive thanks to Concord Music Publishing. And huge thanks to YOU!

Let's LAP it UP!

💦💦💦 Visit https://www.lapitup.org.au