March 17th, 2024Live4Life expanding in Ballarat schools
Live4Life to expand in Ballarat schools in 2024 | City of Ballarat
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Live4Life to expand in Ballarat schools in 2024
06 March 2024 1:10pm
The award-winning Live4Life program – increasing mental health knowledge throughout Ballarat – will continue to grow this year.
Returning for its second year, Live4Life is the only mental health education and youth suicide prevention model designed specifically for rural and regional communities.
After first being introduced to Ballarat in 2023, the program saw more than 1200 students across eight schools undertake evidence-based teen mental health education in response to a reported increase from schools and agencies in depression, anxiety, cyber bullying, and self-harm.
In 2024, the program will expand to 10 schools, with an estimated reach of 3500 students in both Year 8 and Year 10 to participate.
The Live4Life Ballarat Partnership Group is comprised of a dedicated collective of secondary schools, health provider networks and community organisations.
City of Ballarat Mayor, Cr Des Hudson said the foundation laid by Live4Life’s inaugural year in Ballarat in 2023 would allow for the wider community to be better informed about mental health.
