The COVID crisis is also a mental health crisis & nobody is more at risk than young ppl. Appointing a Mental Health Commander to inform the public is a great idea. Only by learning coping skills will we leave this crisis stronger than we entered it - let’s do it! Dan Andrews

Prevention is the less shiny side of health. It’s the hard to quantify data on the number of people who didn’t need mental health services. Prevention saves lives, and right now we need to be doing all we can to support Australian kids mental health. blog.smilingmind.com.au/responding-to-…

We’re very excited to launch The Camping Trip. Written by our amazing co-founder and chair Jane (Newton) Martino - we might not be able to go on camping trips at the moment but we can read about them! Congrats Janey - another beautiful book!

If you haven’t already completed this survey please do - it will provide a really important insight into our mental health experience during this pandemic

It may not come as a surprise but our State of Mind report highlights the mental health challenges many Australians are facing right now, particularly children and young people.

Don’t miss out on our State of Mind webinar this morning - register here bit.ly/3ovHsur Marc Fennell Anne Hollonds Steve Dimopoulos MP @DavidColemanMP

Thank you so much to our amazing panel this morning - what an incredible discussion. It is clear that mental health is a major priority for us all and it’s terrific to hear such forward thinking @DavidColemanMP Steve Dimopoulos MP Anne Hollonds Marc Fennell @crcubillo Smiling Mind

Thank you Philanthropy Aus - what an honour to be the recipient of this award with our amazing partner Gandel Foundation.

We have never seen such demand - we need your help so that Smiling Mind can continue to support the #mentalhealth of Aussie kids. Please donate to our appeal today. Every dollar counts towards reaching our goal of $500k. DONATE HERE christmas21.smilingmind.com.au/donate

It was a pleasure to talk to Heidi Murphy on 3AW Melbourne Drive about the importance of including preventative mental health measures in our mental health systems and budgets: omny.fm/shows/drive-wi…

Thank you Steve Dimopoulos MP for supporting our celebrations as Smiling Mind celebrates our 10th anniversary. We're proud to have reached millions of people to proactively look after their mental health and can see great alignment with the Vic Gov's vision for mental health #prevention

This year marks Smiling Mind's 10th anniversary and last night we celebrated the impact we have achieved. Thanks to Jane (Newton) Martino james tutton Professor Frank Oberklaid and Vedran Drakulic for a thought provoking, passionate and fun panel discussion. #Mentalhealth #prevention

As we celebrate 10 years of Smiling Mind, I am equally proud of what we have achieved as I am motivated by what there is still to do. I have written some thoughts on both on our blog: blog.smilingmind.com.au/reflecting-on-…

We urgently need to see investment in preventative approaches to support mental health, particularly for our children who have now faced trauma after trauma. It’s vital we invest now to see long term change to mental health outcomes.

It was great to talk to The Educator about the work Smiling Mind does to facilitate preventative mental health approaches with educators and schools: theeducatoronline.com/k12/news/tackl… Emma McBride MP Mark Butler MP @DavidColemanMP @GregHuntMP @JamesMerlinoMP Steve Dimopoulos MP

We’re delighted to be able to extend our program to support more schools. With such a huge demand over the past 2 years we know this is very much needed. Thanks to @stuartrobertmp and staff and students of Our Lady of the Way school for hosting the announcement

Our goal is to support every primary school across the country and with this funding we will be able to support 1100 schools and approximately 275,000 students to learn vital mental health skills #prevention #Mentalhealth

Today on World Teachers’ Day, we thank the thousands of Aussie educators who are changing kids’ lives everyday. The teachers we work with are our parters in leading generational change to the mental health of Australians. We are so grateful for all you do! #WTD2022

I’ll be chatting with Tom Elliott this afternoon on 3AW Melbourne about this fascinating piece of research - something we can all put into action! Smiling Mind Want to increase your mental and physical wellbeing? Talk to a stranger abc.net.au/triplej/progra…

Devastating to see this spike in suicide in young girls in NSW. Tackling this complex issue requires a breadth of approaches and preventive action early in life must be part of the response Matthew Benns Angira Bharadwaj Bronnie Taylor Ryan Park MP dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/nsw-s…