Alcohol, Drug & Mental Health Education Specialists

We have been pretty quiet on the socials lately due to being extremely busy delivering education sessions across the country.

All of our facilitators have been delivering alcohol and drug education, mental health and wellbeing sessions and Mental Health First Aid to universities, colleges and student accommodation providers.

Over the next few weeks we will roll out our wellbeing and program to Visy in Wodonga (the photo below is a session we did in 2022).

If you are interested in finding out more about our services, or what we can do for you please send us a message. We would love to hear from you.

Over the past two days our National Services Manager, Michael Donehue has been delivering Mental Health First Aid Australia training to The John Flynn College - JCU Townsville.

What an amazing group of young leaders.

If you do an alcohol and drug education session with us, this is the kind of fun you can have 😅

The Fatal Vision Goggles are a fantastic resource to educate participants on how intoxication can impact us.

“As part of our Wellbeing Strategy at Watson Young Architects, we recently welcomed Michael Donehue to conduct a training session on Mental Health First Aid for our management team. Similar to traditional First Aid, this program equips our team with the necessary tools to assess mental health and provide appropriate support during a crisis.

The training facilitated by Michael was engaging and included breakout sessions that fostered team building. These sessions sparked meaningful conversations and emphasised the significance of mental health among our family, friends, and colleagues. Shockingly, statistics reveal that 1 in 5 Australian adults experience mental illness annually, yet only 1 in 2 seek treatment.

By empowering our management team to engage in these essential discussions, we aim to continue prioritising a human-centered culture and the well-being of our employees.

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Congratulations to facilitator Brit Bonnici who last night took out the Collingwood AFLW Best & Fairest award.

We are incredibly grateful for the work you put in both on and off the field to help change culture in the community.

Over the past couple of days, Mick has spent time with Tom Ellett at Quinnipiac University to educate the residents on mental health, wellbeing and self care. It was an amazing opportunity to share our program, start another important conversation and guide students on what they can do for themselves and others around them.

“I am incredibly grateful for this opportunity to spend time with Tom and QU. It is extremely rewarding to work with young leaders that want to make a difference to the culture in their college community” Michael Donehue

Mick has made his way to Quinnipiac University in New Haven 🇺🇸 Over the next two days he will attend some meetings and deliver mental health training to staff and students.

Today Mick spent two hours with the Live-In team at Northwestern University to talk about the importance of mental health, self care, starting conversations and checking in with each other. It was great to see the interaction in the room to share their own experiences and create another safe space for discussion.

Mick then attended DePaul University for a tour of the student center to see how they operated in the residential space.

A huge thank you to Deb Schmidt-Rogers for making this all possible.

We hope to be back in Chicago soon.

Mick has arrived in Chicago to visit our friend and colleague Deb Schmidt-Rogers at Northwestern University 💜❄️ over the next few days Mick will do a couple of college and school tours and talk about the programs we are running in Australia to help change culture.

Today (Friday US time), Mick delivered two virtual mental health and wellbeing sessions to over 100 Vanguard leaders and staff across the US and UK.

A massive thank you to the Vanguard team for hosting these wonderful sessions. It is extremely rewarding starting conversations with organisations and staff when they are passionate about making a difference to their culture.

We hope to work with you again soon.

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Mick delivered our mental health and wellbeing presentation to Vanguard staff in Philadelphia today. He will be back in the office tomorrow to deliver two more presentations.

What an amazing opportunity to educate staff across the other side of the world.

Dedication to the cause at the University Colleges Australia conference.

Prioritising your self care and doing something for you in the morning can make a huge positive impact on your day.

Dedication to the cause at the University Colleges Australia conference.

Prioritising your self care and doing something for you in the morning can have a huge positive impact on your day.