QMHW eNews Issue #7

Thanks to everyone who made Queensland Mental Health Week 2018 such a success. Now that Queensland Mental Health Week has come to an end for 2018, let's reflect on this year's activities.

QMHW comes to a close

With 290 events registered all across the state, we smashed our goal of 250 events and made this year's QMHW the biggest yet. We hope you made it out to an event near you during the week. To all those who held events and everyone who attended, we hope it was a big success!

If you weren't able to make it to an event, we hope that you spent some time valuing mental health, in yourself and those close to you. The week may be over but we hope Queenslanders will continue to be mindful of their mental health going forward and keep up with positive changes made during QMHW.

Give your feedback

We’re keen to make QMHW bigger and better each year. We want your feedback on what we can do to improve and build on QMHW for the future. It takes just five minutes to fill out our anonymous survey and we'd love to hear from you.

Congratulations to QMHW award winners!

Congratulations to the 11 winners of the Open Minds Queensland Mental Health Week Achievement Awards. The winners were announced at a breakfast on Friday the 12th of October.

Amongst the winners were Peach Tree Perinatal Wellness, who provide mental health support for new parents, who scooped multiple wins in two different categories. As well as Justin Chapman who won both the Individual category for his personal work as well as the Not-For-Profit Large category for the ‘Healthy Bodies, Heath Minds’ exercise program that he developed and implemented. Bremer State High School and Queensland Ambulance Services were both repeat winners and were successful two consecutive years in a row.

The winner of the Overarching Earle Duus Award went to ABC “You Can’t Ask That” series. A series that focused on Australians living with Schizophrenia and Eating Disorders.

To view the full article including all the details about the winners, visit the Open Minds website.

It's a wrap!

So many events happened all over Queensland during this year's mental health week. Here's a video showcasing pictures from just a few of the many successful events this year. A huge thank you to everyone who participated!

Continue valuing mental health

Just because the week is over does not mean we forget our mental health. Our resources will remain on the QMHW website. Also check out the SANE forums, as well as our list of helpful mental health websites here. You can also stay connected with the QMHW community using #QMHW and #valuementalhealth or check out our social media below.

Acknowledgements

A big thank you to everyone who was involved in QMHW 2018 in any capacity. Thanks to our partners, especially to Canefields Clubhouse who were our merchandise partner. Also a big thank you to everyone who ran events throughout the state, everyone who went to events, and everyone who took this opportunity to value mental health with us.

We hope you enjoyed QMHW 2018.