QMHW eNews #8 No Images? Click here 5-13th October 2019Congratulations to all those who made Queensland Mental Health Week 2019 such a success! A special thank you to our partners, and everyone who ran events and volunteered. Now that QMHW has come to an end, let's reflect on this year's success. QMHW continues to growThis year we had 318 registered QMHW events, exceeding our goal of 300. This has made it our biggest QMHW to date! We were delighted by the quality and geographical spread of events around our state this year. We're so happy to see so many people taking part. To all those who held events and everyone who attended, we hope it was a big success! Give us your feedbackWe’re keen to make QMHW bigger and better each year, and we want your help. Whether you were involved in an event or not, we'd love your feedback on what we can do to improve. Please fill out our anonymous survey (it takes just 5 minutes). Congratulations to QMHW award winners!Congratulations to the 10 Award winners of the 2019 Queensland Mental Health Week Achievement Awards – for their incredible work and achievements in mental health. The panel of judges selected the overall winner as ReachOut Australia, a National online mental health organisation, designed with young people, for young people. You can read more about the awards and the other nine winners at the Open Minds website. Last chance for special offereNews subscribers can still receive a 50% discount on a year-long 'Awakened Mind' App subscription until October 20. Awakened Mind brings proven mindfulness practices by international experts into one, all-encompassing mindful meditation app. You can use this link to access the discount, but only until October 20, 2019. Continue to take timeThe week may be over but we hope Queenslanders will continue to be mindful of their mental health every day. Take time to be active, keep learning, give, connect, take notice, and care for the planet. If you need mental health assistance, Head to Health is a great information resource, the SANE forums provide a place to connect and chat, or you can see our full list of helpful websites here. Stay connected with the QMHW community on social media using #QMHW. We hope you enjoyed Queensland Mental Health Week 2019! Get in contactHave thoughts, ideas or feedback on Queensland Mental Health Week to share with us? We’d love to hear from you. Visit our website to contact us #QMHW #valuementalhealth |