We've reached the halfway mark for Queensland Mental Health Week (QMHW), but there's still plenty of time to take time for mental health.

• Attend an event! Search for one near you.
• Download graphics and raise awareness by sharing information on social media and in your newletters. You can use our suggested copy or your own words.
• Enter our colouring competition. Each category winner will receive a prize!
• Share how you take time for mental health and enter our #QMHWTakeTime social media challenge.
• Find activities aligned to the building blocks of wellbeing on the Dear Mind website.
• Check in with loved ones, start conversations on mental health and share help-seeking information. If you or a loved one need immediate support, Lifeline is available for a confidential chat, any time, day or night (13 11 14). You can find other support services at qldmentalhealthweek.org.au/find-help/.

Light up helps raise awareness

How great did the Story Bridge look on Sunday? We were excited to see it glowing our colours💚💜! If you spot a light up and take a photo, we'd love for you to share it with us.

Photo credit: Bris_City.

Taking time to engage in activities that boost our mental wellbeing is important for us all! To celebrate this year's theme, we are inviting Queenslanders to share on social media what it looks or feels like when they ‘Take time - for their mental health'.

This week is all about connecting with the people in our lives and creating space for conversations about mental health and wellbeing. Whether it's catching up with a friend, checking in with a colleague or saying hello to a stranger, a little chat can go a long way.

It’s equally important we check in with ourselves, reflect on our own mental health, and that we reach out for help if we’re feeling vulnerable. 

Share a photo on Instagram using #QMHWTakeTime and tag @qldmentalhealthweek before 11pm on Sunday 17 October and you'll go in the draw to win a prize pack consisting of a WellBeing Be.Box and bookzines. Plus, there will be a People's Choice winner with a FitBit as a prize, thanks to sponsorship from the Mental Awareness Foundation! Photos entered into the Instagram challenge will be uploaded to a Facebook album and the photo with the most reactions will win. Learn more here.

With your support, we've reached the highest ever recorded amount of events for QMHW! There are more than 345 registered activities happening and many of these are public. 

Below is a list of some of the upcoming events. Please keep in mind that each event may have a different registration process, so please get in touch with the organiser directly if you have any questions.

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October 13

• Moreton Bay Mental Health Expo.
• Relaxation Week – Deep Stretch hosted by Ipswich City Council
• Take time for mental health at Burnie Brae: Seniors and mental health in Chermside organised by Burnie Brae.
• Mindfulness Rock Art and Morning Tea with Lives Lived Well and Beaucare in Beaudesert.
• Thrive in Work are hosting Stress Less Day in Cairns.
• Arafmi Ltd is hosting its Carer Forum 'Take Time – For Carer Mental Health'.
• Work-related violence and aggression in the workplace (virtual event) has been organised by Workplace Health and Safety Queensland.
• Rethinking Support for Employees (virtual event) hosted by New Way Lawyers.
• Men’s Shed Community Chat at Smithfield Library
• Taking Time @ a Regional Salesyard: Dalby hosted by Lumsden Psychology.
• Take Time to Chat Dayboro hosted by Neami National.
• Time Out @ Town Square in Moranbah organised by ELAM & MDSS.
• selectability have organised a Mental Health Workshop in Ingham.
• Free SafeTALK workshop delivered by CQ Community Suicide Prevention Network, selectability and Rockhampton South Rotary.
• Walk and Talk hosted by Goodlife Community Centre in Buderim.
• Show Kindness – Speed Friending organised by headspace Cairns
• We are OK (Art Exhibition) at West End Community House.
• Movement Medicine to Feel Better in Seven Hills organised by Nia with Oriana.
• Open Meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous (virtual event) presented by the Gold Coast Public Information Committee of Alcoholics Anonymous.
• CMP – A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhoood organised by Counselling Men Project.
• Recovered Futures Art Exhibition organised by Richmond Fellowship Queensland.
• ‘Take Time’: Art exhibition organised by Art Therapy Gold Coast.
• Junction Art Exhibition organised by the Junction Club House.
• Dandelions! Weeds or wishes? is Laura Lewis’ first solo art exhibition and is open for viewing for all of October at Hope Street Cafe.
• Out From The Mist Exhibition organised by the Mental Illness Fellowship of Australia.

October 14

• Ipswich Mental Health and Wellbeing Expo.
• Central Highlands Wellness Expo.
• Bayside Mental Health Network have organised Thrive By The Bay.
• Cairns Libraries have organised a YETI (Youth Empowered Towards Independence) Drop in session and Story Dogs. 
• headspace Cairns have organised Get Healthy – Yoga Class.
• Creating mentally safe workplaces – strategies for promoting mental wellbeing (virtual event) organised by Workplace Health and Safety Queensland.
• Take Time community event in Bundaberg.
• Muttaburra – Coffee & Connect organised by Outback Futures and Rivers & Roads Coffee Shop.
• Neami National will hold a series of Take Time to Chat events in Brisbane.
• Morning Tea for Carers in Ingham organised by selectability.
• Relaxation Week – Breathing Class organised by Ipswich City Council.
• Stuff that’s Tough: Straight talking in Sport (virtual event) hosted by The Optimisation Hub.
• Goodlife Community Centre in Burderim have organised a Little Kids Fun and Wellbeing Hour (ages 3-6) and an Understanding Anxiety in Children Workshop.
• The 24-hour Project with InsideOutside Theatre Company.
• Maxima Joblink will be holding New Beginnings for the Cairns community.
• Dan Ireland, founder of Awareful based in the UK & Australia is offering a free hour workshop - Mindfulness for mental health.
• Youth Mental Health Lifestyle Interventions – The Role of Inflammation, Microbiome and Nutrition organised by ClearThinking Queensland.
• Samford Health & Wellbeing Support – Restorative Yoga hosted by Health & Wellbeing Support (Lions Club of Samford).
• Devonshire Morning Tea at the Crystal Creek Community Hall.
• Wellbeing in Community hosted by Sherwood Neighbourhood Centre.
• Southern Downs Regional Council have organised an Older Person Mental Health First Aid 2-day course.
• Aramac – Bowls, BBQ, Chat with Outback Futures and Aramac State School.
• Relaxation Week – Wayapa Wuurrk Taster organised by Ipswich City Council.
• MDGC Mindful Morning – Senior’s Workshop and Open Day in Mossman.
• Worklink Group will have a Let's talk about mental health pop up information booth in Mount Sheridan to raise awareness of the Warmline.
• Recovered Futures Art Exhibition organised by Richmond Fellowship Queensland.
• ‘Take Time’: Art exhibition organised by Art Therapy Gold Coast.
• Junction Art Exhibition organised by the Junction Club House.
• Dandelions! Weeds or wishes? at Hope Street Cafe.
• Out From The Mist Exhibition organised by the Mental Illness Fellowship of Australia.

October 15

• Queensland Mental Health Week Achievement Awards hosted by Open Minds.
• Brisbane Mental Health Expo.
• Mental Health and Wellbeing Fair in Warwick.
• Carinity are hosting Carinity Fassifern’s Health & Wellness Expo for Scenic Rim residents.
• Wellness at the Coast hosted by Livingstone Shire Council.
• ArtBeat Music and Arts Festival organised by Gold Coast Health.
• Mental health service providers are coming together for the Mental Health Service Expo – Take time for your mind in Mackay.
• The 3rd Annual QMHW Bishop Putney 9s carnival will be held in Townsville to fundraise for a mental health charity.
• Seniors Take Time for Mental Health event hosted by The Migrant Centre Organisation Inc.
• Walk and Talk organised by Goodlife Community Centre.
• 2021 Seniors Forum: My Future, My Choice in Bundaberg.
• Take Notice – Art Competition hosted by headspace Cairns.
• Found Poetry Mindfulness organised by Beaudesert Library.
• Class on the Grass – Activate in Buderim organised by Goodlife Community Centre.
• Creating a Mental Health Strategy for your Workplace (virtual event) with Team Wellbeing Online.
• Fun Friday Scrub Club organised by Infectious Clothing Company.
• Recovered Futures Art Exhibition organised by Richmond Fellowship Queensland.
• ‘Take Time’: Art exhibition organised by Art Therapy Gold Coast.
• Junction Art Exhibition organised by the Junction Club House.
• Dandelions! Weeds or wishes? at Hope Street Cafe.
• Out From The Mist Exhibition organised by the Mental Illness Fellowship of Australia.

October 16

• The QC LGBTI Sistergirl & Brotherboy QMHW get together hosted by the Qld Council for LGBTI Health.
• Trivia Night hosted by headspace Hervey Bay.
• Oktoberfest Trivia Night in Charleville.
• Bundaberg Dragon Boat Come & Try.
• Bundaberg Parkrun at Queens Park.
• Pride Family Day in Mackay.
• Currimundi Hall Open Day with 'taster sessions' on offer.
• Our House Our Haven (OHOH) will have an open day to welcome the community.
• NBAC Take Time Fundraiser hosted by North Brisbane Arts Collective in Geebung.
• Yoga, Yummies & Yabbering in Springfield Central hosted by Business Wellness Hub and Revive Yoga & Wellness Centre.
• Relaxation Week – Tai Chi and Qigong organised by Ipswich City Council.
• Foot Reflexology Taster Sessions in South Brisbane.
• World Singing Day Brisbane organised by Voices of Birralee.
• Strength in the Storm (virtual event) hosted by Self Help Therapy with psychologist Dr Ron Farmer.
• Goodna Gets Gorgeous! organised by 4 Voices Global Limited.
• ‘Take Time’: Art exhibition organised by Art Therapy Gold Coast.
• Junction Art Exhibition organised by the Junction Club House.
• Dandelions! Weeds or wishes? at Hope Street Cafe.

October 17

• Booval Wellbeing Fair.
• A First Nations Cultural Wellbeing Expo is being held at Westfield Helensvale by Pacific Arts & Cultural Heritage Inc.
• The Wellbeing Day Festival is being held in West End by the Australian School of Meditation & Yoga.
• Reflection Walk organised by Mentally Healthy City Townsville.
• Instant Thunder hosted by Beautiful Minds in Hendra.
• Sing Out for Mental Health with Coolum HeARTs Inc.
• Be Kind to your Mind, Be in Nature to Unwind! at Fishery Falls with Mulgrave Landcare and Catchment Group Inc.
• Positive Mindset Visual Arts Exhibition Launch in South Brisbane.
• WoW Yourself @ Sapphire in The Gemfields.
• ‘Take Time’: Art exhibition organised by Art Therapy Gold Coast.
• Junction Art Exhibition organised by the Junction Club House.
• Dandelions! Weeds or wishes? at Hope Street Cafe.

Acknowledgent of Traditional Owners

CheckUP acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the lands from across Queensland. We pay our respect to the Elders, past, present and emerging, for they hold the memories, traditions, the culture and hopes of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples across the state.

This site is a joint initiative by Queensland Mental Health Week partners, coordinated by CheckUP.

Phone: 1300 640 709
Email: info@qldmentalhealthweek.org.au
PO Box 3205, South Brisbane Queensland 4101