Queensland Mental Health Week (QMHW) is just around the corner and we hope you'll take time to celebrate.

To help make sure you have everything you need to mark the week, here's a handy checklist. Have you:

• Downloaded your resources? There are posters and an Event Starter Kit to help with your planning and promotions, plus social tiles to help spread the word online.
• Registered that you're supporting the week! Whether you've organised a workplace initiative, school assembly presentation, or community event, we want to know about it, so please register.
• Printed the mindful colouring templates to hand out in the classroom or around the office? There's great prizes to be won.
• Checked out what QMHW events are taking place near you?
• Ordered your QMHW merchandise? Canefields Clubhouse are fulfilling orders right up until the week.
• Considered taking part in the #QMHWTakeTime Instagram Challenge? We are giving away a prize pack every week! 

Keep reading to find out more.

Want to attend an event during QMHW? You can search events on the website by category or entering a keyword or suburb. 

Here's a snapshot of some of the fantastic events set to occur!

9 October

• All of Us Festival, Cairns, organised by The Dr Edward Koch Foundation
• Coffee and Connections Health and Wellbeing, Ayr, organised by Burdekin Shire Council
• Weave and Breathe, Bundaberg, organised by Bundaberg Regional Council
• Naradell Walking Rally for Mental Health, Maroochydore, organised by Naradell Inc
• Recovered Futures Art Exhibition, Brisbane, organised by Richmond Fellowship Queensland

10 October

• Walk for Awareness, Kangaroo Point (and virtual option), organised by Mental Awareness Foundation
• Take Time For Mental Health...On Your Bike, Townsville and Mackay, organised by selectability
• Hervey Bay Dragon Boat Come & Try, Hervey Bay, organised by Wide Bay Mental Health & Specialised Services and Hervey Bay Dragon Boat Club
• Kidz Mindful Art Child/Parent Workshop, Currimundi, organised by KidzArt Sunshine Coast Kidra Nidrā

11 October

• Mental Health Forum, Online, organised by Workplace Health and Safety Queensland
• Drop in and chat one on one with headspace, Cairns, organised by Cairns Libraries
• Chair yoga and mindfulness with Wild Heart Yoga, Stratford, organised by Cairns Libraries
• Lattes n Letters, Toowoomba, organised by Lifeline Darling Downs and South West Qld

12 October

• Out from the Mist Awards Night (exhibition will run from 10-17 October), Fortitude Valley, organised by Mental Illness Fellowship of Australia and Adderton: house & heart of mercy
• Arafmi: Take Time to Connect, Mount Gravatt, organised by Arafmi Ltd
• Launch of Junction Art Exhibition, Cairns, organised by The Junction Club House (exhibition to run for the week)
• Boxing and yoga with Bamboo Projects, Baringa, orgnaised by Bamboo Projects
• The AdopTEA, Online, organised by Post Adoption Support Queensland - The Benevolent Society

13 October

• Arafmi Carer Forum, South Brisbane, organised by Arafmi Ltd
• Open Meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous, Online, organised by Public Information Committee - Alcoholics Anonymous Gold Coast
• Work-related violence and aggression in the workplace, Online, organised by Workplace Health and Safety Queensland

14 October

• Creating mentally safe workplaces - strategies for promoting mental wellbeing, Online, organised by Workplace Health and Safety Queensland
• Take Time | Bundaberg, Bundaberg North

15 October

• Queensland Mental Health Week Achievement Awards, South Brisbane, organised by Open Minds
• Rotary Lift Your Lid: Comedy Cabaret, Kangaroo Point, The Rotary Club of Brisbane Mid-City
• 3rd annual QMHW Bishop Putney 9s Carnival, Townsville, hosted by Southern Cross

16 October

• Currimundi Hall Open Day, Currimundi, organised by Currimundi Sports & Recreation Assn. Inc.
• Bundaberg Dragon Boat Come & Try, Bundaberg, organised by Queensland Health Wide Bay Mental Health & Specialised Services
• Total Tools - Total Health, Glenvale, organised by Future Training 4 U

17 October

• Harness your mind with adventure therapy, Kangaroo Point, organised by Youth Flourish Outdoors Ltd
• Sing Out for Mental Health, Coolum, organised by Coolum HeARTs Inc

*Please keep in mind each event organiser will have their own registration process if the event is ticketed.

For further event updates, resources, wellbeing activity ideas and more, make sure you follow us on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter!

If you have any questions, please get in touch.

Lisa Maynard

QMHW Coordinator, CheckUP

Mental health support

Visit the 'Find help' page on the QMHW website for links to mental health services. 

For 24/7 crisis support and suicide prevention services call Lifeline on 13 11 14 📲.

🚨 If you are concerned for your safety or the safety of others, seek immediate assistance by calling Triple Zero (000).

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