I'm supporting youth mental health
This August, I'm joining a crew of miners for a unique fundraiser to support youth mental health.
My goal is to raise $15,000 for Youth Focus, which provides critical mental health support to young Western Australians. As a Kimberley local, I’ve seen how mental health challenges affect our friends and family, especially here.
We’ll take on the rugged East Kimberley—the last frontier—pushing our survival skills to the limit for this cause. Please visit my Miner Vs. Wild fundraising page, where every donation, big or small, makes a difference.
Thank you for your support!
For almost 30 years, Youth Focus has been providing mental health counselling and support services to young people aged between 12-25 years old, making a difference in the lives of tens of thousands of families. In 2023/2024 Youth Focus supported 3,707 young people with 22,290 occasions of service.
Youth Focus is the only non-government youth specialist mental health service in Western Australia that offers young people early intervention mental health counselling and support, without referral and at no cost to them or their families.
At Youth Focus we aim to create a community in which young people feel safe reaching for support, and that high-quality services are available when they do. We want this to be the reality for all young people, everywhere in Western Australia. Our services are accessible, evidence-based, and youth-specific and include:
- Counselling for a wide variety of mental health and wellbeing challenges, including anxiety, depression, family conflict, school stress, body image and eating disorders, and suicidal ideation
- Education and community engagement
- Vocational support for work and study goals
- Support for communities impacted by suicide, natural disasters, and other crises
Great cause, well done Kyle and the rest of the team