New beyondblue campaign for teenagers
I am writing to let parents know that beyondblue has just released a new campaign aimed at teenagers.
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It’s called Brains can have a mind of their own and it’s designed specifically to cut through the crowded social media space and grab the attention of young people.
There are several short animated videos which will be pushed out into the social media space on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram over the coming weeks.
The message is that brains are weird.
They can keep you awake at night, stop you going out, make it hard for you to concentrate and keep you on edge.
The videos encourage young people to go to www.youthbeyondblue.com to find out why their brain is making their life difficult and where they can go for help.
We also have specific information for parents about how to recognise signs of depression and anxiety, and how to talk to their adolescent children about issues that may be bothering them.
It’s a sad fact that despite the efforts of many organisations like beyondblue, headspace and Batyr, young people continue to take their lives. In fact, latest figures show that 350 young people aged 15 to 24 died by suicide in in 2013. That is 350 too many.
That means 350 devastated families, and countless bereaved friends and acquaintances.
For people who are concerned about the mental health of their teenage children, please have a look at the beyondblue website www.beyondblue.org.au , which has loads of free information for parents, including Family guide to youth suicide prevention, Parents’ guide to depression and anxiety in young people and videos on How to have the conversation with your young person. If you need more advice or just someone to talk to about your concerns, please call the beyondblue Support Service 1300 22 4636 which is staffed by mental health professionals 24/7 – or you or your child can chat live online with staff between 3pm and midnight AEST at www.beyondblue.org.au/get-support
Jeff Kennett, Chairman of beyondblue
Support for landscape overlay
We are happy that the CoGB is to formally recognise something that most people who live in our area already know, that Big Hill and Ravenswood is a Significant Landscape.
We mustn't leave this glorious gateway to Bendigo open to ruin in the pursuit of private gain.
There is talk that the 600 Ha Belvoir Park Road and the 1,000 Ha Ravenswood Run farming properties may be subdivided into Residential 1 – approximately 20,000 people – or Rural Residential (2 Ha) lots – approximately 10,000 people.
The southern gateway to Bendigo over the Big Hill range is not a Council-designated residential growth area, and these subdivisions would break the Urban Growth Barrier (UGB), which would result in increased rates for us all.
We have enough land within the planned urban growth boundaries for 20 years supply of residential housing, and 70 years supply of rural residential land! The Bendigo community doesn't need any subdivisions at Big Hill and Ravenswood.
The southern UGB at Big Hill was set in 2004 and has been endorsed by our councils ever since.
We hope others who see this area as a Significant Landscape will also write a short submission to Council to support the Overlay that will protect Big Hill and Ravenswood into the future.
Gill Rosier - Big Hill Action Group, Lockwood
Thank you
Thank you for the larger print and numbers of the giant crossword in your paper on the 28th June, 2015.
I was just about ready to give up on it as I had trouble trying to read the numbers.
Well done, good thinking.