Mind and Body Free Youth Resources Launched

These resources aims to encourage young people to reach out for support and to include and support each other. The resource contains comprehensive facilitator’s guides to five group activities which challenge stigma and discrimination and generate safe conversations about mental distress.

Discussions encourage critical thinking about the impact and origin of different attitudes toward mental distress and encouraging empathy. Conversations for Change is part of the Like Minds, Like Mine Community Partnership Fund.

The first two activities are compulsory and involve young people considering what mental illness "is" and then confronting the impact of some common negative attitudes toward mental health conditions. Each activity is about an hour in length and ideal to be used in classrooms, youth groups or other community settings. The three additional pick-n-mix activities encourage empathy and critical thinking in the areas of hearing voices, eating issues and holistic wellbeing.