It’s with pleasure to introduce another wonderful person and huge advocate for improving mental health outcomes for young people, EquiEnergy Youth ambassador Dacre Danes. Dacre works tirelessly as an anti-bully campaigner and has written a book called Danyon and has…
Many young people in our community experience challenges with their mental health and the stresses of life. Media, professionals and other adults are providing numerous commentaries about the challenges young people are facing regarding mental health. Most importantly, young people…
This week’s team profile is Kurt Gidley. Kurt is an absolute legend and we are so appreciative to have such an incredibly talented, hard-working and genuine bloke as part of our team who generously donates his time supporting our initiatives…
There have been many times in my role as a child and adolescent mental health nurse where other adults have said to me, "I just don't know what to do to help". In fact, this is the reason I developed…
After more than a decade of mental health nursing, Stephen was driven to make his new evidence-based approach available to everyone, rather than those only presenting at the local Hospital he worked. That way, adults would be better equipped to…
Team EquiEnergy Youth is growing and we are very fortunate to have fabulous people helping our cause of improving mental health outcomes for young people. Megan Smith is one of those fabulous people. Megan is a Director at Prosperity (https://www.prosperityadvisers.com.au)…
Dr Stephen Spencer first started his nursing career following the birth of his daughter. On that day, he and his wife were cared for by a male midwife, this planted the seed for him to pursue a nursing career. His…
When it comes to supporting a person in a physical health crisis, you were most likely taught to follow the DR ABC method. Now you can learn what to do in a mental health crisis online, in just 30 minutes. This…
Where did the name Equi Energy Youth come from? Equi Energy essentially means a ‘balance’ of energy. It reminds us that as human beings we all possess a wonderful life force and that we’re at our very best when our…
Thank you to Little Buddy Liam, Mum Kim and The Daily Telegraph for promoting how 'Coach 2 Cope' has helped. It's stories like this that drive us every day in our mission to improve mental health outcomes for young people…