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Supporters

Youth Rockin' the Black Dog would like to thank the following organisations for their support:

headspace provides mental and health wellbeing support, information and services to young people and their families across Australia.

Established and funded by the Commonwealth Government of Australia in 2006, headspace is the National Youth Mental Health Foundation. The people that work at headspace are providing solutions for young people aged 12 to 25 years. www.headspace.org.au

Lifeline Newcastle & Hunter has been operating a 24 Hour Telephone Counselling Service in the Hunter since 1966. The service provides the opportunity for people to reach out and speak to another person knowing that they will be heard, treated respectfully and with full anonymity and confidentiality.

Our unique position as the "ears" of Newcastle and the Hunter allows us to identify and react to the specific needs of our community. As an extension of our crisis telephone counselling service and in response to the needs that we have identified in our community, Lifeline Newcastle & Hunter provides Personal Counselling, Financial Counselling as well as Community Education Programs designed to enhance living skills and improve self-confidence.

SANE Australia is a national charity working for a better life for people affected by mental illness. SANE’s website for young people - itsallright.org – helps teenagers who have relatives and friends experiencing a mental illness. SANE provide a national freecall helpline – 1800 18 SANE (7263) for information advice and referral

Multicultural Mental Health Australia (MMHA) is a national program funded under the National Mental Health Strategy and National Suicide Prevention Strategy by the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing to raise awareness of mental illness and suicide prevention in culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities.

MMHA provides national leadership in transcultural mental health. MMHA works closely with the multicultural mental health sector and mainstream agencies in promoting community and sector awareness of mental health issues in CALD communities and the importance of culture in the provision of appropriate and accessible mental healthcare.

For more information about MMHA go to www.mmha.org.au

Youthbeyondblue’s all about getting the message out there that it’s okay to talk about depression, and to encourage young people and their family and friends to get help when it’s needed.

One in five young Australians experience depression each year, and more than half of those aren’t getting the professional help they need to get through it.

Research shows that when young people are feeling depressed they’re most likely to talk about it with their family and friends. Youthbeyondblue aims to give advice on ways to recognise depression and how to talk about it, and to let young people know what services are out there to help. Go to www.youthbeyondblue.com for more info.