Young people across the region are invited to enjoy an extended afternoon of food, activities and connection as headspace Warrnambool hosts a special Youth Cafe event as part of Victorian Youth Fest. The event will be held on Wednesday 30 September from 2pm to 5pm and...
Nate arrived in Australia with $600, a skateboard and four changes of clothes. Before Brophy, before Warrnambool, he'd spent a decade as an outdoor instructor in Canada: skiing, canoeing, rock climbing, mostly with school groups, plus summers out tripping and...
The joy of foster care is often found in the little things for Jason Oliver and Karen Smith. A trip to the beach. Going to the movies. Jumping on the trampoline. Even something as simple as going through a car wash for the first time. They are moments many families...
Young people across the Southern Grampians are invited to come together for a free night at the movies as headspace Hamilton marks mental health month with a special headspace Day Movie Night. The event will be held at Hamilton Cinema on Wednesday 14 October from...
Brophy is welcoming the Victorian Government’s $24.8 million investment to strengthen the state’s response to rough sleeping, alongside a new six-point plan aimed at addressing homelessness across Victoria. The announcement comes as the Council to Homeless...
Sometimes it can be hard to know what someone else is going through. For young people in particular, stress, anxiety, loneliness, relationship challenges and pressures around school or work can all have an impact, and those struggles aren’t always obvious to the...
Coffee drinkers across south west Victoria might notice something a little different on their takeaway cups this Foster Care Week. Brophy is partnering with local cafés across Warrnambool, Hamilton and Portland to help raise awareness of the ongoing need for foster...
Brophy was proud to celebrate Wear It Purple Day on Friday, August 28. Alongside lots of purple across our organisation, our people were invited to attend an online session with ACON focused on what it means to be an effective ally. The engaging workshop explored how...
When Kirrie Arms started university, a career in community services wasn’t part of the plan. Her path into the sector came together gradually, shaped by curiosity, further study and a willingness to try something new. “I just thought I would milk cows forever,” Kirrie...
Homelessness is not always visible. While people often associate homelessness with sleeping rough, the reality is much broader and can include couch surfing, overcrowded housing, crisis accommodation or living somewhere that is unsafe because of family violence or...
Hundreds of paper houses are appearing across Warrnambool this Homelessness Week, helping make the scale of the region’s housing and homelessness crisis visible to the wider community. More than 700 origami houses will be displayed in the windows of the Lighthouse...
Eight members of the headspace Warrnambool team are now trained facilitators of Ahead of the Game, an AFL and Movember program designed to strengthen the mental health and resilience of young athletes. The team completed its facilitator training this week and will now...
