How can we share the journey at school?

• Host a Mental Health Month assembly
• Include Mental Health Month in your classroom activities 
• Support students to put on their own events for Mental Health Month
• Consider hosting a “Share a Meal for Mental Health Month” event on World Mental Health Day
• Ensure that all students and staff know what supports are available at your school
• Challenge ideas and language that may have a negative impact on the way people think
  about mental ill-health

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How can we share the journey at work??

• Include mental health in discussions about workplace health and safety
• Organise wellbeing activities and make them accessible to people
• Consider hosting an event for Mental Health Month
• Have someone to come and talk to your workplace about mental health and wellbeing
• Connect with the WayAhead Workplaces network –
  a network of likeminded organisations working together to improve mental wellbeing in the workplace.

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How can we share the journey with family and friends?

• Share a hobby or teaching each other something new
• Helping each other with chores like laundry, cooking or cleaning
• Help each other get to appointments, occasions or events
• Organise times to check in with each other
• Help each other plan for difficult situations
• Create a fun challenge you can do together
• Play games together

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How can we share the journey with family and friends?

• Host a community event for Mental Health Month
• Think about ways you can connect with people experiencing mental health issues –
  this could include having quiet spaces or transport options available for community events.
• Make sure that mental health and wellbeing are talked about in your community
• Consider hosting a “Share a Meal for Mental Health Month” event on World Mental Health Day in your community

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Connecting with others is important for all aspects of our health and wellbeing. Research tells us that feeling connected with others gives us a sense of security, support, purpose and happiness. Close connections and good relationships with others help us enjoy good times in our lives as well as cope with difficult experiences. Many of us report feeling lonely and believe loneliness is increasing in Australia. For those experiencing or living with mental illness, loneliness can have an even bigger impact, especially when you factor in the added experiences of social exclusion and stigma.

Share the Journey is all about ways we can connect with others, both for our own health and wellbeing, as well as theirs.

Sharing the journey can mean many things:

• Telling your loved ones about both your successes and difficulties
• Reaching out to people who might be withdrawing from others
• Working with someone to find and access services or support
• Asking for help with day-to-day things when you need it
• Getting involved in group activities, like sports or book clubs
• Sharing a cuppa with a mate

Whether you reach out to someone who might be feeling a bit lost or find a way to connect with others when you need some help,
building positive social connection is something we can all try and do.

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