Having a good real life social life is incredibly important to help with mental, social and spiritual health.
"Having a good real life social life is incredibly important to help with mental, social and spiritual health.”
We’re working with young people and parents right across the state who are just as passionate as us about creating healthier communities.
Our Community Champions are generously sharing their stories and ideas to help shape the solutions for the future. Together, we are on a mission to support Victoria’s young people to lead healthier, happier lives. Inspired? Us too! You can share YOUR ideas here.
"Having a good real life social life is incredibly important to help with mental, social and spiritual health.”
“...The best form of connecting with people and the most genuine feeling of connecting with someone will always be in person”
"I feel like I would like to have more in person social interactions. A lot of my interactions are online and it’s isolating"
"It's important to have hobbies and social groups outside of online, socialising online just isn't the same connection as in person"
"I think for me it’s about finding a balance between my in-person and online presence. I have found rewarding and meaningful connections through both"
"Activities that are aimed for us and help us to connect. Fun things like playing football"
“Making sure Indigenous people are in the positions to make and contribute to the decisions that impact Indigenous people, it's probably the most important thing”
“We need to also look at what is accessible and some of the bad things are, like drugs, we need to try and make those inaccessible. It says something when you see Bottle-O’s on every corner but there’s not a library in sight”
“Having acceptance of young people rather than trying to change them”
"Mentoring for us is so important, it helps with our mental health but also our careers, and especially needed when we don’t have good role models around us"