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28 January, 2025
Bribie’s healthy space
Bribie Island has officially opened its new Headspace centre on January 23, becoming the fourth centre in Moreton Bay and 167th nationally.
Headspace is Australia’s National Youth Mental Health Foundation, providing early intervention mental health services to 12-25 year olds, with mental health, physical health (including sexual health), alcohol and other drug services, as well as work and study support.
Having been operating for the past six months, Headspace Bribie Island already had over 350 occasions of service to the local youth.
The opening event last week saw the Federal Assistant Minister for Mental Health and Suicide Prevention, and Assistant Minister Rural and Regional Health, Emma McBride, attend and speak about the importance of Headspace and Australians, young and old, to seek support.
“The impact that you (Headspace Bribie Island) are having already is incredible and the young people and their families that you’re supporting shows you are making a genuine difference,” she said.
17-year-old Felix has been attending Headspace Caboolture for the past few years and is part of their Youth Reference Group (YRG), a volunteer group of young people aged 16-25 that aim to make a difference in youth mental health.
“Everyone talks about mental health but nobody talks about their own mental health,” she said.
“It’s been really useful for me to talk to someone and just have them listen. Sometimes we don’t need support we just need to talk and I can find that at Headspace and feel like that’s okay.
“Sometimes people need to talk about things three years after it’s happened and that’s okay and it’s okay not to be over it.
“I really encourage every young and old person to talk about their struggles and mental health problems.”
More info on headspace at https://headspace.org.au/
