headspace Bendigo

04/06/2026

Big shout out to the school communities who have encouraged us and supported our team for the PUSH-UP Challenge 2026. 👏👏👏👏

Thank you to the students from for getting Dean prepped for the challenge at the recent career's day. 🤛🤛🤜🤜💪💪

A big shout out to Sarah and the students from East Loddon P-12 College for jumping on board once again this year to take on the challenge. 💚💚💚 We love it when the students approach you at events after years of connection and engagement and want to hang out with you 🙌🙌🙌

Wedderburn College another year supporting our center with the PUSH-UP Challenge. 👏🙏👐👐👐🙌👏 A big shout out to Mark, staff and students for taking on the challenge again. We love the connection in our remote areas and appreciate your continued support. 💚💚💚💚

If you would like to support our volunteer Team with their challenge and donate to “Lifting Each Other Up headspace Bendigo Volunteers” check out their link below.
https://www.thepushupchallenge.com.au/fundraisers/liftingeachotherupheadspacebendigovolunteers

or you can support the headspace Bendigo team Stronger Together headspace Bendigo
https://www.thepushupchallenge.com.au/fundraisers/headspacebendigostrongertogether

03/06/2026

And we are off and pushing for the Push- Up Challenge 2026. 🤸‍♂️🤸‍♂️🤸‍♂️🏋️‍♀️
3,307 push-ups from 3-26 June👏🙏🙏🙏👏🙏

Our headspace Bendigo teams are excited to take part in the Push-Up Challenge 2026.
We are all eager to take the next step to better mental health and physical health to support our center. 💪💪💪

100 push-ups for the first day of the challenge. ✅✅✅✅

If you would like to support our volunteer Team with their challenge and donate to “Lifting Each Other Up headspace Bendigo Volunteers” check out their link below.
https://www.thepushupchallenge.com.au/fundraisers/liftingeachotherupheadspacebendigovolunteers

or you can support the headspace Bendigo team Stronger Together headspace Bendigo
https://www.thepushupchallenge.com.au/fundraisers/headspacebendigostrongertogether

A big shout out to all of the legends participating and a huge thank you to everyone who has already donated 💚💚💚💚

02/06/2026

Go team headspace Bendigo. 💚
Thank you to everyone who has already donated and a big shout out to the legends that have supported our centre and selected headspace Bendigo as their beneficiary.
You can check if you have selected the correct beneficiary by checking your profile and edit your profile if you selected “headspace”.
There is a very small drop down box to select your nominated headspace centre.
Thank you once again to our community for your continued support. 💚💚💚

are ready to put in the reps for this year's Push-Up Challenge, which raises funds for those in our community who sometimes find the weight of their mental health too much.

Starting 👉 tomorrow 👈 the headspace Bendigo Stronger Together team will begin the task of completing 3,307 push-ups to honour the 3,307 lives lost to su***de in Australia in 2024.

There's strength in numbers and still time to sign up and join in!
Click this link https://tinyurl.com/3ksukvk7 to join or donate.

Let's do this together Bendigo! 💚

29/05/2026

We always enjoy attending the Careers Night and this year was no exception. 🙂🙂🙂

Last week, staff members Lindsay and Dean thoroughly enjoyed chatting to students and families about career pathways within the industry and providing information on headspace services. 👏🚶👫💁

Thank you to Catherine McAuley College for having us and we look forward to seeing you again next year.

29/05/2026

Last week, members of our team attended the Tomorrow Bound Career Expo at the Fosterville Gold Exhibition Centre. 👏👏👏
A huge thank you to TAFE for organising such a fantastic event, providing students with the opportunity to explore career pathways and discover the services available to support them. 🚑🪚🔨⛏️🔬

We were incredibly grateful to be part of the expo and enjoyed seeing the enthusiasm, curiosity, and engagement from all the students who attended. 🙏👏

28/05/2026

What a fabulous day we all had at the Kalianna School Bendigo Pathways & Support Expo last week. 👋👋👋
A huge thank you to Kellie and Julie for organising such a wonderful event for your school community. 👏👐👐👏
It was great to see so many local service agencies attend and provide important information for staff, students, parents/carers, family and friends. ☺️☺️☺️

• Thank you to Brett, Anne and the team from Phoenix FM 106.7 MHz for inviting our team to share the wonderful programs we have at headspace Bendigo. 👏👏👏
• Alex was a natural speaking for their first time on radio!!!! 🎧🎤
• Haylee lost the game of Jenga to Peter!! 🎲🧩🏆🏆
• Ella, student on placement from La Trobe University enjoyed the event and learnt so much about the community engagement side of headspace Bendigo.
• Great to have Ella from Bendigo Community Health Services and Melinda from Loddon Children’s Health and Wellbeing Local attend and share the many programs offered 🙏🙏🙏
• Thanks for attending Kathy, our Family and Friends reference group member to provide some wonderful resources for family and friends that attended. 👩‍🦰
• Well done Dean for networking and spreading the word about our Push -Up Challenge 💪🦾💪

Phoenix FM 106.7 MHz Bendigo Community Health Services La Trobe University, Bendigo

28/05/2026

We are proud to be All In for Reconciliation.

We recognise and acknowledge the resilience, strength and dedication of First Nations people when it comes to truth telling and healing.

Reconciliation won’t happen on its own, nor is it the sole responsibility of First Nations people. Whether it’s challenging assumptions, strengthening cultural understanding, or advocating for better outcomes for all marginalised community members, reconciliation lives in the choices we all make every day.

And so, as National Reconciliation Week begins today, we affirm our commitment to listening deeply and to walking alongside First Nations people supporting services that safeguard stronger health and wellbeing outcomes.

Here are just a few ways you can support Reconciliation Week locally:

💚 Visit exhibition Billabongs Not Silos: Beyond Symbolism. Details 👉 https://tinyurl.com/2s3z6kk8
💚 Support the Central Victorian Indigenous Film Festival. Details 👉 https://tinyurl.com/2f778knr
💚 Take a Dumawul Ulumbarra CBD tour. Details 👉 https://tinyurl.com/rvr7vh3m
💚 Attend the Guildford Biyal (Red gum) Honouring Day. Details 👉 https://tinyurl.com/3xzrxv5y

27/05/2026

Such a wonderful opportunity to join an amazing team. 💚

Come and join the smiling faces of Bendigo's Work & Study team as a Vocational Peer Worker.

Use your lived experience of mental ill health and of gaining and maintaining work or further study to help young people in Greater Bendigo understand, access and remain engaged with the Work and Study program.

Sound like you?

Applications close Monday, June 1 at 10pm.
Visit our Careers page for the full position description and to apply https://tinyurl.com/45n3bp7p

26/05/2026

👏🙏👐For our fortnightly meeting, this week our Youth Ambassadors came together to Pause, reflect, reconnect and check in on each other. 💚💚💚

We shared something we were grateful for and supported each other as we all acknowledged times are tough at the moment. 👐👐👐
They each received a “Caramello Koala Bear” because they make you happy and a “Smiley Face” token to have with them as a reminder they are never alone and there is always someone here to reach out to. 💚💛

Our Youth Ambassadors are gearing up for the Push-Up Challenge and are excited about taking the next step to better mental health and physical health to support our center. 💪💪💪

If you would like to support them with their challenge and donate to their team “Lifting Each Other Up headspace Bendigo Volunteers” check out their link below.
https://www.thepushupchallenge.com.au/fundraisers/liftingeachotherupheadspacebendigovolunteers

22/05/2026

Thank you to the Castlemaine community for welcoming Haylee and Maree last Saturday to your “Town Open Day” event. 👐👐🙏👏💚
Special thanks for your support Castlemaine Community House Friends of the Box-Ironbark Forests for all of your wonderful information and resources. 💚

This was the perfect way for community groups, local services and businesses to come together, connect, show their support, discover a new hobby and find your people. 💁👫👨‍🦼‍➡️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️‍➡️

How we connected on the day!
• We shared a site with Ross from Castlemaine Rocky Riders and the crew from Mount Alexander Shire Council We considered going mountain bike riding! But didn't 🚵🚵‍♀️🚵🚵‍♀️
• Shared the Push-Up Challenge info with the amazing team from National Australia Bank Castlemaine!
• Collected some seeds for our garden from the Castlemaine Seed Library! 🪴🪾🌳
• Maree signed up with “The Department of Important People” 😁😁😁
• Grooved with the silent disco! 🕺🕺🏿🕺🏾
• Met the beautiful soles from MaineRollers and thought about putting on a pair of roller skates! 🩵💙
• Caught up with the volunteers from Castlemaine Safe space and met Kim from headspace National Family and Friends Reference Group! 💚🙏💚
• Connected with staff from Castlemaine Community House and checked out all of their wonderful activities and events!
• Signed up with of the Box-Ironbark Forest and took home a plant!
• Connected with their amazing community members who dropped by to say thanks for coming!

Thanks for having us part of your wonderful day.