EPIC

02/08/2026

Well that was awesome!! 🎉

Thank you for a fabulous, relaxed (and a little bit strenuous!) Sunday morning, EPIC friends. Cremorne Point showed off at its finest, and Mosman Rowers was the perfect spot for our relax, hydrate, chat, chat and more chat.

EPIC Walks are more than a frivolous "gatho" of parents of young people. They are connecting, self regulating, informative, fun events that bring the village back into parenting young people.

Thank you to everyone who joined us, and to those who couldn't make it today too. The walk itself is the heartbeat of EPIC, and that heartbeat ripples out to our whole community. Everyone is included, even from a distance.

See you at our next walk, Freshwater, on 16 August 💕

30/07/2026

Here's to an anchored August!

Welcome to your EPIC August update, arriving a day early this month so you have plenty of notice for Sunday's walk.

Read the EPIC August Update here - https://mailchi.mp/empoweringparentsincrisis/may26-10141815

29/07/2026

Sunday morning! EPIC Cremorne Point Walk 🙌

Meet at Ried Park near Mosman Bay Ferry Wharf at 9am. We’ll wander to the Cromorne Point Light House and return for a relax, chat and refreshments.

📍 Reid Park, Centenary Drive, Mosman (near Mosman Bay Ferry Wharf)
🕘 Sunday 2 August, 9am to 11am
🚢 Ferry to Mosman Bay Wharf, or free street parking nearby
💕 Bring a friend, a partner, anyone walking this path with you

Let us know you're coming so we can update you if anything changes. Register here - https://www.empoweringparentsincrisis.com/epic-walks/cremorne-point-aug2026

Meet at Ried Park near Mosman Bay Ferry Wharf at 9am. We’ll wander to the Cromorne Point Light House and return for a relax, chat and refreshments.

22/07/2026

Hi everyone. A quick reminder about tonight's Online Meet Up. I'm a bit excite!! I hope you can make it. Here's the link - https://www.empoweringparentsincrisis.com/epic-parent-meetings/22jul26

19/07/2026

A beautiful morning spent at Long Reef Headland!

We wandered from Collaroy, across Fishermans Beach to the Long Reef lookout, then returned for a well earned coffee and chat, 14 of us connecting, sharing, providing hope.

Organic conversations about schools, hobbies, recipes, psychologists, the FIFA World Cup, tyre repairs, Jenny Brown's new book Parenting Paradox, the EPIC petition, the 7 Bridges Walk... anything and everything just happens.

That's the magic. When parents navigating mental health and educational systems for their young people connect and share in a safe, nonjudgemental space, they are putting on their own oxygen mask, filling their cup so they can keep supporting the ones they love.

Thank you to everyone who joined us today. For those who couldn't make, we look forward to seeing you soon.

Thank you Northern Beaches Council for your support of families in our community.

Have a lovely week everyone,

Mads

15/07/2026

Hi everyone! Our next EPIC Walk is this Sunday and we're heading to beautiful Long Reef Headland!

We'll walk from Collaroy to Long Reef Point Lookout, returning to the Collaroy foreshore for a chat, relax and BYO refreshments.

Meet at 9.00 am near the Collaroy Beach Playground.

If you'd rather skip the walk and just join us for a chat afterwards, we'll be back around 10.15 am.

Free parking is available in surrounding side streets, or paid parking in the council car park. Bus is the option if travelling by public transport.

More details, including directions, are here: https://www.empoweringparentsincrisis.com/epic-walks/longreef-headland-jul26

Bring a friend, share the EPIC connection. If you know someone travelling a treacherous path with a teen in crisis, or a friend who's supporting you, feel free to invite them along.

Hope to see you there!

Mads

Thank you to Northern Beaches Council for their support of families in our community.

Join us at for a wander around the Long Reef Headland, returning for coffee and chat at the Collaroy Beach Playground. EPIC walks are all about connection for parents of young people. Come along! Bring a friend. BYO snacks and refreshments :)

09/07/2026

Back Parents. Back Youth Mental Health. Sign the petition.

Every parent wants their young person to thrive.

For years, families supporting a young person through mental health challenges have carried it mostly alone.

We're asking the Australian Government to fund peer parent support as permanent national infrastructure.

Funded. National. Permanent.

It takes 30 seconds to add your name.

👉 Sign now: https://www.change.org/back_parents

Every signature makes the case louder.

Back Parents. Back Youth Mental Health

08/07/2026

Back Parents. Back Youth Mental Health. Join the EPIC Community Meetup. Thursday 23 July, 7.30pm

For five years we have been with parents listening, walking alongside and have had enough of a system that sends your young person home from hospital with no support, suspends a struggling child for not showing up, and ignores the calls of parents who are doing everything they can.

Thank you EPIC Community for sharing in the survey what EPIC means to you. I don't want that information to sit dormant. I want to share what we are doing about it.

We have launched the Back Parents. Back Youth Mental Health campaign and I want to bring the community together online to walk you through what we found, what we are doing, and what you can do right now.

The first is Thursday 23 July, 7.30pm. I'm happy to provide another during a lunch hour if you would like. If you'd like, I can do Thursday 23rd of July or Friday 24 July, 12.30-1.30pm.
Mads 🔥

Register here:

EPIC is bringing parents together online to share our 2026 survey findings and launch the Back Parents. Back Youth Mental Health campaign.

07/07/2026

EPIC is proud to be one of ten local charities pitching at Community Pitch 2026, hosted by Community Bank Lindfield

EPIC is proud to be one of ten local charities pitching at Community Pitch 2026, hosted by Community Bank Lindfield.

Here's a way you can get involved and help.

Bendigo Community Bank Lindfield are inviting local businesses and individuals to come together, form a table, and become a Pitch Partner. Pitch Partners pledge a minimum of $500 on the night, which can be shared across the charities pitching, including EPIC.

Where: Magpies Waitara, 37 Alexandria Parade, Waitara. Tuesday 25 August 2026.

Why: This is a wonderful way to give, together, as a community, while supporting a number of local charities in one night. It is such a fun night out, full of community connection and meaningful giving, and every pledge makes a genuine difference.

You can read more and register as a Pitch Partner here
https://kfsl.com.au/community-pitch-event/

If you would like to know more about EPIC, or how your pledge could support our Peer Parent Training Program, please reach out to me at [email protected]

Big thanks for being here!
Mads
Mads

06/07/2026

EPIC Youth Mental Health First Aid is being offered FREE to parents and carers of young people, thanks to Willoughby City Council.

Format: Blended Face to Face, self paced eLearning (7 to 8 hours), followed by a one day (7 hours) face to face session.

When: Sunday 9 Aug, 8.45am to 4.45pm
Where: Chatswood Youth Centre

The Youth Mental Health First Aid course teaches participants how to provide initial support to a young person (aged 12 to 18) who may be experiencing a mental health problem or mental health crisis, until professional help is received or the crisis resolves.

100% of past participants would recommend it to other parents.

Registration and bookings here: https://www.empoweringparentsincrisis.com/youth-mental-health-first-aid-1/chatswood-9aug26

Chatswood - Sunday 9 August, 8.45am-4.45pm. Youth Mental Health First Aid equips adults who care for young people with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to recognise, understand and respond to a young person experiencing a mental health problem or mental health crisis.