LAP it UP

LAP it UP A fitness and fundraising challenge to swim laps for youth mental health in rural communities.

All money raised goes to Youth Live4Life, a registered not-for-profit charity, bringing together rural and regional communities to improve youth mental health.

06/11/2025

🏆🏆🏆 A record-breaking LAP it UP!

This year, LAP it UP ran for four weeks, coinciding with the World Mental Health Month of October. In this fourth year of LAP it UP, participants all across Australia made a big splash for youth mental health!

Records tumbled across the board. An amazing 223,446 laps swum in 28 days! 🏊🏽🏊🏿🏊 And the final fundraising tally? $171,868!

Incredible effort — we’d like to THANK ALL OF YOU who participated with such commitment, enthusiasm and perseverance. Congratulations and well done!

Your efforts in and out of the pool have helped raise a record amount! You are champions for youth mental health, and we acknowledge and greatly appreciate the generosity of everyone who raised funds for Live4Life through their swimming this year.

You have all made a real difference for young people in rural and regional Australia! 💙💙💙

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🏆🏆🏆 Congratulations to our 2025 LAP it UP CHAMPIONS!Today we announce winners and prizes....But first, can we have a rou...
29/10/2025

🏆🏆🏆 Congratulations to our 2025 LAP it UP CHAMPIONS!

Today we announce winners and prizes....But first, can we have a round of applause for the 1,216 who signed up this year? A new record! And how about the over 80 towns and cities across the country where swimmers were doing their laps? Amazing! And as for the 213,065 laps you all swam…that more than DOUBLED last year’s total! WELL DONE, EVERYONE! 👏👏👏

Incredibly, 79 participants achieved 1,000 laps or more. Wow.

🥁🥁🥁 Drumroll... and our 2025 LAP it UP champions are:

🏆 Most individual laps - MURRAY with an extraordinary 4,800 laps. That’s 1,200 laps per week!

🏆 Most individual laps by a young person - MILLIE who swam 4080 laps. What a champion!

🏆 Highest individual fundraiser - RHYTHM raised an outstanding $4,505. Shout out to 2nd place getter Adam on $3,383 and Christopher in 3rd with $3,147.

🏆 Highest team fundraiser - AIRLIE BEACH LAGOON LIFEGUARDS took the lead early and ended with an incredible $9,552! Second place-getters Bernard’s Different Strokes finished on $6,411, closely followed by Park Swimmers with $4,001.

Thank you so much! You have all made a real difference for young people in rural and regional Australia!

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28/10/2025

Whew! What an amazing effort from everyone over our 4Weeks 4Life. THANK YOU! It’s been an epic journey — but one that has said so much about your care and commitment to supporting young people’s mental health.
Together we’ve swum 197,856 laps and raised $158,254!
BUT we’re not done till the big hand hits the 12 at midnight. This final day is often when we can make the biggest impact. Let’s make today our most successful fundraising day of the month!
So, get those last laps in, thank your supporters, and make your final fundraising push. Finish strong!
And from all of us at LAP it UP, thank you so much for being part of an awesome movement.
Together, let’s LAP it UP!
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23/10/2025

Here we are! The last weekend of LAP it UP. You made it. Congratulations!

What an achievement from all our swimmers. All together, you have notched up an extraordinary 168,175 laps!
But wait! A whole weekend? That’s enough time for you to reach another milestone…And get a bit of a boost too!

We are delighted to announce that, thanks to our very generous partners DON Smallgoods, all donations made from today Friday 24 October will be matched — DOUBLING your donations and adding up to $5,000 to the funds you raise!

BUT when the matching pool of $5,000 runs out, it’s gone forever. So dive in now and take advantage of this last chance to supercharge your swimming!!

Massive thanks to DON Smallgoods. And thanks to YOU for all your hard work!

💦💦💦 Visit https://www.lapitup.org.au (LINK IN BIO)

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17/10/2025

Our 3rd weekend of LAP it UP and everyone is digging deep!

But wait! What's this? Our very generous partner, Concord Music Publishing, has announced that all donations made from today will be matched up to the value of $4,000. Yes, that means the funds you raise right now are worth DOUBLE!

This is your chance to give your fundraising a real turbo boost. Close to achieving your fundraising goals? Ready to smash past them? Supercharge your swimming this weekend with double donations. Turn ten dollars into twenty. Fifty into a hundred!

Massive thanks to Concord Music Publishing . And huge thanks to YOU!

Let's LAP it UP!

💦💦💦 Visit https://www.lapitup.org.au

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Here we are about to launch into the third weekend of LAP it UP 2025!And wow....119,813 laps powered through already! $1...
17/10/2025

Here we are about to launch into the third weekend of LAP it UP 2025!

And wow....119,813 laps powered through already! $125,900 raised. That's a LAP it UP record. Just incredible!

Don't forget, there are heaps of great prizes for swimmers reaching their milestones — LAP it UP swim caps, socks, beanies and Champion’s Medallions. And our Grand Prize for the highest individual fundraiser is an Apple Watch Series 10! Plus, three awesome Zoggs Swim Packs for the runners up.

A HUGE THANKS to LAP it UP swimmers all across Australia. Your amazing efforts supporting young people in rural and regional communities are simply inspiring.

Let's LAP it UP!

💦💦💦 Visit https://www.lapitup.org.au

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Wow! With matched funding on World Mental Health Day thanks to Josh's Rainbow Eggs the group leaderboard is heating up!🥇...
12/10/2025

Wow! With matched funding on World Mental Health Day thanks to Josh's Rainbow Eggs the group leaderboard is heating up!

🥇 Airlie Beach Lagoon Lifeguards are the Week 1 frontrunners with over $5,400 raised, followed closely by the The Pool Sharks!

21 swimmers have raised over $1000, with Rhythm absolutely storming into the lead with an extraordinary $3,727.
And what about Murray, who has already clocked 2,000 laps?? Unbelievable!

If you haven’t joined a team, it’s not too late. Many teams are happy to have extra members, so have a look at the leaderboard and jump on!!!

Tag us in your photos, we'd love to see where you swim!

10/10/2025

Today is World Mental Health Day — a day to raise awareness around the world and mobilise efforts in support of mental health.

The idea for LAP it UP originated back in 2018 with a 2866 lap swimming challenge hosted by Sean McKinney and his daughter Kirsten — one lap for every life lost to su***de in the previous year. Sadly, Sean passed away after a long illness in October last year, but he had been thrilled to see his and Kirsten’s heartfelt community effort grow into the powerful Australia-wide campaign that is LAP it UP.

🎗️ This year, LAP it UP has teamed up with young entrepreneur Josh's Rainbow Eggs to remember Sean McKinney with a day of matched funding. Every dollar raised by LAP it UP swimmers from today will be doubled by Josh’s Rainbow Eggs in honour of Sean, up to $5000.

So let's dive in together on World Mental Health Day, pay tribute to Sean's legacy and double our efforts for young people's mental health in rural and regional communities.

Let's LAP it UP!

Wow! What an amazing community swimming for LAP it UP 2025!All across Australia, 1142 of you have already swum 24,827 la...
05/10/2025

Wow! What an amazing community swimming for LAP it UP 2025!

All across Australia, 1142 of you have already swum 24,827 laps! THANK YOU!

Let's shine a spotlight on this week's LAP it UP champions...The group leaderboard is heating up and The Pool Sharks are the weekend frontrunners with over $2,300 raised, followed closely by the Airlie Beach Lagoon Lifeguards. Awesome work, peeps!

Seven swimmers have raced to over $1000, with Damian absolutely storming into the lead with an extraordinary $2,624.
And what about Kaelene, who has already clocked 1563 laps?? Unbelievable!

Don't forget to tag us in your posts so we can celebrate with you! And remember, it's great to be quick off the blocks but its a marathon not a sprint. Pace yourself folks :)

Let's LAP it UP!

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01/10/2025

Today is the start of World Mental Health Month 🤗

With LAP it UP starting TODAY, let's chat about how we can support young people's wellbeing.

Did you know that 1 in 4 young Australians experience mental ill-health? It's a lot more common than we might imagine!

Friend of Youth Live4Life, two-time Gold Logie winner Hamish Blake is here with Laura, Matty, Sally and Kyle to give you some great tips for how we can talk about mental health.

We often worry too much about what other people think. So, when someone shares their experience of mental health, our response is important.
💙 Be kind and compassionate
💙 Start a new conversation
💙 Be part of the solution

Thumbs up to Hamish! And a big shout out to all our LAP it UP swimmers. By supporting important conversations about mental health you are all helping to GIVE STIGMA THE FLICK!

To watch more of Hamish Blake's tips, please visit: https://www.live4life.org.au/films [or LINK IN BIO]

If you or someone you know needs help, support is available:
Lifeline ~ 13 11 14
Kids Helpline Official 1800 55 1800
Beyond Blue 1300 22 4636
headspace 1800 65 0890
Yarn Safe 13 92 76
QLife Australia 1800 184 527
Su***de Call Back Service 1300 659 467

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Video Description: Live4Life video with Hamish Blake and former Live4Life Crew members on how to talk about mental health and 'Give Stigma the Flick'.

💦💦💦 It's 1 October and LAP it UP starts today!All around Australia, more than 1000 swimmers are diving in to support you...
01/10/2025

💦💦💦 It's 1 October and LAP it UP starts today!

All around Australia, more than 1000 swimmers are diving in to support young people in rural and regional communities. From Kyneton in Victoria to Darwin in the Northern Territory. From the towns of Rockingham and Embleton in Western Australia to Mt Cotton in Queensland. From Koonawarra in New South Wales to Penguin in Tasmania. Good luck to all participants! And THANK YOU for doing your bit to support young people's mental health and prevent su***de.

Last year, swimmers raised over $93,000! What can we achieve this year??

💛 If you'd like to donate, head along to www.lapitup.org.au. Check out the leaderboards and support your favourite team! Already we've had some amazing fundraising efforts from Damian and from the Airlie Beach Lifeguards!

🏊🏼‍♀️ And if you or your workplace or friends are interesting in joining LAP it UP, it's NEVER too late to participate! Every lap helps. REGISTER NOW at www.lapitup.org.au

Jump in & make a splash!

Just 3 days till LAP it UP 2025 commences....the COUNTDOWN IS ON!And here are our TOP 3 reasons to sign up in 2025:1️⃣ S...
28/09/2025

Just 3 days till LAP it UP 2025 commences....the COUNTDOWN IS ON!

And here are our TOP 3 reasons to sign up in 2025:
1️⃣ SIX OUT OF TEN young people in rural and regional communities cannot access a mental health service when they need one. They need our support.
2️⃣ Mental ill-health in young people aged 16–24 years increased by more than 50% from 2007.
3️⃣ Evidence-based PREVENTION programs protect young lives. And you can help just by swimming laps!

Meanwhile, swimming is great for YOUR mental health and fitness too! So why not do something great for yourself and awesome for the young people of rural and regional Australia?

Register today! https://www.lapitup.org.au/register/lapitup2025/

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