headspace Redcliffe

Our incredible Nurse Kelly and Dr Anna duo come to our centre from True Relationships (that are based in Windsor). They can provide support and advice in a completely CONFIDENTIAL and FREE space here in our centre. This support is for 12-25 year olds only.
To book 📞 (07) 3897 0897

Tomorrow is RUOK? Day. R U OK? is a national su***de prevention charity and registered public health promotion that encourages people to stay connected and have conversations that can help others through difficult times. It sounds cliché but we never know what is truly happening with our friends, opening a conversation could save someone's life.
We will be at Encircle Redcliffe Neighbourhood Centre from 1-4pm tomorrow with free pizza at 3pm! Chatting and Chilling out 💚

LifeLine 13 11 14
24/7 for crisis support and su***de prevention services. Text support is also available: 0477 13 11 14

Beyond Blue 1300 22 4636
24/7 for advice, referral and support from a trained mental health professional.

Su***de Call Back Service 1300 659 467
24/7 free counselling and support for people at risk of su***de, carers and bereaved.

QLife 1800 184 527
provides phone and online anonymous LGBTIQ+ support and referral. 3pm - 12am local time every day.

We are excited to be attending the incredible Kitefest 2024
📅Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th of September

Our Meaningful Mail 💌campaign will be launched - have you checked in on a friend in a while? Now is your chance to write a short note to say you are thinking of them and we will take care of the postage 📬

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School holidays are around the corner, what will you be getting up to?
There are many wonderful and FREE activities to do in our beautiful Moreton Bay region, jump on the What's On site and check it out! Who doesn't love a good skate?!

The final battle encounter will occur next week! This will be our last week of the Term.
There are many mental health benefits of playing D&D including improving social connection skills, encourage creativity and imagination, enhances problem solving and cognitive skills, provides emotional expression, improves self confidence and self-esteem and acts as a form of stress relief... who would of thought!
We return for a new Campaign Description on Thursday 17th October 3:30pm-5:30pm. Places limited, this is free for young people 12-25 years old, call (07) 3897 1897.

Will we see you there?

This week is Body Image and Eating Disorders Awareness Week! 🦋

The Butterfly Foundations BodyKind Youth Survey revealed that over 50% of young people are dissatisfied with how their body looks – how families support them is key and can prevent serious eating issues from developing.
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We know it’s not always easy – which is why they are offering a FREE webinar for all parents and carers, Raising BodyKind Teens, as a part of BodyKind September!
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With a focus on prevention, this session provides information and practical tips to help parents better understand and promote positive body image in the home.

📅Tues 17 Sept, 7:00pm-8:30pm (AEST)

Join the expert prevention team to learn how to encourage all family members to be BodyKind; kind in the way they move, nourish, nurture and speak about their own body and others; and what to do if you’re concerned about someone you know.
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Throwback to our Wear it Purple Day last week! Wear It Purple strives to foster supportive, safe, empowering and inclusive environments for rainbow young people.

National Child Protection Week 1-7th September

Overarching message: ‘Every child in every community needs a fair go’

This year National Child Protection Week will continue to champion the message ‘Every child in every community needs a fair go’.

This message captures the essence of National Child Protection Week which aims to promote a safe and supported life for every child, now and into the future.

By wearing purple, Australians demonstrate to rainbow young people that they are celebrated and respected, acknowledging all have the right to be proud of who they are and who they are becoming.

Originally founded by students in response to global stories of teenagers taking their own lives due to bullying and harassment, Wear it Purple Day has become an international movement of love and support.

This year’s theme is “Your Passion, Your Pride”, with artwork by Nicky Tsekouras, winner of Wear It Purple’s Youth Action Council (YAC) Design Competition to create a campaign message and artwork in celebration of LGBTQIA+ people openly and visibly achieving their dreams in sport, art, science and more!

We were out glittering up students cheeks this week! Let your sparkle shine 💜✨🌈🥰💚

Us here at headspace Redcliffe support many young people and their families during what sometimes can be a very stressful time in their life. We have many success stories of strength but from time to time lives are sadly lost to su***de. This Sunday our team are walking in recognition to remember those young people lost to su***de. 💚

This week staff across headspace Indooroopilly, Redcliffe & Strathpine completed Trauma Informed LGBTIQAP+ Affirming Practice Training, facilitated by Open Doors Youth Service Inc.

Thank you to the Open Doors team to help us to make our headspace centres safer, affirming, more supportive & inclusive for all young people, including those who are le***an, gay, bisexual, trans, intersex, q***r, asexual, pansexual, sistergirl and brotherboy. 🌈

DND group! This will be an excellent test of character strength

Today is International Youth Day!

Did you know that since we opened our doors here in 2014 we have supported over 4 990 young people in our community aged 12-25 years. Reducing barriers for community to access our free counselling support is our top priority!

Due to the EKKA Public Holiday our headspace Redcliffe centre will be closed on Monday 12th August 2024.

It's our BIRTHDAY! Cheers to 10 Years!

Here we are, what a journey we have travelled in the Redcliffe community with the hope for many more birthday celebrations to come.
Join us from 2:30pm-5:30pm for live music, community stalls, free pizza, donuts, fairy floss and activities galore!
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Here we go! Are you ready to come join us tomorrow afternoon?! We have been busily setting up our beautiful new renovated centre to showcase to you all! See you tomorrow 💚
All ages welcome

The excitement is real! We are nearly 10 years old 💚

🥳Join us to celebrate this Thursday from 2:30pm-5:30pm
🍕Free food, community stalls, lucky door prizes, live music, good vibes and activities galore!
🚕Parking suggested off Portwood Street
Looking forward to seeing our community together!

3 more sleeps!

Are you coming to our Cheers to 10 Years celebration?
Thursday 2:30PM-5:30PM 💚

Thrilled to be part of the community supporting young people and their mental health! Hope to see you this Thursday to celebrate!

Headspace Redcliffe Turns 10 Discover the transformative journey of headspace Redcliffe, marking a decade of empowering youth with vital mental health support.

This year’s National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day theme is, Strong in Culture, Stronger Together’. This year we stand with our children, proud of their culture, stories, kin and community – all that makes our children special, resilient and the bright leaders for our future. Our vision is for our children to thrive, be strong in culture and connected to kin and community – our children should be proud to come from the oldest living culture in the world.

Throwback Thursday
Yes, it is our year! Our new walls, floors, doors, furniture, kitchen appliances are all brand new aside from this stella crew.
We support young people from 12-25 years in four main areas:
💪Mental Health counselling support
🕶 Physical and Sexual Health with Dr Anna and Nurse Kelly from True Relationships
🧃Alcohol and Other Drug counselling support from Ted Noffs Organisation
🖥Digital Work and Study support from headspace National

7 more sleeps until our party! Hope to see you there Thursday 8th August 2:30-5:30PM💚

Cheers to 10 Years and celebrate with us this Thursday!
2:30pm-5:30pm
Pizza, fairy floss, donuts, community stalls, live music and activites!

headspace Redcliffe marks major milestone 📰
headspace Redcliffe will celebrate 10 years of supporting young people with a community event on August 8... Link to story in comments 👇

Have you seen our recently restocked headspace Redcliffe Boutique? We are very thankful for the donated goods from the volunteers at

All young people attending our centre can access the boutique for a little ‘extra something something’ to make them feel special and thought of 💚🫶🏻💙

You can fill a bag or take one that’s ready to go just for you!

Keen to know what happens in our weekly DND group?
Come on and join us on this quest!

International Day of Friendship 💚

The power of friendship is an international one that reaches out to all corners and cultures of the globe. International Day of Friendship is all about promoting togetherness and kindness, bringing people together. Friendship can improve your life in many ways; it can enhance emotional resilience, boost brainpower, may improve sleep and actually make you he althier! Sounds pretty good!

From all of your friends here at headspace Redcliffe, we hope today you can connect with someone you care about 💚

Tomorrow is International Day of Friendship 👫👭👬
Healthy relationships with friends means treating each other as equals as this helps keep your bond strong, safe and supportive. It is important to compromise where appropriate, experience equal give and take, respect each other's ideas (surprise, we all have different opinions!) boundaries and choices.

Boundaries are really important and include emotional, financial, physical/sexual and digital. Essentially, our communication with each other is a key element to honest friendship. Our relationships with friendships can often come like waves in an ocean, sometimes they are massive dumpers, flat as a pancake, or they might have white caps so it is helpful to understand how to resolve this conflict. Top Tips:
- try to see your friends point of view
- be willing to compromise
- admit when you are in the wrong
- if it gets heated, agree to take some time and come back to the discussion later. 💚🫶

Throwback Thursday to 2023!

It only seems like yesterday that we started the renovation of our centre, it was in fact September 2023. The project was internally nicknamed Project Phoenix Blood, yes, we all love Harry Potter, so the idea of our centre being the Phoenix slowly making its way to the burning day made heaps of sense in our minds! This project kept at the fore all of the young people and families who would be accessing our services whilst our premises were under construction. Majority of our team moved offices to the headspace Strathpine centre (we are forever grateful!) and the hallways and lunchtimes had never been louder! We had a skeleton crew at our own centre manning the forte and basically should enter for The Block 2025. Our Youth Reference Group were busy making strategic decisions about room placements, names and colour choices.

We were nominated to be a Finalist in the Moreton Bay Business and Innovation Awards in the not for profit category! Handball at headspace was a hit during Youth Week and we were the Charity Partner for the first ever Moreton Bay PrideFest!

So much history and we want you to come and celebrate our 10 years and this beautiful renovation that we are very proud of!
Details:
⏰ 2:30-5:30PM
📅 Thursday 8th August
FREE bring the fam and friends 💚
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Epic adventure today team, well done! Check out what our DND group are up to next week! 👇

📲Limited spaces available please ring or email headspace Redcliffe to book
👀This is a weekly DND group running for 8 consecutive weeks
📅Thursday's 18th July from 3:30-5:30PM at headspace Redcliffe
😁Suitable for beginners
🥳Open to 12-25 years

Wellness Wednesday

Brain activity fluctuates during sleep, increasing and decreasing during different sleep stages that make up the sleep cycle. Each stage plays a role in brain health, allowing activity in different parts of the brain to ramp up or down and enabling better thinking, learning, and memory. Research has also uncovered that brain activity during sleep has profound effects on emotional and mental health.

Sufficient sleep, especially rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, facilitates the brain’s processing of emotional information. During sleep, the brain works to evaluate and remember thoughts and memories, and it appears that a lack of sleep is especially harmful to the consolidation of positive emotional content. This can influence mood and emotional reactivity and is tied to mental health disorders and their severity, including the risk of suicidal ideas or behaviors.

Examples of steps towards healthier sleep habits include:
💚Having a set bedtime and maintaining a steady sleep schedule
💚Finding ways to wind-down, such as with relaxation techniques, as part of a standard routine before bedtime
💚Avoiding alcohol, to***co, and caffeine in the evening
💚Dimming lights and putting away electronic devices for an hour or more before bed
💚Getting regular exercise and natural light exposure during the daytime
💚Maximizing comfort and support from your mattress, pillows, and bedding
💚Blocking out excess light and sound that could disrupt sleep