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Social Health Australia brings forward innovative approaches to companioning people in crisis and combating the growing problems of social isolation and loneliness.
10/11/2023
Join us for a fun day while raising funds to support people impacted by social isolation and loneliness. Suitable for people of any age, experience and fitness level.
Tickets available through Eventbrite:
Social Health Australia Pickleball Fundraiser Help us raise funds for Social Health Australia by joining our fun-filled Pickleball event for all ages and levels of experience!
11/10/2023
The Great Separation, a ground-breaking social insights documentary that follows Joey Fry on his journey to understand loneliness, connection and belonging, guided by experts, researchers and Social Health Australia's Patron, Hugh Mackay AO, has launched on SBS On Demand, Tuesday, October 10th. If you or anyone you know is experiencing loneliness, please get in touch with us at [email protected] to learn more about our community-based companioning program.
25/09/2023
On behalf of Social Health Australia, a big Thank You! for attending ‘Kindness is not a Spectator Sport’. Hugh Mackay and Joe Sehee shared their wisdom of how kindness is innate, and inspired us to reclaim our deeply evolved ways to proffer kindness. Not only to those experiencing adversity, but also to those with ‘existential loneliness’ who struggle to find a meaningful future in increasingly turbulent times. We heard from Dr Tim Read, Greens Member for Brunswick, who introduced us to the splendid idea of ’Third Spaces’ which enable local communities and create opportunities for chance encounter. We learnt that Third Spaces create an environment which help prompt acts of kindness.
I’d like to thank Urban Coup at Nightingale Village for allowing us to use their common space and for the volunteer Urban Coupers who took it to hand to discretely grease the wheels to ensure a smooth and successful event. I was delighted to receive so many questions afterwards about co-housing. No surprise really, as Urban Coup is a powerful, living exemplar of how kindness flourishes in a cohesive community.
I hope you enjoyed the event as much as I did. We’d love it if you can make a donation to Social Health Australia at www.socialhealthaustralia.org.
04/09/2023
Our loneliness epidemic and mental health crisis are not going away on their own. If you know of someone going through a difficult time who could benefit by social support, ask them if they’d be interested in connecting with a volunteer companion from Social Health. And for more information, we can always be reached at [email protected] or 0429993391.
01/08/2023
Social Health Wins Two Innovation Grants
We’re excited to embark on our third volunteer companioning project! Thanks to $70,000 in funding from the Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation and The Australian Centre for Social Innovation, Social Health is now training, placing and supporting a new group of community-based companions. This initiative is intended to help people impacted by social isolation, loneliness or severe emotional distress receive kindness, forge connections and build resilience. Stay tuned.
Find out more at https://socialhealthaustralia.org/
18/01/2023
Research shows strong relationships are what make for a happy life.
The 7-Day Happiness Challenge Try these simple steps for a joyful, more connected 2023.
10/11/2022
Listen to Annie Whitlocke share her experience as a Death Doula/Death Elder on Brave Journeys with Tammi Faraday 🙌
BRAVE JOURNEYS with TAMMI FARADAY - Annie Whitlocke - The Death Doula My beautiful guest today is Annie Whitlocke. Annie is a death doula. A What you ask? 40 + years on the planet and this entire profession was completely unknown to me… that is until now. Like many of you I suspect, the only context in which I’d heard of any kind of Doula was a person who provides...
03/09/2022
Listen to Joe and Linda from chat about importance of kindness, connectedness, and how by planting the seeds of kindness we can fuel a positive change in our workplace!
https://www.workplacewellbeingnatters.com.au/podcast/episode/2f0646e7/kindness-with-joe-sehee
Podcast | Wellbeing through informed strategy | Workplace Wellbeing Natters Workplace Wellbeing Natters focuses on the wellbeing of those in primary or aged care, mental health, disability or community services or government
02/09/2022
Sharing this awesome new show from ABC ❤️
https://youtu.be/kcyK-pIoOaE
Grief and loss: you're never alone | Old People's Home For Teenagers | ABC TV + iview In this heartwarming clip, teenager Louis opens up to senior Ken about the loss of his father and finds that he is not alone in his pain and grief. ...
Hugh looks forward to seeing everyone at the Social Health Australia Kindness Retreat on the 22-24 of July at the Yarra Valley Living Centre!
30/06/2022
Join us for the Kindness Retreat! ❤️
28/04/2022
Please help us spread the word 😃
Deep Space is an eight-week immersion into making connections and fostering self-compassion. It consists of a bit of training along with workshops and activities that you get to choose from and even help create, all designed to bring about meaningful conversations that are always safe and sometimes fun. Deep Space won’t provide you with any answers but may help you make peace with some big questions. Plus, you’ll get to meet some great new people!
https://socialhealthaustralia.org/deep-space-registration/
Deep Space Registration About the program We're living in a time of great anxiety and uncertainty - stuck in a seemingly never-ending pandemic, our planet ravaged by climate change, war so awful and unnecessary. It's a rational response to wonder/worry what the future might
10/01/2022
"I’ve learned to be quiet and be present, with whatever unfolds. It’s not about jumping in and trying to fix."
Check out this opinion piece from our very own Annie Whitlocke:
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/what-i-ve-learned-in-12-years-as-a-buddhist-death-doula-20220106-p59mf9.html
What I’ve learned in 12 years as a Buddhist death doula To be present with someone who is near death is a precious lesson.
A little less isolation, a little more conversation
Just in case you haven't come across this already, here is a short piece about a program Social Health has been supporting and is providing ongoing reflective listening training for.
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/a-little-less-isolation-a-little-more-conversation-20200814-p55lwx.html?fbclid=IwAR2UVLpUwPu9VdG2ckXlqKyb-8_TnLYh-PAjd7YJClU_FzK2qfbIYWXi388
theage.com.au Monash medical students have set up a phone a new friend program to help those battling loneliness in the lockdown.
Meaningful Human Connection
Here is the wonderful Annie Whitlocke with a brief insight into reflective listening, a way of supporting people in times of crisis that lies at the heart of Social Health.
Welcome to Social Health Australia's new fb page!
We hope it will provide an accessible platform for sharing some of the great work our practitioners are doing right now, as well as useful guidelines, related research and inspiration from others working in the field.
First off some very useful news, as of yesterday older Victorians, those with a disability, carers and those with an illness are able able to call for a COVID test, and a tester will visit their home within 48 hours.
If anyone you are supporting needs to book a test the hotline number is 1800 675398, and this is manned 24 hrs a day, 7 days a week.
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