Headlight Trust 9/29/22 Headlight Trust 9/29/22

More GoodYarn mental health workshops for Queenstown

Recognising issues like staff shortages, increased living costs and separation from family support networks are continuing to impact people’s mental health, the Te Hau Toka Southern Lakes Wellbeing Group and Head Light Trust are stepping up efforts to help the Queenstown community.

Headlight Trust 7/1/22 Headlight Trust 7/1/22

GoodYarn community pilot gears up for growth

An innovative peer-delivered community mental health programme aimed at empowering people to stay well is gearing up to grow after being successfully piloted in the Queenstown Lakes District.

Since May 2021, the ‘GoodYarn Community' programme has brought together over 250 locals from different community sectors to talk about mental health and arm themselves with more knowledge, strategies and skills to help them stay mentally well and support others who are struggling.

Carrie Ly 6/30/22 Carrie Ly 6/30/22

Supporting staff mental health good for business and community

It’s definitely tough out there for many businesses right now. Staff and material shortages are the latest in a long line of COVID-related blows to the business community and that means more pressure on staff and owners to keep putting the ‘open’ sign up.

Yet while we can’t do a lot to control the economic climate, business owners can do …

Carrie Ly 3/15/22 Carrie Ly 3/15/22

Maybe it’s a good time to remember smiles are infectious too!

Right now, it feels like we are at peak pandemic.

2 years of rules, restrictions and having our lives turned on their heads and now the virus is with us like an unwanted relative that’s invited themselves to stay and arrived on the afternoon that we’ve just run a marathon.

So, what can we do to help navigate…

Carrie Ly 10/29/21 Carrie Ly 10/29/21

We’re All In This Together…

“How are you?”

This question is part of our Kiwi DNA. We ask it several times a day, but what do we do if the answer is “actually not that great” or “mmm, OK”?

Firstly, it’s important to remember that everyone on the planet has ups and downs - it's a fact of life. Yet now, thanks to COVID, so many of us are experiencing new, real challenges…