If you were at the Remarkables Market on the 15th of April, you might have seen me and a bunch of people walking around in our green Headlight T-shirts holding post-it notes. We were there talking with our community and asking them to ‘write a message of support to someone experiencing mental distress’. Maybe you saw us, maybe you wrote a message or maybe you wondered ‘what’s that all about?’

Local business owners and leaders have a chance to access valuable education this month to help them support the mental health of staff and clients.

On 29 March, a subsidised training is being delivered at Mountain Club, Queenstown, to support members and the wider business community to have a chance to upskill on all things relating to mental health and wellbeing at work.

I’m so proud of our little trust this week.

Our locally-grown charity is making a bit of noise as we share the findings of a pilot project that started here in the Whakatipu, but could have a wide impact in terms of reshaping how we help communities to look after their mental health.

Volunteers and staff from three local older persons organisations recently came together for a unique training session in Queenstown to learn more about mental health and how to spot signs and symptoms and support those who are struggling.

An innovative peer-to-peer education programme has proven to be a successful model for improving mental health knowledge and skills, particularly amongst hard to reach and ethnically diverse communities, according to a new report released by headlight.