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.

The headlight approach to empowering communities to support their mental health and wellbeing was in the global spotlight at an international e-Mental health conference recently.

Around a year ago, I was on a bus heading to a regenerative tourism workshop when I fell into conversation with someone who I vaguely knew. It turned out that the ‘conversation’ was actually a job interview - it was just that I didn’t know it at the time!