Mind Australia

NAIDOC Week 2025’s theme of strength, vision and legacy for the next generation is close to the heart for Mind Australia Board Director Leilani Darwin. Leilani is a proud Quandamooka woman who is well known within the mental health sector for her work and leadership in suicide prevention and youth mental health.

For nearly 10 years, Liza Staios has been the warm voice at the other end of the line when Victorians call the National Carer Helpline.

Mind Australia’s Youth Psychosocial Support Package (YPSP) supports young people (16-24) in the Perth metropolitan area.

Operating since 2023, the pilot program is making a significant difference to the lives of young participants by focusing on strengthening their social connection. 

The Western Sydney Recovery College’s Manager Jayke Burgess is passionate about human rights and social justice. Through the College’s LGBTIQA+ Inclusivity course, he has an opportunity to help people from all walks of life to make the spaces they live and work in safer and more inclusive for LGBTIQA+ people.

2024 Stratford Scholarship recipient Mush McLoughlan’s ‘deathsong witnessing event’ attempts to move away from fear-based to love-based responses to suicide.

It must be heartbreaking as a parent to see your child’s mental health spiral and feel helpless to stop it. Sandy, a single mother, began to see changes in one of her teenage boys after the family had a rough couple of years.