headspace Barwon – giving young people a voice!

In the lead up to Mental Health Week headspace Barwon launched a competition inviting young people in the Geelong region to ’voice’ their thoughts about mental health.  Young people were asked to enter a written piece (in the form of a song, spoken words, or a poem) about their experiences with mental health or how to maintain good mental health. 

With the Top 10 entries being given the opportunity to record their piece in a professional recording studio, headspace Barwon was swamped with entries from some very talented local writers. The winning entries were selected, recorded and produced into a compilation CD called ‘Voicing it!’.  Not only is the CD made by young people but the CD cover has been designed by a young person who is living with mental illness.

The ‘Voicing it’ CD will be launched this week to mark Mental Health Week and distributed to local secondary schools, youth agencies and community organisations to use as a resource to increase awareness of the importance of good mental health. 

To find out what else is happening at our 30 headspace centres this week visit www.headspace.org.au.