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Welcome to the 2024 Podcast Challenge
We have been working hard behind the scenes with six local schools to cover six pressing topics that we see impacting young people at headspace Echuca.
In this project we have facilitated a youth led project allowing young people to support, inform and reflect on topics the themselves, their friends, family and peers may be dealing with in some way.
Having a youth led project like this has supported the roll out of mental health literacy within the school environment and now that the podcasts have been released to the public, it has allowed for everyone and anyone to access the amazing conversations of young people around day to day issues.
As one person states in the podcasts "we need real and raw". We hope you enjoy these podcasts as much as we have enjoyed making them.
St Josephs College
Topic - Body Image
Presenters
School wellbeing Member - Abbey
headspace Clinician - Holly
Community Member - Danielle
Peer chat
Resources
Below are some resources to support the topics spoken about within the podcast
Support for Eating Disorders and Body Image Issues | Butterfly Foundation
Clinical Support To Treat Eating Disorders In Victoria - CEED
Echuca College
Topic - Vaping
Presenters
School wellbeing Member - Dorinda
headspace Clinician - Sam
Community Member - Kristy
Peer chat
Resources
Below are some resources to support the topics spoken about within the podcast
Going vape-free | Youth vaping | Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care
For parents and carers | Youth vaping | Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care
New laws for vapes | Youth vaping | Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care
Quit Smoking & Vaping: Get Expert Cessation Tips & Help | Quit
E-cigarettes & Vaping - Positive Choices
Vaping | The Behaviour Change Collaborative (thebcc.org.au)
Rochester Secondary College
Topic - Supporting Friends & Family
Presenters
School wellbeing Member - Kirsty
headspace Clinician - Sam
Community Member - Amanda
Peer chat
Resources
Below are some resources to support the topics spoken about within the podcast
Rochester Community House Victoria Australia
Kyabram P-12 College
Topic - Bullying
Presenters
School wellbeing Member - Grace
headspace Clinician - Liam
Community Member - Shane
Resources
Below are some resources to support the topics spoken about within the podcast
Online safety | eSafety Commissioner
ACCCE | Australian Centre To Counter Child Exploitation
St Augustine's College Kyabram
Topic - Anxiety & Depression
Presenters
headspace Clinician - Kirby
headspace Clinician - Liam
Peer chat
Resources
Below are some resources to support the topics spoken about within the podcast
Echuca Twin Rivers Specialist School
Topic - Cyber Safety
Presenters
School wellbeing Member - Jenny
headspace Clinician - Olivia
Community Member - Shane
Resources
Below are some resources to support the topics spoken about within the podcast
Thank you for watching and listening to some of if not all of the podcasts you will have found on this page.
An amazing amount of work from schools, students, community members and Ralph from Making Media.
Through feedback from the project we learned the following;
- 85% of participants have experienced concerns with one or more of these mental wellbeing topics
- 88% of participants rated an increased understanding of their podcast topic
- 83% of participants rated an increased understanding of the services and supports available for their podcast topic
We hope you learned something or at minimum understood the importance of youth voice and youth led projects within our community. Especially regarding sensitive topics such as these.
We hope to be back soon with another podcast challenge but until then, share these video through your networks and enjoy the simple brilliance of our youth.