After a profitable South Australian introduction earlier this yr, Australian psychological well being charity Drive In opposition to Melancholy (DAD) will ship its last 2024 drive occasion in Adelaide’s lovely surrounds, culminating in a go to to Birdwood’s legendary Nationwide Motor Museum.
A incredible scenic drive that skirts throughout the Adelaide Hills, main contributors from Windy Level to Birdwood will kind the journey, with reserved parking and an invite to expertise the enduring museum its completion.
Members shall be launched to StandBy Help After Suicide, which is delivered by AnglicareSA, and listen to from Adelaide coordinator Michelle Roberts. StandBy is Australia’s main postvention program devoted to supporting folks impacted by suicide.
“AnglicareSA is wanting ahead to supporting the DAD occasion right here in Adelaide,” Ms Roberts stated.
“We need to share with the contributors how StandBy can help folks bereaved by suicide, together with an abridged model of the ‘What Do I Say, What Do I Do’ psychoeducation workshop.”
DAD co-founder Sarah Davis shared that “DAD and StandBy share similarities of objective – we each search to supply a significant technique of connection and help and scale back the danger components related to demise by suicide.”
The neighborhood progress and request for extra occasions spotlight the significance of community-based psychological wellness initiatives. Along with rising its occasion calendar, DAD can be rising at an organisational.
“The demand for DAD occasions has continued to extend this yr, and we’re humbled by the impression of our distinctive method that mixes training, sensible psychological well being instruments and the shared enthusiasm for motoring,” Ms Davis stated.
“DAD’s grass-roots methodology gives judgement-free alternatives for connection and we proceed to construct very important alternatives to normalise psychological well being conversations.” She additionally highlighted the significance of partnership.
“Sponsors and companions are essential in serving to to fund DAD’s necessary psychological well being work. We encourage organisations and companies to be a part of DAD’s occasions and neighborhood psychological well being objectives, and we’re excited to create alternatives for shared worth and impression.”
The latest instance of companions supporting DAD’s neighborhood impression is the charity’s partnership with Talked, an Australian-based on-line remedy platform that connects people with certified therapists and psychologists.
This partnership delivers one in all DAD’s key objectives, being to facilitate pathways for contributors to proceed their psychological well being dialog with an expert practitioner.
Registration and occasion sponsorship enquiries are actually open for the upcoming Adelaide Spring Drive Day on 17 November 2024. Enquiries are additionally welcomed for 2025 occasion sponsorship and organisational partnership.
For extra details about Drive In opposition to Melancholy, please go to: https://www.driveagainstdepression.com.au/.
