Navy Wellbeing - Resilience
Navy Mental Health, Wellbeing and Resilience Action Plan 2021-2023
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Defence Health & Well-being Portal “Fighting Fit”
Targeted resources for specific personnel and situations, including Commanders, Reservists, ADF Members preparing for deployment, veterans, and health professionals.
The Runway
Focuses on reputable professional and academic sources that provide practical and authoritative guidance that can help motivate and inform your decision to reflect often, plan the changes necessary, and improve your physical, mental, and social wellbeing.
Friend Line
Aims to free Australians from loneliness via conversations and is not crisis support. Call 1800 427 287 10am-8pm, 7 days a week; or use the online chat service Tuesday-Thursday 1:00pm-5:00pm.
Frontline Yoga
Free yoga classes to assist in maintaining resilience, strength and connection. Suitable for beginners, with clear instructions. Suitable for people who may be experiencing chronic stress, depression, anxiety or PTSD.
ReachOut
Self-help information, peer-support program and referral tools to save lives by helping young people be well and stay well. A free service, available anytime and anywhere.
Wellbeing - Black Dog Institute
Mental health experts advocate wellbeing as a way of improving our lives. Wellbeing helps us stay resilient, build social support and self-efficacy, and cope with adversity.
Mates4Mates
Helps veterans and their families to find a way forward from service-related injuries.
Skills for Recovery
Physical rehabilitation and wellbeing services
Social connection activities
Australian National Veterans Arts Museum
Supports the whole-of-life wellness of current and former members of Australia’s military and families through facilitated arts engagement for wellness through mental, physical and social wellbeing.
Mind Australia
Provides practical and motivational support to help people develop the skills they need to move on, thrive, and improve the quality of their lives. This includes helping people with the things that make them feel strong and healthy, such as being in control of their life, being resilient and participating in their community. They also work with people to address poverty, housing, education and employment.
Trojans Trek
Recognised as the most effective peer support wilderness-based intervention which reconstructs the psychological health and wellbeing of service and ex service personnel.
Veteran Mindfulness Australia
Offers a broad range of mindfulness classes while promoting mental and overall wellbeing. Offers yoga, meditation, dance and photography and art classes to eligible Australian veterans.
Young Veterans
Aims to connect those who are isolated with others and engage with society. Not necessarily about reminiscing about service times, it is about moving forward, re-engaging and inspiring young veterans to achieve and succeed beyond their time in service. Events include: 4WD, camping, fishing, stand up paddle boarding, surfing, yoga, power lifting, ten pin bowling, swimming with whales, walking, coffee catch ups, rock climbing, off-road racing teams, etc.
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