2021 Awards Winners

Congratulations to all our winners for the 2021 Mental Health Matters Awards

2021 Awards Winners

our winners 2021

Congratulations to our 2021 Mental Health Matters Award winners!

Aboriginal Social and Emotional Wellbeing Award

Aboriginal Social and Emotional Wellbeing Award

Babana Aboriginal Mens Group

Mark is an Aboriginal community leader, founder of the Babana Aboriginal Mens Group and now, Award Winner.

Mental Health Matters Rainbow I nclusion Award – Sponsored by ACON

Trans Pride Australia

Join us today as we speak with Isabel from Trans Pride Australia about their project Friday Night.

MHM rainbow award
Outstanding MHP award

Outstanding Achievement in Mental Health Promotion Award

Russel Henry, Newcastle Football’s CEO

Hear from Russel Henry, Newcastle Football’s CEO, as he tells us about the positive impact of the Mental Health Aware program.

Mental Health Matters Youth Award

Margo Ward from KidsXpress

Today we are joined by Margo Ward from KidsXpress to talk about their holistic school program that is having a really positive impact on primary school children’s mental health.

MHM youth award
MHM community award

Mental Health Matters Community Initiative Award

Blue Fringe Arts committee

Today we are joined by the Blue Fringe Arts committee – come along and find out what makes this festival so special and how it has survived for 29 years!!

Mental Health Matters Media and the Arts Awards

The Space Podcast from Nova Podcasts

Today we are joined by wellness expert Amy Molloy who is the creator of The Space Podcast from Nova Podcasts. Hear about what makes this podcast so engaging and how lived experience

MHM media and art
MHM leadership

Mental Health Matters Leadership Through Lived Experience Award Winner

John Harper, Host of the Mate helping Mate Podcast

Join us for this inspiring Q&A event, free of charge. John Harper, host of the Mate helping Mate podcast, will discuss what works (and what doesn’t) when helping people struggling in rural communities.

Mental Health Matters Workplaces Wellbeing Award Winner

Legal Aid NSW

Today we are joined by Nicole from Legal Aid NSW talking to us about their Mentally Healthy Workplaces Framework. Legal Aid NSW support at risk clients and their employees are often exposed to pyshcosocial risks in the workplace as a result. In the past year, they have implemented a number of projects which have been received positively by staff and are making a difference in the health and wellbeing of their workforce

MHM workplaces

Commissioner’s Community Champion Award 2021

NSW Mental Health Commissioner

Today we are joined by the NSW Mental Health Commissioner, Catherine Lourey, to talk to her three wonderful winners. Tune in to meet Tony Hunter
CEO, Marrin Weejali Aboriginal Corporation, Robert ‘Butch’ Young, Peer worker, Southern NSW and Gabriel Gomes, MH Nurse.