Author: Anthony
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Top Blokes Takes Lift the Load to Sunrise
This morning, Sunrise featured the Top Blokes Foundation and its nationwide Lift the Load Challenge, a movement inspiring Australians to take action for young men’s mental health this Mental Health Month. Broadcast live from Sydney, the segment brought together Top Blokes Ambassador Harry Garside, Top Blokes participants and Lift the Load supporters – all united…
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World Suicide Prevention Day
Categories: Mentor Story[TW: SUICIDE] Today is World Suicide Prevention Day. It’s a day to shine a light on the lives lost, the battles fought in silence, and the hope that every conversation can save a life. Suicide affects too many young people in Australia, but it doesn’t have to be this way. Together, we can change the…
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Level Up: Support a Mate – A New Workshop Helping Boys Back Their Mates
Categories: Top Blokes newsAt the heart of the event was the launch of the Level Up: Support a Mate workshop – a new workshop from Top Blokes Foundation that gives teenage boys practical skills to look out for one another, have difficult conversations, and play a role in suicide prevention and mental health support.
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Why We Lift: Matt
Categories: Community Fundraising[TW: SUICIDE] For Matt, the Lift the Load Challenge represents something deeply personal. Behind the vest are years of lived experience, loss, and a drive to change the culture around men’s mental health. In his younger years, Matt struggled with anger and bottled-up emotions. Like many men, he felt the pressure of stigma – the…
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‘Reducing the damage’: Nick was angry and anxious
Categories: In the mediaWhen Swansea’s Nick McMurrugh was being bullied at school, he got help from a psychologist. That helped a lot, but he was also living with anxiety and too much anger. He joined the Top Blokes program, which helps young males openly discuss their mental health with mentors. A key benefit of the program was “not being talked down to by…
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Shared Values, Shared Vision: The Youth Ambassador Council Looks Ahead
Categories: Top Blokes newsIn a cross-state meet-up, the Top Blokes Youth Ambassador Council gathered for their latest council meeting, with the boys tuning in from Sydney and Brisbane to connect, reflect, and shape the path ahead. Diving deeper into our values The meeting kicked off with something close to the heart of Top Blokes: VALUES. Led by Top…
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Top Blokes bring young men’s perspectives to the table at Parliamentary hearing on pornography
Today, the Top Blokes Foundation is speaking at the NSW Parliamentary Inquiry into the impacts of harmful pornography on the mental, emotional, and physical health of young males. Top Blokes is excited to be part of this important conversation, bringing the voices of young men to the table and advocating for meaningful change in how…
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Hearty Hunter souls Lift the Load for Top Blokes Foundation
It was deemed tougher than a National Rugby League pre-season. But, a group of Hunter-based locals – including former NRL star Liam Foran, Newcastle Knights NRLW assistant coach Mark Wilton, Macquarie Scorpions mentor Jye Bayley and Lakes United Seagulls Life Member Tony Delany – braved the elements and pushed through the pain barrier for a…
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Chris Duke takes on the Lift The Load challenge for mental health awareness month
Chris Duke knows all too well the mental health challenges young men can face. In the space of just six weeks in the middle of last year, the 36-year-old lost his mother and then he and his pregnant wife lost their first baby of around 20 weeks. A Detective Senior Constable with the WA Police…
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‘Don’t bottle everything up inside’: 21yo’s mission for young blokes
Daniel Stephen will help “carry the burden” of mental health for young men in a gruelling challenge on Saturday. He’ll wear a 10-kilogram vest while running 50 kilometres from Singleton to Warners Bay. The run is part of Lift The Load, a challenge run by mental health foundation Top Blokes. Daniel said many young blokes…