JESI Donates to Rural and Remote Mental Health
JESI Donates to Rural and Remote Mental Health We would like to acknowledge JESI Australia for the donation and fundraising on the behalf of RRMH, through internal employee events they [...]
Rural Minds in East Gippsland
In mid-August, Rural and Remote Mental Health featured in the Herald Sun, reporting on our trip to East Gippsland. This follows the announcement of our two-year mental health and suicide [...]
R U OK? (Out There)
R U OK? (Out There) As the nation asks itself ‘R U OK?’ this week the simple answer from country Australia is ‘no’. Rural and Remote Mental Health Australia (RRMH) CEO [...]
AusIMM Donate to RRMH
We'd like to acknowledge the recent contribution from The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. AusIMM donate to RRMH and support our Resource Minds program to help raise awareness of [...]
Simple Soothing Strategies
Simple self soothing strategies are a good way to calm our nervous system when it goes into overdrive. It can be hard to speak to a professional exactly when you [...]
Rural and Remote Mental Health to be supported by AstraZeneca
Rural and Remote Mental Health are thrilled to be supported by AstraZeneca for the development of our upcoming Rural Minds Youth program. AstraZeneca’s focus on social impact investment is evident [...]
Staff Highlight with Joe Hooper – CEO of RRMH
Staff Highlight with Joe Hooper - Joe is our incredibly dedicated CEO here at Rural and Remote Mental Health. His passion to help those living in rural and remote areas [...]
Rural Minds Program Review
Rural Minds program review - Earlier this year the Rural and Remote Mental Health team gathered in Queensland to attend a two-day review of our Rural Minds program. The Rural [...]
Deadly Thinking with Johnathan Link
Deadly Thinking with Johnathan Link - Johnathan Link is an experienced Deadly Thinking Presenter and proud descendant of the Kuku Yalanji people of Mossman Gorge and the Nyamal people of the Pilbara [...]
Eidsvold Golden Bell Campdraft
Eidsvold Golden Bell Campdraft, a small community with a big spirit - Ashlee Christensen is a valued member of the Eidsvold community; the small rural town is located in the North Burnett [...]
Grounding Techniques – using your senses
Grounding Techniques using your senses - Sometimes our emotions can take complete hold of us, we can feel overwhelmed by the swirl of thoughts that seem to be on a [...]
Fernvale safeTALK Workshop
Fernvale safeTALK Workshop - In May we were lucky enough to be in Fernvale for their community safeTALK workshop. Facilitated by Country Care Connections manager, Debbie Smith, the LivingWorks program [...]
RRMH Partnerships – with Joe Hooper
RRMH Partnerships - with Joe Hooper There are many ways to help us do what we do, to aid in the fight against the stigma associated with mental illness and [...]
The Cloncurry Cattle Crisis
The Cloncurry Cattle Crisis - Jacqueline Curley and her husband Robert are cattle graziers based in the Cloncurry area of outback Queensland. Operating Gipsy Plains Braham Stud for over 30 [...]
Country Australians live with the twin realities of limited health care for bodies and minds
Country Australians live with the twin realities of limited health care for bodies and minds. Tragically the more remote we live, the greater the risk that we are exposed to [...]
The Therapy of Animals
There is a lot to be said for the therapeutic value of animals, creatures big and small can play a large role in calming and comforting those suffering from mental [...]
Rural Business Women donate to RRMH
Another very generous donation from the collaborating authors of Rural Business Women, now a best-selling eBook on Amazon. Sarah Walkerden of The Rural Copywriter, who curated the book, caught up with us to [...]
Health Promotion in Indigenous Communities
Rural and Remote Mental Health are focused on improving the quality of life for those living in remote communities, those that may struggle to gain access to professional help for mental illness [...]
Staff Highlight – Millie Bryant
Our Marketing and Communications Specialist has a rural background and is very familiar with life on the land and the challenges that come with it. Millie joined the team earlier [...]
Cultural Competence with Casa Services
Alice Springs is Australia’s red centre and the home of the Aboriginal Arrernte people. Known to them as Mparntwe, it’s an incredibly remote town located in the Northern Territory. The [...]
Rural Well-being with The Yoga Partnership
Rural and Remote Mental Health are advocates for mental wellness, but we are also interested in the importance of maintaining physical wellbeing and its impact on our emotive state. We [...]
Sober In The Country with Shanna Whan
Shanna Whan is the founder of Sober In The Country and since February 2015 she has been sans alcohol. Her journey to an alcohol-free life was not an easy one but eventually, [...]
Cargo to Grenfell Walks Again
Cargo to Grenfell Walks Again! We catch up with the Event organiser, Tobias Barons, on the success and history of this annual philanthropic event. “The C2G 2022 was again a [...]
The first Suicide Prevention Act in Australia
CEO of Rural and Remote Mental Health, Joe Hooper, comments on the exciting announcement. “On the 9th December, the South Australian Parliament passed the first Suicide Prevention Act in Australia with [...]