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Joint statement on youth mental health priorities

19 March 2025

Over the last two decades, the mental health of young people in Australia has been declining. From housing insecurity and job uncertainty to rising student debt, global crises and climate change, young people are struggling.

Yonder and ReachOut launch a powerful new campaign, emphasising the vital r...

13 March 2025

ReachOut has partnered with branding and advertising agency Yonder Creative to launch a compelling new campaign to build awareness of ReachOut Parents, a free Australian mental health support service for parents and carers of teens and young people.

ReachOut welcomes two new Board Directors, in support of the mental health ...

12 March 2025

Leading digital youth mental health organisation, ReachOut, is excited to announce the appointment of two new Board Directors - Claire Beattie and Emily Qiao.

ReachOut welcomes additional federal funding commitment

3 March 2025

ReachOut warmly welcomes the Albanese Government’s announcement that further funding has been committed to ReachOut following the Digital Mental Health Program tender.

ReachOut welcomes Digital Mental Health Program funding commitment

19 February 2025

ReachOut has welcomed an announcement today by the Australian Government of a 3 year funding commitment under the Digital Mental Health Program.

Thorpey rallies communities, teams and swimmers across Australia for Laps f...

28 January 2025

Laps for Life is taking place in March 2025 in support of youth mental health service ReachOut.

ReachOut boosts board with two new Directors ahead of next growth stage

14 January 2025

Leading digital youth mental health organisation, ReachOut, is excited to announce the appointment of two new Board Directors.

Iconic Aussie parents, teens and mental health experts feature in new Insta...

3 December 2024

Likes and Limits is a four part series, available to watch at @reachout_aus

Leading mental health organisations welcome new regulations to create safer...

14 November 2024

ReachOut, Beyond Blue and Black Dog Institute today welcome the Federal Government’s landmark decision to implement a new duty of care regulation that will hold social media companies accountable for the safety of their users.

New research by ReachOut finds young people are scrolling their social feed...

8 October 2024

New research report by ReachOut - Harnessing the feed: social media for mental health information and support

New data from ReachOut shows cost of living driving study stress, students ...

14 September 2024

Youth mental health organisation releases new data about study stress and provides support in the lead up to Year 12 exams

Youth voices took centre stage at Future Generation Global’s Exchange Eve...

11 September 2024

Young people are the future, yet their voices are often overlooked. In policy-making, community leadership and product and service design, too often are young people and their lived experiences undervalued.

Leading mental health organisations say proposed ban won’t make social me...

10 September 2024

Australia’s leading mental health organisations have come together to promote evidence-based improvements to online safety

ReachOut research report: How stress about the future impacts young people�...

27 August 2024

Young people are worried about the future, and it’s impacting their wellbeing.

Mental health organisations collaborate to call for changes to social media...

18 July 2024

Mental health organisations ReachOut, Beyond Blue and Black Dog Institute are calling for a range of evidence-based measures to help improve the safety of social media platforms for young people, including verification of mental health information and limiting infinite scroll features.

ReachOut Australia announces the launch of its new Innovate Reconciliation ...

4 July 2024

Leading digital youth mental health service, ReachOut, is today announcing the launch of its new Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP).

Laps for Life – 2024: Impact statement

1 July 2024

Laps for Life is a month-long swimming challenge held annually in March which encourages participants to swim for their own mental health and, at the same time, raise funds for the more than 1 in 3 young people currently experiencing mental health challenges.

ReachOut welcomes Gary Groves as new CEO

4 June 2024

ReachOut is proud to announce the appointment of Gary Groves as its new CEO.

ReachOut encourages students to seek support when it comes to uni exam and ...

30 May 2024

With university exams around the corner, many students across the country may be currently experiencing unhealthy levels of exam and study stress.

New research on what parents and carers worry about by ReachOut

23 April 2024

A new report by mental health service ReachOut identifies the most common issues of concern for parents and carers across Australia, the issues that are having the greatest mental health impacts on their young people and where parents and carers are turning for support.

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ReachOut’s office is open during business hours, Monday to Friday, 9 am – 5 pm. ReachOut cannot provide immediate or crisis support. If you need help right now, or know of someone who does, there are 24/7 services available. Check out some of the options for young people at https://au.reachout.com/urgent-help, or for parents/carers at https://parents.au.reachout.com/emergency-contacts.

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