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Morning - Session 1: 10am – 11.30am (AEST) Mates helping mates – founders share stories of setting up a men's mental health project. Speakers include: Jeremy Forbes, co-founder of HALT (Hope Assistance Local Tradies), a Victorian painter and decorator by trade who now works to raise awareness of mental health among local tradies. Jeremy Edwards who co-founded INATT (I’m Not Afraid To Talk) with a group of local footy players in Whyalla, South Australia with the aim of challenging the stereotype that men don’t talk about their mental health. Wayne Taylor, a Queensland plumber who founded Average Joes which runs meet-up groups for men to connect through conversation, shared experiences and having a laugh together. Dan Allen, Co-Founder, Trade Mutt. Sam Webb, Co-Founder, LIVIN. |
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Morning - Session 2: 11.45am – 1.00pm (AEST) Do you need training to talk to blokes – how to upskill your volunteers Speakers include: Jack Jones, program director at the Banksia Project which trains facilitators to run ‘growth rooms’ where groups of mates can provide each other peer support through life’s challenges, uncertainties and triumphs. Ian Westmoreland, founder of Mentoring Men, a project that trains volunteer male mentors and then pairs them with men who are seeking a mentor. Steven Gamble, founder of Man Anchor, a grassroots mental health and wellbeing project that works to create opportunities for discussion, education and action of the mental health issues that impact men. Jon Morgan works for the Marcus Mission, a project that provides men with practical tools to navigate life’s difficult times and support others to do the same. |
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Session 3: Lunchtime Lectures (1pm to 2pm AEST) How men's sheds grew from a few sheds to a few thousand worldwide
Professor Barry Golding AM, Professor (Adjunct) in adult and community education of Federation University Australia and winner of the 2013 Australian Men’s Shed Association ‘Ted Donnelly Award’ for his ‘outstanding contribution to the Men’s Shed movement’. |
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Afternoon - Session 3: 2pm – 3.15pm (AEST) From zero to 100! How to grow from one group to a movement! Speakers include: Speakers include: Mark Burns who founded The Man Walk, which provides regular opportunities for men to get together to walk, talk and support each other. The Man Walk started in Wollongong and rapidly spread to more than 70 sites across Australia and internationally. David Pointon and Ben Huges, co-founders of The Men’s Table, a program that builds belonging, community, peer support and camaraderie for men through monthly dinner meetings. The concept began in Sydney and is spreading around Australia and the Asia-Pacific region. Thomas Docking, founder, Dads Group Inc. Mitch Mcpherson, founder, SPEAK UP! Stay ChatTY. |
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Afternoon - Session 4: 3.30pm – 5.00pm (AEST) Open Forum - learning from and supporting each other as we grow our movement. Speakers include: Matt Boyce, founder of the Connection Project, a portfolio of projects working to address mental health issues and social disconnection including Your Prep, How Good’s Living, Life Warriors and men’s Walk and Talk meet-ups. Sam Parker, founder of Grab Life By The Balls, which creates events for blokes, from all walks of life, to connect, hang out and be themselves. Dylan Roos, co-founder of MoMENtum Lifestyle, which works to facilitate environments that educate, support and empower men through their 5 pillars: masculinity, meditation, mindset, motivation and Muscle! Kevin Heath and Bailey Fitzgerald of The Maroubra Movement. |