In 2008-09, Western Australia had the highest recurrent expenditure of $201 per person on specialised mental health services compared to the national average of $166.30

• There were 25.1 acute hospital beds in WA (the highest rate in Australia) compared to 20.5 beds nationally

• • The mental health unit at Fiona Stanley Hospital will be a 30-bed purpose-built facility adjacent to the main hospital
  • Encourages patient choice by offering access to more communal areas and outdoor places
  • Include tele-psychiatry services for rural and remote patients
  • For more information about the Fiona Stanley Hospital project, visit

http://www.fionastanley.health.wa.gov.au/about/index.cfm or call 1800 659 475

Carillon City have installed a video camera into a Mini Ray and are inviting customers to sit in the vehicle and share with us their “Mini Moment”; why they deserve to win a Mini Ray valued at $28,880 + Mini Prizes. 

The promotion runs daily from 11am to 4pm, and 11am - 8pm on Friday’s. Approved Mini Moments will be uploaded to Carillon City Facebook page.

Ten finalists will be chosen by voting and Carillon City will also allow eleven Wildcard entries (daily Mini Moments that simply ‘make us smile’) to the finals.

Finals will be judged by Carillon City Centre Management and Auto Classic.

Video entries close: Sun 11 Dec at 4pm
Voting closes:  Wed 14 Dec at 5pm
Winner announced:  Fri 16 Dec at 2pm

Visit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XD567vrGbhA for more!

Click here to see the Mini Moments ad: Carill102_Mini Moment_Lift Pannel

Youth Focus would like to say thank you to all those who attended the Zero2hero cocktail party held on 5th November at Scitech. It was a fun and entertaining night as guests enjoyed admiring all of the costumes and tinkering with the Scitech displays.

The Zero2hero team had obviously gone to a lot of effort in organising this great fundraising event which featured magicians, music, silent and live auctions. The best part was trying to guess who everyone’s hero was based on their costumes; some more obvious than others!

There was, however, a serious message amongst all the fun which was the prevention of youth suicide and depression. Zero2hero were able to successfully spread the word of the importance about speaking openly about mental health issues and encouraging people to seek help when in need. The viewing of an emotional and informative video on the night was watched by all and helped to bring the festivities back to why we were there.

The team are still tallying all of the funds raised but they would like to advise that they are on track to meet their fundraising target of $30,000 for Youth Focus. Raffle tickets are still on sale and feature a trip to an amazing Bali Villa for you and 5 of your friends so please make sure you visit http://www.iwannaticket.com.au/event/bali-raffle-win-a-trip-for-6-to-bali-Nzgz to enter with a chance to win.

For more information on zero2hero please visit zero2hero.com.au or drop by their facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/zero2heroperth

2012 not only marks the special 10^th anniversary of the Night of Nights Ball but also the Hawaiian Ride for Youth.  As part of our celebrations a new website www.rideforyouth.com.au has been created to assist the Riders with their fundraising and to promote the event. 

You can browse the site and make a donation to any of our 100 Riders.  The website has only been live for a couple of weeks but the Riders have already raised almost $200,000. We need your help to reach our target of $1.25M!

Whilst having a look don’t forgot to sign up to the Hawaiian Ride for Youth e-newsletter to follow all the Ride news and receive information on upcoming events, including the many Riders’ great fundraising events.

Are you looking to find new ways to say thank you to your corporate contacts and clients each year? Charity Greeting Cards are a great way for you to reflect and celebrate the partnership you have with your clients while supporting your charity of choice, such as Youth Focus.

40c of the price you pay per card will be donated to the charity you have chosen. Your colleagues or clients will appreciate the gesture and know that you are supporting the great work Youth Focus does in the community.

Order now! Simply jump online at www.charitygreetingcards.com.au to order your Christmas cards today, and remember to select Youth Focus from the charity list. There are also hampers and cards for all occasions.

Here’s your chance to get fit while uniquely helping Youth Focus to support more young Western Australians.  The Youth Focus Virtual Ride will be happening during March 2012.

Co-inciding with the 2012 Hawaiian Ride for Youth, the Virtual Ride offers the opportunity for everyone to participate and fundraise for Youth Focus by clocking up 24 hours on a bike during the month of March.  We’ve chosen 24 hours as the target of the month as that’s how many hours our incredible Riders do over four and-a-half days on their challenging ride from Albany to Perth.

The great thing about the Youth Focus Virtual Ride is that you can clock up those hours on a bike in any number of ways.  Whether it be on the road with your regular riding group, on a stationary bike in the gym, having a leisurely cycle around the local park with the kids or a combination of all of these, participants can complete 24 hours over 31 days  

While getting a little fitter and healthier during March, the Youth Focus Virtual Ride also gives you the chance to contribute to the life-changing work of Youth Focus by raising much needed funds. 

When you sign up to take part in this great challenge we’ll support you to raise money from your friends, families and work colleagues.  It’s easy and every dollar you raise will help Youth Focus to support a young person in need. It’s also free to register.

More details will follow soon but to register interest please email: matthew.rologas@youthfocus.com.au or ask for Matthew on 6266 4333.

In an attempt to keep up with the ever increasing demand for our services in the metropolitan area, Youth Focus has appointed a second youth counsellor to service the northern metropolitan corridor.

As the population continues to grow in Perth’s north, our team has been under significant pressure to provide more support to the area, particularly in the Joondalup locality.  Our current Duty and Intake Officer, Richard Wilkinson, will be moving to the newly established position and we will soon be in a position to announce a suitably qualified replacement to fill his previous role.  

Our long term counsellor in the northern metropolitan region has been supported by our long time support Telethon while the initial short term financial support for the new appointment has come from a number of sources.  To maintain this new resource we will be looking to develop another partnership to assist us in servicing the young people in this area.

We look forward to being able to assist more vulnerable clients with the expansion of our services in this area in our mission for the prevention of youth suicide, depression and self harm.