Young People and the power of Social Media
As part of Generation-Z, I can’t imagine life without social media. It’s my go-to for entertainment, shopping, news, fashion, gossip, trends, games, and so much more. My name is Jessica Daniels ...
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Let’s get together to support the community
WE'RE LOOKING FOR A NON-PROFIT ORGANISATION TO SHARE OUR OFFICE SPACE AND VALUES. As a community organisation, you know the right space and environment can make a huge ...
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Holyoake WCADS Prevention Team wins Award
The annual Injury Matters - Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion Awards - were announced on March 25, 2021. Holyoake’s Wheatbelt Community Alcohol and Drug Service (WCADS) Prevention Team won the award ...
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A much-needed Wellbeing Portal for Health Professionals
As health professionals, we often tend to put the needs of our clients and communities at the forefront of our work. Now more than ever, as we ease out of COVID-19, ...
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How to Talk About Mental Health at Work
Employees often worry about disclosing their mental health concerns to upper management, thinking that they have to put up a front once they step into the office. However, bottling up these ...
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Covid-19: Looking out for each other
Australia, the lucky country, has recently been hit by a series of unfortunate circumstances. Fires, floods… and now the pandemic of Covid-19 or Coronavirus. If adversity is the true test of ...
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Stay safe this Festive Season
With festive season around the corner, so are the barbeques, functions and family gatherings. This is a good time of the year to reflect on our drinking culture and the way ...
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Meet Veronica McGuire – a proud Balladong Noongar Woman
Veronica McGuire, a proud Balladong Noongar woman from the Wheatbelt area, looks back at her growing years and reflects on changing times. “We never had a house, just a ...
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HR Managers and the Mental Health Stigma
March 15, 2019 by Angie Paskevicius If you are a Manager of HR or Learning & Development, you will agree that employee mental wellness presents quite the ...
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The Messy Desk
February 11, 2019 by Chris Darmody The use of metaphors can be an effective tool in finding common ground. The Messy Desk is a way I often ...
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Investing to Save – A report on Mental Health Reform
May 03, 2018 by Angie Paskevicius, Holyoake Fracture an arm and the visible cast draws instant attention and sympathy. Unfortunately anxiety, depression and other mental health issues ...
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5 Tips to empower people to wellness
March 12, 2018 by Angie Paskevicius, Holyoake Isn’t it an irony that our hyper-connected technological era can leave people feeling more disconnected than ever before? It is not ...
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Is someone you care about affected by methamphetamine?
February 07, 2018 by Erica Lucas, Holyoake If you or someone you care about is affected by methamphetamine, it is important to understand some important facts about ...
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12 Tips to stress less this festive season
December 21, 2017 by Jo Drayton, Holyoake The Christmas season is not always a festive time for everyone. It can be an emotional and challenging time for ...
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5 Tips for parents: Supplying alcohol to minors
June 28, 2017 by Samantha Menezes, Blogger Secondary supply laws were introduced into Western Australia in November 2015. In order to ensure the public are educated about ...
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What is Reconciliation?
June 13, 2017 by Claire McGuire, Holyoake I am a proud Balladong Noongar woman from the Wheatbelt area, and a Counsellor in Holyoake’s Northam office. People often ...
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Secondary Supply Legislation in WA
January 02, 2017 by Samantha Menezes, Blogger When the “Introduce Secondary Supply Laws in WA” petition first went online in March 2013 many people presumed it was ...
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Making music at Holyoake Connect
November 27, 2015 by Ev Taylor, Holyoake It is often said that music is good for the soul, and in the words of Ella Fitzgerald, “the only ...
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Suicide prevention – together we can save lives
November 20, 2016 by Mario Gomes, Holyoake It is hard to imagine what goes through the mind of someone who contemplates the extreme choice of taking one’s ...
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It’s time to stop the blatant double standard: Cigarettes v/s Alcohol
September 27, 2016 by Angie Paskevicius, Holyoake Despite overwhelming statistics and research about the harmful effects of alcohol, our Government hesitates to increase tax on alcohol and ...
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Breaking the deadly code of silence
March 27, 2016 by Mario Gomes, Holyoake The introduction of drug testing is a much-discussed topic in the building industry. The new building code will soon make ...
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Looking back at 40 years of Holyoake
October 27, 2015 by Mario Gomes, Holyoake In the early seventies, problem drinking was generally treated as a disease; the advice was to “detox, sober up, and ...
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