A healthy brain? Conversation about mental health

Mental health plays an important role in a person's health and wellbeing. Young adults are particularly vulnerable to mental health issues. Between 2020-22, 38.8% of people aged 16-24 experienced a mental health episode within 12 months. In that same period, 26% of people aged 16-24 experienced high or very high psychological distress.

What is Mental Health Month?

Mental Health Month is observed annually in Australia during October. The entire month serves as an encouragement to think deeply about personal mental health and wellbeing, regardless of lived experiences.

What is a human library?

A human library is a library of people serving as books to be borrowed and have conversations. Every human book represents a group of society that is subject to prejudice and stigma bringing their personal stories to share. The goal for the human library is to build a safe haven for people to have open conversation about difficult topics without judgement. 

Event outline

As part of Azure Beach Council's vision of encouraging connections, collaborations and partnerships, Azure Beach Library has organised a Human Library event in partnership with the Human Library Organisation. In the event, there will be three books sharing their experience with mental health issues. Readers will have 20 minute sessions to discuss, listen and ask questions surrounding mental health. The goal of the event is to cultivate a positive environment in the Azure Beach community about sharing mental health struggles, creating healthy brains along the way.

Throughout the event, it will be strongly encouraged people becomes allies through the Mental Health Month website.

Ways to be an ally. Click here

Date: 10th October 2024 

Time: 2.00 pm - 5.00 pm

Venue: Azure Beach Library - Cove Meeting Room

Cost: Free

Booking information: Registrations are essential. Please register for the event here.

For further information regarding this event, please contact us through:

Phone: (02) 9171 9717

Email: hello@azurebeachpubliclibrary.gov.au

Daniel Lee

#Mental Health Month, #AzureBeachPublicLibrary, #ABPLEvents,

#HumanLibrary, #healthybrain

Image credit: Lifeline - https://lifelinedirect.org.au/westernmelbourne/news/october-is-mental-health-month

Human Library Living Books: Guiding Youth in Mental Heath [FREE]

As teenagers reach the end of their childhood and begin that transition from adolescence into adulthood, that journey can often be challenging and sometimes traumatic. That transition can also often not end well, with early adulthood offering little relief. There is no shame in taking longer than others to reach your goal, or what you think is normal, or what is the minimum. There are others, millions, experiencing this transition and many more who have been through it, and thrived.

 
This October 14th, Azure Beach Library and the Human LibraryTM have collaborated to help in our small way by offering up 4 living books that can help you approach or process this part of your life. This event is aimed at individuals 15 to 24 years of age, however if you find that you are still struggling with these issues, feel free to register for a talk and 'borrow' one of our living books for a sympathetic and compassionate ear.

Event Details

• Date: Saturday, October 14, 2023

• Time: 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM

• Venue: Azure Beach Public Library, Courtyard

• Tickets: This is a FREE event. Registration is REQUIRED at www.eventbrite.com.au/AzureBeachLibraryEventsThisIsAFakeAddress

   

This Mental Health Month, let's help offer a safe space for others in our community to come together, share and connect and help them enjoy life, in any way or form.

To connect with us and keep up to date with this event, future events or what the library has to offer, make sure to find us at @AzureBeachLibrary on Twitter, Instagram and TikTok and Azure Beach Public Library on Facebook. 

 

 In case of emergency, please ring 000 for mental health and general health assistance and for further resources on mental health, please visit the following weblinks:

• www.beyondblue.org.au
• www.blackdoginstitute.org.au

Contact Details

• E-Mail: Info@AzureBeachLibrary.gov.au
  

• Phone: 0412 345 678

Jamie L

YOUng YOUth Human Living Library

International Youth Day falls on the 2nd December 2022 and to celebrate we are holding Azure Beach's first ever Human Library Event ! 

Topics include: Domestic Violence, Family Planning, Youth Leadership, Young People with Disabilities and Young Women.

Borrow a Human Book of your choice for 15-20 minutes and experience what a Human Living Library is all about. The wonderful thing about reading a 'Human Book' is that the conversation flows to where the reader would like and can spark questions you may have wanted to ask but have not been able to.

Have the chance to speak to someone from the 'real world' who is different (or the same) and talk about things you have always wanted to know or learn about how similar someone is to you and how they navigated through life with varying obstacles. Feel connected and understood through an eye-opening insight into another person's experiences. 

Possibly you could be coming back in 2023 as a Human Library Book ! 

For more information about the Human Living library concept please visit:

https://humanlibrary.org/

WHEN: Friday 2 December 2022 - 4:00pm - 7:00pm

WHERE: Azure Beach Library, Azure Room

Free light refreshments will be provided

Bookings essential 

Interested in a Human book? Click here to book !

Beau Summerton