Category: In the media
Hearty Hunter souls Lift the Load for Top Blokes Foundation
It was deemed tougher than a National Rugby League pre-season. But, a group of Hunter-based locals – including former NRL star Liam Foran, Newcastle Knights NRLW assistant coach Mark Wilton, Macquarie Scorpions mentor Jye Bayley and Lakes United Seagulls Life Member Tony Delany – braved the elements and pushed through the pain barrier for a…
Chris Duke takes on the Lift The Load challenge for mental health awareness month
Chris Duke knows all too well the mental health challenges young men can face. In the space of just six weeks in the middle of last year, the 36-year-old lost his mother and then he and his pregnant wife lost their first baby of around 20 weeks. A Detective Senior Constable with the WA Police…
‘Don’t bottle everything up inside’: 21yo’s mission for young blokes
Daniel Stephen will help “carry the burden” of mental health for young men in a gruelling challenge on Saturday. He’ll wear a 10-kilogram vest while running 50 kilometres from Singleton to Warners Bay. The run is part of Lift The Load, a challenge run by mental health foundation Top Blokes. Daniel said many young blokes…
The man in the vest: Lee Mallon’s 10kg challenge for mental health awareness
While walking around Kiama in October, you may spot a man in what looks like an army vest. That man is local resident Lee Mallon, who is wearing a 10kg vest for 10 hours a day throughout the month to raise awareness for mental health. When I learned about Lee’s challenge, I reached out to…
Walking in the shoes of people struggling with mental health is the aim of challenge
Michael Birrell has lost a mate to suicide and is now looking to do something to take the burden away from people confronting mental health issues. The Ulladulla resident is a member of a Lift the Load Challenge team which is raising awareness and money for the Top Blokes Foundation.Hospitalisation due to self-harm among kids…
Aaron on the long road to recognising his depression
Categories: In the mediaAaron, 27, is a former teacher and Regional Coordinator at Top Blokes – a youth mental health charity that mentors boys young men to lead happier and healthier lives. It’s mentoring he had to turn on himself when he finally reckoned with the depression that’d dogged him since losing his best mate at 18. Here he shares…
Top Blokes looking to expand in Darling Downs
Categories: In the media[Source: The Chronicle] A grassroots program with a proven record of diverting young people away from drugs, alcohol and crime is looking to expands in Toowoomba. Here is how you can help. A grassroots mentorship program with a record of steering at-risk boys away from anti-social behaviour is looking to expand its coverage in the…
Experts share the top signs your son has been impacted by the manosphere
Categories: In the media[Source: The Advertiser] No female friends? It’s just one of a few flags experts say are the telltale indicators the young men and boys in your life are listening intently to misogynist influencer Andrew Tate. If it feels like he’s everywhere, it’s because Andrew Tate is quite literally everywhere. It only takes a quick Google of…
Titans and Top Blokes combine for Round 14 clash with Rabbitohs
The Gold Coast Titans will be supporting Top Blokes and Logan’s Legacy as part of their Round 14 match against the South Sydney Rabbitohs.
Teaching boys how to be better men
We join Craig Reucassel to talk about the role of mentoring programs in schools.