The Minister for Health Ryan Park and the Minister for Mental Health Rose Jackson have announced a one-off $50,000 funding boost to men\u2019s mental health support service The Man Walk Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Man Walk Australialaunch<\/a> is a charity focused on improving the mental health of men and reducing the nation\u2019s suicide rates through the delivery of opportunities to support men, including regular organised walks to \u2018walk and talk.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n The organisation provides health related services and benefits by using preventative measures to support the physical and mental health and general wellbeing of men. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The funding will support Man Walk\u2019s objectives of bettering the mental, physical, and overall wellbeing of men, including starting new walk locations in NSW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Minister for Health Ryan Park said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cToo many men are not reaching out for help when they need it. We must turn that around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThat\u2019s why I am so pleased to announce this contribution to The Man Walk Australia to further their life-changing work in the men\u2019s mental health space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI commend The Man Walk Australia for its ongoing work to support the physical and mental health as well as general wellbeing for men.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI know how much this funding will mean to their team and to the people who rely on their services.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Quotes attributable to Minister for Mental Health Rose Jackson said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe know it can be especially difficult for men to ask for help and that\u2019s why we it is vital for us to reach out, lean in and meet people where they\u2019re at.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis funding boost will help shape part of that work. The Man Walk Australia creates a safe and inclusive environment for men to talk and support each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cImproving your mental health takes a holistic approach The Man Walk Australia provides the opportunity to get active, talk to others and become part of a supportive community.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Minister for Health Ryan Park and the Minister for Mental Health Rose Jackson have announced a one-off $50,000 funding boost to men\u2019s mental health support service The Man Walk Australia. The Man Walk Australialaunch is a charity focused on improving the mental health of men and reducing the nation\u2019s suicide rates through the delivery of … Continue reading “Funding boost for men\u2019s mental health support service”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24087"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24088,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24087\/revisions\/24088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}