We have joined forces with R U OK? to raise funds for their pilot primary education program. The Chamberlain Foundation has funded the successful pilot of the R U OK Classroom Toolkit K-6 program, a mental-health focused resource for primary schools that encourages students to look out for their classmates. This project included:

•  Establishing and convening an advisory group that Peter participated in with youth mental health experts, educators and parents
•  the commissioning and development of ‘It’s OK’ – a song and music video for Primary School aged kids • the development of R U OK Classroom Toolkit K-6 program classroom toolkit
•  the development of R U OK?’s new ALEC video for primary school-aged kids. The program has now been downloaded over 4,500 times Australia wide and taken up by over 75% of public schools in the ACT.

Griefline was our Razor Ride charity partner from 2016 to 2018.

We’ve donated over $200,000 to Griefline to support Griefline programs including the police incident and victim response service, children’s trauma and abuse counselling service and training courses for helpline volunteers.

Our contribution to Griefline children support and counselling programs facilitated an increase in the number of sessions per week to support children who are survivors of domestic violence and abuse. It also funded the training of an additional 20 volunteers to staff the helpline which receives over 10,000 calls a year.

Every 30 seconds, a person in Australia reaches out to Lifeline for help.

Lifeline are a national charity providing all Australians experiencing emotional distress with access to 24 hour crisis support and suicide prevention services. They are committed to empowering Australians to be suicide-safe through connection, compassion and hope. Lifeline exists to ensure that no person in Australia has to face their darkest moments alone. Experience shows that it is through connection that we can find hope. Lifeline is available 24 hours a day to listen, without judgement to any person in Australia who is feeling overwhelmed, experiencing crisis or longs to be heard.

Lifeline’s network of 40 centres includes 10,000 volunteers, all dedicated to ensuring no person in Australia has to face their darkest moments alone. Their telephone, text, and online crisis support services receive over 1 million contacts a year. Training programs build community skills and educate thousands of people to be suicide safe, while the Lifeline Research Foundation creates new knowledge, as well as engaging in public education, awareness building and advocacy in relation to suicide prevention.