From the College Counsellors

Free ‘Taking Charge’ Workshops for Students and Parents

Once again, the Kidman Centre UTS are offering free workshops to equip teenagers and their parents with practical and evidence-based psychological skills.

The Kidman Centre UTS is a youth mental health treatment and research centre based at the Prince of Wales Hospital in Randwick. All workshops will be run online by experienced clinical psychologists.

To check out the workshop schedule and for bookings, please go to the Kidman Centre website www.tkc.uts.edu.au (Taking Charge workshops), phone (02) 9514 4077 or email kidmancentre@uts.edu.au.

2021 Need a Lift – Youth Photography Competition  

Following the success of last year’s competition, the 2021 Need a Lift – Youth Photography Competition is open again to all young people aged 12 – 24 years living in the Northern Sydney area.

As part of Mental Health Month, the initiative invites young people to ‘tune-in’ to the people, places or things around them that ‘lift’ their mood, by submitting an original photograph that encapsulates a positive mental health strategy, along with a brief description explaining why.

The unique and innovative aspect of this competition is that all entries will be judged by a panel of young people, with a selection of photographs professionally printed and publicly exhibited during Mental Health Month. They will be displayed within the elevators of Health and Council facilities across the Northern Sydney region, with the tag-line “Need a Lift?’.

As an incentive for young people to participate, there will be multiple prizes on offer. The prize for the overall winner is a $250 JB Hi-Fi voucher. There will also be three age categories (12-15 years, 16-18 years and 19-24 years), where selected winners will receive a $100 JB Hi-Fi voucher. 

All eligible submissions will be posted onto the Instagram page @needaliftphotography, where friends, family and others will be able to view all the entries and vote for their favourite to win the People’s Choice Award.

This competition closes on 12 September. For terms and conditions, or information on how to enter the competition, visit here.

This competition is jointly organised by: Northern Sydney Local Health District (NSLHD) School-link, NSLHD Health Promotion, North Sydney Council, Lane Cove Council and Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Community Drug Action Team (CDAT).

To arrange support for your daughter or help with linking in with external services, contact the College Counsellors via the House Coordinators, Leader of Wellbeing or directly through:

• Louise Scuderi – louise.scuderi@syd.catholic.edu.au
• Monica Rogenmoser – monica.rogenmoser@syd.catholic.edu.au
• (02) 9816 2041