ANXIETY specialist Dr Jodi Richardson will deliver the keynote address at a free community forum on youth mental wellness at Peninsula Community Theatre on Thursday 21 May. The forum, titled Moving Ahead: Youth Mental Wellness, is being run by Peninsula Voice Inc., a volunteer-led not-for-profit. Previous Peninsula Voice forums have covered homelessness, gambling, loneliness, drugs and alcohol, and climate change. Other speakers include Mt Eliza Secondary College principal, Danni Vaughan, and Padua College director of wellbeing programs, Suzi Hyland. A lived experience speaker will also address the forum, followed by a Q&A panel. Topics will include anxiety, school refusal, and…
Browsing: Community Forum
MT ELIZA environmental group, the South Eastern Centre for Sustainability, will host a coastal forum at the Mount Eliza Community Hall on 25 July with all residents invited. Keynote speakers will be Professor Daniel Ierodiaconou, and Dr Rebecca Zitoun, acclaimed scientists and academics whose research and extensive knowledge of the coastal/maritime/human interface will provide comprehensive insights into how thalassology and oceanography are relevant to Australian waters, inclusive of Port Phillip Bay and the Mornington Peninsula.“These scientists/academics are held in high esteem internationally and are particularly recognised for their cutting-edge research and how it applies to our current understanding of our…