Australian-registered psychological well being charity Drive Towards Melancholy is increasing into South Australia, asserting its first-ever Adelaide Autumn Drive Day to be held on Sunday, April 7.
Following the charity’s enlargement throughout the japanese seaboard – together with occasions in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane – the Adelaide Drive Towards Melancholy (DAD) occasion will start from McLaren Vale, then “take a surprising route via the historic Clarendon township earlier than stopping on the autumnal splendour that’s Stirling, to absorb the contemporary air, share tales and create significant connections”.
“[Participants will] even have the chance to take pleasure in a scrumptious Gelista ice cream, the artisan South Australian gelati makers who’re supporting DAD’s objective at this inaugural Adelaide Autumn Drive,” says the charity.
Additionally headlining the run sheet will probably be visitor audio system Professor Nicholas Procter and Dr Kate Rhodes.
Professor Procter is the chair of psychological well being nursing at UniSA, and Australia’s nationwide consultant to the Worldwide Affiliation for Suicide Prevention.
Dr Rhodes, in the meantime, is a UniSA lecturer with a number of nursing {qualifications} together with psychological well being nursing, and has 27 years of expertise working with psychological well being.
Each audio system “will inform on suicide prevention help, in addition to security planning and how you can reside with which means and objective”, DAD says.
For extra data and to register for the primary Adelaide Autumn Drive, click on right here.
Drive Towards Melancholy holds common motoring occasions and is constant to construct a community of psychological well being practitioners to help the group, providing a non-judgemental and judgement-free alternative for individuals to attach with others and really feel snug to share their psychological wellness journey.
Numerous members of the CarExpert staff are proud long-time supporters of Drive Towards Melancholy and its occasions. James Wong (Manufacturing Editor) is a present DAD charity ambassador, with Founder Paul Maric a former ambassador for quite a lot of years.
To study extra about Drive Towards Melancholy and its upcoming occasions, go to the organisation’s web site right here.
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