Health and wellbeing corner

Mental Health support for all

A door knock project is helping to spread the message about support for mental health and wellbeing issues across Australia.

The project, run by Assisting Communities through Direct Connection (ACDC), will door knock households in Dandenong from now until October.

Friendly ‘people connectors’ are going door to door in Dandenong to talk about mental health and wellbeing and to share information about services and supports that are available locally.

The project has already door knocked more than 37,000 households across Australia and has found that almost 50 per cent of residents report being in distress.

Almost one third expressed a need for further support, thankfully many people were put in touch with local services for help.

The project aims to encourage people to seek help earlier, before their health or the health of their family and friends is in crisis.

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