Mindful Margaret River (operating as Mind-Ed)

Mind-Ed is the Augusta-Margaret River region’s go-to hub for mental health advocacy, wellbeing education and community connection.

The organisation has continued to strengthen community mental health and wellbeing across the Augusta-Margaret River Shire, guided by our 2025-2030 Strategic Plan. Our focus has been on building social capital through four key pillars:

• Educate: Empowering community members with knowledge and resilience through early intervention and responsive programs;
• Collaborate: Strengthening partnerships across community, government and service sectors to improve coordination and access to mental health resources;
• Promote: Driving local campaigns that reduce stigma and increase awareness of available supports;
• Advocate: Leading systems change and sustainable growth through community-driven advocacy and long-term resource planning.

Grounded in the values of Compassion, Connection, Collaboration, Early Intervention, Prevention, Education and Empowerment, this strategy has positioned Mind-Ed to deliver lasting local impact and drive positive change.

In May this year, Suicide Prevention Australia awarded Mind-Ed the national LiFE Award for Communities in Action (2026). The judging panel noted: “This is the most comprehensive example of a community driven suicide prevention ecosystem”.

This national recognition builds on our earlier Western Australian LiFE award and reflects the strength of a deeply local, community-led approach to suicide prevention. It affirms the core premise of our work: that suicide prevention does not sit within a single service or program, but within relationships, trust and communities that are supported to act early and care for one another. It reinforces the importance of investing in community-based early intervention and mental health education.

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