Mental Health Foundation In Touch update: June 2020
Kia ora. As we return to working, playing and socialising more freely at Alert Level 1, there are many small joys to celebrate – including the positive efforts of our Mental Health Foundation team, partners and fundraisers through lockdown and beyond.
In this issue of In Touch:
- Check out a new blog from Mental Health Foundation senior policy advisor Janet McAllister. Her blog showcases how we helped advocate for a key change in a proposed law extending emergency police powers.
- Get inspired by a passionate runner Joe Benbow, who completed an 85km ultramarathon during Alert Level 2 to raise funds for mental health.
- Read about the Farmstrong programme's big birthday and how the programme is helping farmers across New Zealand live well to farm well.
- Join Sir Mason Durie (Ngāti Rangitane, Ngāti Kauwhata, Ngāti Raukawa) and Michael Naera (Te Arawa) for a pre-recorded kōrero about whānau and COVID-19.
- Find out why the Foundation is set to receive an electric Hyundai Kona, after a jammy hole-in-one shot by Australian golfer Sam Eaves.
Finally, if you're eager to be more active, why not get moving for mental health?
Visit the MHF website find a running or walking event near you, register and get moving!
Thank you to everyone who has donated and fundraised during lockdown and beyond. We really appreciate it.
Nāku iti nei,
Jo and the team at the Mental Health Foundation
Read the rest of the June 2020 In Touch newsletter from the Mental Health Foundation online.