#FRWS2023
Please help inform the themes and priorities of the 2023 First Responders Wellbeing Activities by completing the following 2 minute survey.
Living Well - Connection ⎜ Hope ⎜ Community
Our Ambassador
“There has never been a more important time to look after the mental health and wellbeing of first responders and their families.
I am proud to support initiatives like the First Responders Wellbeing Summit, providing front line responders, their family and community with strategies to support mental health and wellbeing.”
— Shane Fitzsimmons AFSM, Commissioner of Resilience NSW and NSW Australian of the Year 2021
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Who Should Participate?
The summit is for First Responders (paid and volunteer) their families, loved ones and support network. First Responders include anyone who has ever been part of a response to a crisis – as part of the community, public or private sector, working with humans, animals or nature, or providing services.
All events are online and free to all. They will include presentations, workshops and facilitated discussions. All sessions will be recorded and can be accessed here following the event.
Why Attend?
The summit will facilitate Connection, Hope and Community in the following ways:
Challenge you to think about what contributes to YOUR wellbeing and how to proactively manage it.
Provide support on how to navigate your unique needs with solutions from proactive and constructive resources, support networks, associations and peers.
Provide hope by sharing a wide range of approaches, tools, resources and strategies that may be part of the solutions you seek.
Build a community of shared stories of lived experience, showing how others have dealt with similar issues and how they’ve found a way through them to thrive.
Encourage you to connect with your peer network - so you feel understood, supported and connected to a larger community with similar wellbeing challenges.
Wellbeing Australia
Wellbeing Australia is a membership-based not-for-profit with a vision that all Australians are engaged, motivated to learn and develop, and are proactive in managing their own wellbeing.
The Program
See the detailed program and register for the webinars and workshops.
