A 'Spring 2004' pdf file, down the left hand side of page 2:
http://www.mh.org.au/library/pdf/39/11.pdf
"Melbourne Health
Festival for youth
ORYGEN Youth Health in Parkville hosted aYouth Mental Health Festival and open day during Mental Health Week in October, to give 1000 secondary and tertiary students the tools they need to stay healthy.
Mental health is responsible for 65-70 per cent of health issues among young people aged 15 to 24. The Youth Mental Health Festival aimed to demolish the myths of mental illness and equip young people with the facts to better cope with issues that may affect their mental health, such as exam stress, body image and relationship problems.
It was a festival of solutions, with more than 40 youth-based services and organisations coming together for the celebration. It was also the first time a youth mental health service has opened its doors to the public, and more than 25 schools from across Melbourne took the opportunity to bring their students along as part of their Mental Health Week activities.
The day included performances by the western suburbs youth band Tiltmeter, award winning comedians Nelly Thomas, Jill Peacock, Anthony Menchetti and Tanya Losanna, young people from Trick Circus Theatre and the Women’s Circus, stencil artist James Dodd and athletes such as Craig Biddiscombe and Terry Hotton (former AFL players).
Toll Racing chips in The Toll Racing V8 Supercar team, which were a popular feature of the festival, also announced a new partnership with ORYGEN. It will donate funds raised by its annual proam golf tournament in February to the Platform Youth Participation Program, an innovative peer support program run by young people who have experienced mental illness.
In the two years since it was formed, Platform has created a guide for new clients, renovated the waiting area to be more youth friendly, conducted Speak Out - a forum for comments about services and their relevance to young people, and produced a newsletter called Jargon Filter.
The team’s next challenge is to fund and develop a buddy system for new clients."