Changing Minds, Headlight helping the Queenstown lived experience community to stand tall
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Changing Minds, Headlight helping the Queenstown lived experience community to stand tall

Headlight was thrilled to host a special Changing Minds - Rākau Roroa (Tall Trees) workshop in Queenstown this October for members of the Queenstown community.

This unique programme aims to empower people with Lived Experience of mental health challenges to become ‘Tall Trees’, so they can use their personal experience and share their stories safely in their own communities. Their stories are viewed as a taonga/gift that can inspire others, positively change attitudes and reduce prejudice and discrimination towards people with a history of mental distress.

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Headlight wins community contribution award!
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Headlight wins community contribution award!

We're thrilled to share the amazing news that Headlight was the winner of the "Excellence in Community Contribution Award" at the Queenstown Business Chamber of Commerce 2023 Awards.

This important award recognises organisations that have implemented initiatives that have had a positive impact on the community as a whole, and strive to generate outcomes that have a long term benefit for Queenstown.

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Why mental health is everyone’s business
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Why mental health is everyone’s business

If you run a business in Queenstown or manage a team I want you to read this next sentence and then pause and read it again: Reduced mental health is the primary cause of lost working days and productivity loss in most Westernised countries.

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