Beyond Blue

3 million Australians are living with anxiety or depression.
Beyond Blue provides information and support to help everyone in Australia achieve their best possible mental health, whatever their age and wherever they live.

For years now, Beyond Blue has been doing as much work as possible to encourage people to learn about the symptoms and types of stress, anxiety and depression, which they could face or may already be experiencing.

In Australia, it’s estimated that 45 per cent of people will experience a mental health condition in their lifetime.

In any one year, around 1 million Australian adults have depression, and over 2 million have anxiety.

Beyond Blue hopes to provide everyone, young and old, with information to recognize how depression, anxiety and suicide can affect people, and simple strategies to understand what to do if it happens to them, or someone close to them.

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Run Around Victoria - Andre Jones

Jan 26, 2020

Victoria, Australia

Mar 8, 2020

Victoria, Australia

On January 26, 2020, Andre Jones started running 1,600 km solo, unsupported, through the worst areas in Victoria, Australia, to raise funds for the farmers in this region. He took off from the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). The drought in Australia was the worst one yet. While many farmers across the country were in need, Andre focused his efforts on the local farmers of Victoria. The Victorian Branch of the Lions Club assisted via their initiative Need for Feed, raising funds to support all farmers in fire, drought and flood-affected areas each year as required as they struggle to rebuild properties...

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Run around Australia - Andre Jones

Mar 14, 2019

Melbourne, Australia

Jul 20, 2019

Tennant Greek, Australia

THE PLAN“An ordinary bloke that still continues doing the extraordinary – having successfully completed my 3,700km solo run from Melbourne to Darwin, I’m now expanding my horizons – a 15,000km solo run around Australia – ‘Melbourne to Melbourne’ – taking about 345 days (and lots of photos and videos). I believe this is a world first! Although almost a dozen people have done it, no one on record has yet run solo around Australia. (solo, as in no back-up crew to assist each day).The custom-made buggy Intrepid II, will hold 80-100kgs of food and supplies. (this will include 60 litres...

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Melbourne to Darwin - Andre Jones

Mar 12, 2017

Melbourne, Australia

Jun 13, 2017

Darwin, Australia

In 2017 Andre, a Royal Australian Navy vet, took two-weeks unpaid leave to run solo from Melbourne to Darwin, 3,700kms, to raise funds and awareness for Beyond Blue. Beyond Blue provides information and support to help everyone in Australia achieve their best possible mental health, whatever their age and wherever they live. Being a carer for a family member suffers from depression Andre said: “They talk about the statistics and it’s obvious that not enough is being done so I’m doing this in an effort to raise money and raise the awareness of the work Beyond Blue does in combatting...

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