“Be YOUnique” is the theme for this year’s Mental Health Month and Weave’s Mad Pride initiative, which aims to ignite conversations about mental health and drug use by empowering people to speak out and get support. Weave will be launching its Survival Tips campaign for attendees to share messages of hope.
With entertainment headlined by Sky High, Shanell Dargan and True Vibe Nation, this is an opportunity to celebrate – there will also be interactive arts, food and local MCs on show.
Each year, Mad Pride is held at a new location to expose young artists to different venues. This time it’s at Level 3, Central Shopping Centre (28 Broadway, Chippendale).
The Mad Pride artwork was produced during an outreach art workshop facilitated by the Weave Speak Out Dual Diagnosis team. The artist, Shennae Higgins, was in disbelief she won the $200 cash prize and really excited that her work, “Make a promise”, would be used to promote this year’s event.
Last month the SSH reported that Andrew Collis and Matthew Links would be taking part in the Blackmores Sydney Running Festival, to raise funds for Weave. Both runners completed half marathons on September 21 and raised close to $2,000 for Weave.
Andrew Collis said: “Thank you for all the kind words of support and thanks for the donations to Weave. It really is a wonderful organisation and the staff and young people deserve all the support we can give them. Our GoFundraise site will be live for a while longer. Donations go directly to Weave. All donations will be gratefully received: http://bit.ly/1qcmxYt.”
