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While nearly 500 people made the most of the opportunity to hear from leading child and adolescent psychologist Dr Michael Carr-Gregg’s during his visit to the Upper Hunter earlier this week, we realise plenty more couldn't make it.  We took plenty of notes and below...

The Where there’s a Will Foundation is urging parents and carers in the Upper Hunter to make the most of the opportunity to attend an information evening with Dr Michael Carr Gregg - one of Australia’s leading experts in child and teenage mental health - when he...

“For a long time schools were all about academic performance and wellbeing was considered a side issue, now the emphasis is very much on a partnership between the two.”

Upper Hunter Where there’s a Will have grown in leaps and bounds throughout 2017 and as such we need to recruit some more volunteers to our team. A few of the positions that we urgently need assistance with include the following: Merchandise Coordinator Town Community...

It’s coming to the end of our first full year of operation and what has been accomplished is a little beyond our wildest dreams.  Thanks to the extraordinary fundraising efforts and the willingness of so many in the Upper Hunter to step up and meet the challenge of...

Following the Appreciative Inquiry Summit in July, ten ‘Deliver It’ teams were established continue momentum in the community with the findings and outcomes from the AI summit. Each of the 10 teams had an AI steering committee member to help with initial meeting set...

Delivering 'Positive Education' to children of the Upper Hunter is the primary goal of Where there's a Will. We talk about it A LOT so we thought we'd provide our supporters with an overview of what it's all about. "Before we can ever begin to understand Positive...

Retired School Principal Lindy Hunt who is overseeing the Student Leadership programmes for Where there's a Will has provided the following overview of the work that has happened over the past 12 months to develop students who are able to drive Positive Education...

“There are teachers and parents who worry that we have these conversations, but we know that people aged between 16-24 are thinking about suicide more than any other age group and the worst thing you can do is ignore it,” Ahern said.
“The conversations we’ve been having are reassuring teenagers that it’s ok to address sticky issues like mental health and suicide.”

Silks signed by all 12 jockeys from the inaugural $10million Everest to be auctioned with all proceeds to Where there’s a Will