Week 5 was full of fun and excitement as the team prepared and departed for their Surf camp in Breamlea. The week started with us picking up the students from Collingwood station as we made our way to Sandridge beach to get a little insight of what to expect in the next two days when we will be surfing. Firstly, we took the time to enjoy the beautiful sunny weather before we talked about safety and first aid to ensure that we were properly prepared for the surf camp in the ne

Wednesday was another day on the program where we were using our body and minds. We started the day at Oxygen Youth Services and met Jacinta and Temika from Headspace. Operation Newstart is extremely lucky to be partnered with headspace and to work closely with them to provide mental health knowledge and support. During the session we looked at things that we are all dealing with and coping strategies that we can adopt to help manage these. We touched on helpful behaviours an

Its week two on the program and this week is all about our hike camp! We started the week at Collingwood Alternative School which is the office location of Operation Newstart Northern. We picked up the students from Collingwood station and got stuck into our character strength workshop. Character strengths are a set of 24 skills and abilities that all people naturally possess. We identify our character strengths through an online test and use them to our advantage by skifully

Welcome to first blog of Term 2 2019! We are working within the Moreland council area and can’t wait to work with all the amazing schools and services that we have access to. This blog will be updated every week and will give you an insight into the activities and workshops we’ve been doing. his week started at our local hub this term, Oxygen Youth services. We met the students at Oxygen who all arrived on time and ready to go. It was great to see everyone come prepared for t