South East Leisure (SEL) and Outside the Locker Room’s (OTLR) are pleased to announce a new partnership heading into 2023.  The partnership will see OTLR team up with SEL’s four venues, Dandenong Stadium, Springers Leisure Centre, Dandenong Oasis and Noble Park Aquatic Centre to continue to change patrons’ lives by connecting communities through conversations surrounding mental health and reach wider …

Outside the Locker Room is proud to continue its long standing partnership with the Brisbane Lions AFL Football Club. Outside the Locker Room is grateful for the support the Brisbane Lions has shown the OTLR program, assisting in marketing and promotion to grassroots clubs across the Greater Brisbane Region. “The Lions have provided OTLR a fantastic platform to expand its …

Outside the Locker Room Charity LTD are collaborating with academics from the School of Psychology & Public Health from La Trobe University to understand the Mental Health Literacy, Help Seeking Behaviour and General Health of communities across Australia to impact social change. Having worked previously together completing a program evaluation for the Outside the Locker Room program, a natural progression …

Danielle Stuart Why does OTLR run sessions in sporting clubs? OTLR’s vision is to make mental health education accessible to everyone. Everyone should have the opportunity to understand more about mental health and feel comfortable to have a conversation with someone. By working with sporting clubs we can educate a large number in the community.  In 2020/21 more than 12.8m …

Volleyball WA Volleyball WA is pleased to announce a new partnership with Outside the Locker Room (OTLR) who share our values of improved health and wellbeing in the community.  OTLR was founded in 2015 by Jake Edwards, with the vision to connect lives and communities through conversation. OTLR focuses on providing critical education for mental health and other social issues, …

Danielle Stuart Now more than ever, we are needing human connection. Connecting with others helps us exchange positive energy and build trusted relationships. We need connection to feel a sense of belonging, feel heard and feel understood. OTLR have partnered with Suitsme, a registered NDIS service provider who can help you find that human connection and support you need, by …

A suicide prevention project that connected with men through sporting clubs in the Great South Coasthas resulted in an ongoing partnership between leading mental health organisation Outside The LockerRoom and AFL Western District. Led by Outside The Locker Room in 2021, the Men’s Health and Wellbeing project was delivered through sporting clubs and sought to establish a foundation for improving …

Todd Morgan I remember it as if it was yesterday. It was a cold and raining day at The Gateway Oval, Lilydale. A young umpire crying and shaking as he had just been verbally abused by a parent on his way back in at half time. The umpire, 14 years old, the game he was umpiring, Under 11’s. No premiership …

Dannielle Cameron and Chrystall Cooper BlackBirds Culture is an Aboriginal and Māori social enterprise offering mental health first aid training and other culturally-appropriate mental health workshops that build resilience and well-being. As founders of BlackBirds Culture, Danni is a Yuibera woman from Yuwi Country of the Birragubba Nation, and Chrys is a descendant of the Tūwharetoa and Maniapoto tribes from Hawkes Bay, N.Z. …

Jackie Frangeskakis Let’s play a game of “Have You Ever…” Have you ever snapped and become irrationally cranky at someone, to then realise you have not eaten all day and your “hangry?” Have you ever been so tired, eaten a meal, then felt better and filled with energy? Have you ever eaten a drive thru take away meal (e.g. McDonalds), …