Date submitted

22/6/02

Title

Footprints Forever Inc.

Contact Person/s

Luke Bo'sher  Amey Lee   

Organisation

Footprints Forever Inc

Address

PO Box 749
 Frankston

State

VIC  3199  Australia

Phone

03 9775 5309     

Email

footprintsforever@hotmail.com

Program Description

Footprints is a youth depression awareness program, we are an information and referal service. We aim at educating youths and the wider community about depression, removing the stigma of depression and getting youth to talk more about their problems. To achieve these we run forums for the community on depression, produce a brochure on depression and have a Footprints card. The card has contact numbers on the front for people a youth can talk to if depressed or the youth can give the card to someone they trust (because the hardest thing is to say "I need to talk" or "I have a problem"). On the back is advice for the person they give the card to. 

We are currently operating on the Mornington Peninsula (in Victoria) in 11 schools but are also expaning into central Melbourne. We are exclusivly run by youth (under 24 years of age).

Evaluation

None

Evidence

We research depression through the government, doctors and other seminars we attend.

Other information

Our website is http://au.geocities.com/footprintsforever