Launch Event

The Bunbury Mental Health Week Consortium presents the 2025 Launch Event with a
Community Film Screening of the film JUST A FARMER (M)

Just a Farmer (M)
Patron Advice: This film features two separate scenes depicting suicide. Please take care when watching.

JUST A FARMER is an award-winning, powerful and moving film that tells the story of farmers and explores the challenges and struggles experienced by them and their families. Focusing on the importance of mental health in rural communities, the film portrays the reality of grief, loss and resilience – allowing it to resonate deeply with audiences and have a lasting impact on communities around the world.

The film portrays a farming family grappling with loss and mental health. It has won numerous awards including BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE at the Iris Global Health Film Festival and the AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD at the Saint-Tropez Antipodes Film Festival. Since its release, JUST A FARMER has not only captured the hearts of international audiences but has also sparked much-needed conversations about the mental health challenges in rural Australian communities.

As part of a larger movement to bring awareness to these issues, it is the perfect way to launch BUNBURY MENTAL HEALTH WEEK 2025.

ARRIVE EARLY from 5pm to enjoy light refreshments prior to the film screening.
The MOVIE SCREENING will commence at 6pm.
Stay for a POST-FILM PANEL DISCUSSION from 7:45pm.

This is a ticketed community event supported by the Bunbury Mental Health Week Consortia.

This event is partially funded by the Western Australian Association for Mental Health with the support of Lotterywest, as part of Mental Health Week 2025.

Art Exhibition

ART EXHIBITION: There will be an Art Exhibition as part of Mental Health Week in our BREC Sky Bar from MONDAY 06 October – Friday 10 October 2025.

Mental Health Week 2025

Mental Health Week brings awareness to mental health and wellbeing nationally and is scheduled around World Mental Health Day in October. Mental Health Week is a national celebration encouraging social connection.

This is an opportunity to highlight the important connection between social determinants of health and our mental health and to promote effective prevention strategies to keep people and our communities mentally healthy.

This important week aims to increase mental wellbeing in WA communities by:

• Encouraging each of us to support and look out for one another.
• Promoting mental health literacy – learning the ‘language’ of expressing feelings, good and bad; and
• Continuing to raise awareness of mental health issues and reduce the stigma that can be associated with seeking help.

The 2025 theme:
Empowering communities, thriving workforces: a journey towards investing in our mental health.

For WA Mental Health Week 2025, we’re focusing on power.

We’re exploring the supports in our communities that help people who’ve experienced mental ill-health to empower themselves to take charge of their mental health within their everyday lives.

How? By shining a light on real stories of lived experience, recovery and life beyond mental ill-health, diagnoses and labels.

We’ll celebrate stories of people with lived experience, help communities empower themselves, and show that mental health is about thriving, not just surviving!
We’ll also pay particular attention to the role of employment as mental health promotion and its role in recovery.

Join us for the LAUNCH EVENT here at BREC for 2025 and help us make positive change in our Community.

This event is partially funded by the Western Australian Association for Mental Health with the support of Lotterywest, as part of Mental Health Week 2025.

Members of the Consortia

Accordwest | Blue Leaf | City of Bunbury | Enable | Headspace Bunbury | Hudson Road Family Centre | Investing in our Youth | Oseca
Pathways SouthWest | Relationships Australia | St John of God Outreach Service | SW Women’s Health & Information Centre
Volunteer South West | WA Country Health Service | WA Primary Health Alliance

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