• Meet our
    2024 winners

    The Queensland Mental Health Week Achievement Awards breakfast ceremony announced 11 winners for their exceptional commitment to improving the lives of Queenslanders living with mental health needs.

    The overall winner was the Queensland Ambulance Service for their Mental Health Response Program, which provides suicide awareness training for the triple zero operators, while the other winners were also honoured for their consistent dedication to mental health.

    It is an honour to celebrate these unsung heroes and their achievements in raising awareness and reducing stigma.

  • 2024 Queensland Mental Health Awards Winners

  • Our mental health heroes, recognised

    • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Award

      Sponsored by Richmond Fellowship Queensland
      Yarns Heal

      A statewide suicide prevention program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, particularly those identifying as LGBTQIA+ Sistergirl and Brotherboy. Yarns Heal offers culturally safe suicide prevention training, group support, and aftercare for families affected by suicide, ensuring culturally sensitive mental health interventions.

    • Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Award

      Sponsored by Queensland Mental Health Commission
      Queensland Transcultural Mental Health Centre

      A statewide specialist service delivering culturally responsive mental health care for CALD communities, offering prevention, promotion, and early intervention programs alongside clinical care. Their bicultural workforce strengthens trust and integration for CALD individuals.

    • Early Years Award

      Sponsored by Health and Wellbeing Queensland
      Zero to Four Family Support Service

      This service recruits and trains volunteers to support families with young children, focusing on mental health, early childhood development, and preventing re-entry into the child protection system. Through playgroups and mentoring, the program improves parenting confidence and child wellbeing.

    • Jeff Cheverton Individual Award

      Sponsored by Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
      Ross Romeo

      State Coordinator of CORES, Ross has trained 7,000 Queenslanders in suicide intervention, expanding the service statewide. His work includes organising bereavement groups and self-care workshops, making significant contributions to reducing suicide and promoting mental health awareness.

    • Jude Bugeja Lived Experience Excellence Award

      Sponsored by Queensland Alliance for Mental Health
      Nicki Walsh

      Nicki uses her lived experience to shape perinatal and infant mental health services at the Queensland Centre for Perinatal & Infant Mental Health. Her projects, such as Q-LEAP, focus on consumer participation and early intervention for young families.

    • LGBTQIA+ Award

      Sponsored by headspace
      Queensland Council for LGBTI Health – ILC Disabilities Team

      Since 2021, the team has provided social opportunities and training to reduce isolation for LGBTQIA+ individuals with disabilities. Their innovative LGBTQIA+ Disabilities training program enhances best practice care across Queensland.

    • Not-for-Profit Large Award (101+ Staff)

      Sponsored by HESTA
      Griffith Centre for Mental Health – Lived Experience Network

      A community of over 140 individuals with lived experience, co-producing mental health research to ensure services are responsive to community needs. Lived Experience Network promotes safe co-production practices to foster impactful research outcomes.

    • Not-for-Profit Small Award (1-100 Staff)

      Sponsored by Queensland Health
      Youth Flourish Outdoors (YFO)

      Provides trauma-informed, nature-based therapy for children and young people, fostering resilience, self-discovery, and belonging through outdoor activities. YFO is a trusted provider for youth facing severe trauma.

    • Schools Award

      Sponsored by CheckUP 
      The Australian Trade College North Brisbane – Powered with Positivity Program

      Addresses mental health risks in trade careers through positive psychology and a three-phase wellbeing approach, focusing on connection, growth, and independence.

    • Workplace Award: Community Wellbeing

      Sponsored by Queensland Country Bank
      Torque It Out by Wheelnutz Garage

      Provides walk-in, no-appointment mental health support in a garage environment for men, blending automotive activities with therapeutic care to reduce stigma and promote mental wellbeing.

    • Workplace Award: Employee Wellbeing

      Sponsored by Office of Industrial Relations 
      Powerlink Queensland – SpeakSafe Program

      In partnership with Humanology Group, SpeakSafe focuses on psychological safety and mental health, improving engagement and flexible work conditions for over 1,500 employees.

  • Want to nominate someone
    for next year’s awards?

    Would you like to nominate someone for their significant contribution in reducing the stigma associated with mental illness, or for their tireless work in supporting people living with mental illness or disability?

    You can nominate a person or an organisation for any one of the twelve award categories above – simply provide us with some basic information about the nominee, along with the reasons why you believe they should be recognised.

    Nominate here