Hey guys!!

The Dunny Wall has landed! Help promote Reach Out! to your mates. Our new widget lets you explore the graffiti on the toilet wall. The quotes were submitted by young people that visited the Reach Out! website. They highlight many of the issues that young people face everyday. It's a fun way to get the message out there!

Click below to view the widget and add it to your MySpace page today.

Let us know what YOU think!

Hey everyone!!

Happy Monday *Yes I am alittle too chirpy for a Monday!* Hopefully you all have been playing Reach Out!'s new & improved ROC (www.reachoutcentral.com.au)

We are stoked to report that we have had over 10,000 visitors since 
launch on the 18th Sept - which is insane. So a HUGE thanks to all 
those who have checked it out, a massive thanks to those who emailed
us feedback & if you haven't checked out go now :) If you don't want to 
go right now - play our less known zombie game :)

Play for your Life at www.reachoutcentral.com.au 
Get this cool widget on your Myspace and help promote Reach Out Central to your friends at the same time.

5 Hints to Recognise a Mate Is Down:

* They might be acting anxious, angry, sad, moody or just plain shithouse (and we're not talking shithouse like that'd missed the wave of the day, but seriously crap!!);

* They might not be interested in things they normally enjoy (i.e. if they never want to come surfing anymore.);

* They might have a general lack of energy or motivation (e.g. They no longer show any interest or motivation in hitting on the local hotties or even going to a movie with mates.)

* They might also be down if you notice changes in their sleeping or eating patterns (if ya mate says he's never getting any kip it might be a good idea to ask if there's something bugging him);

* If you notice them talking about or feeling hopeless or helpless about their life.

Tips brought to you by Reach Out "From Depression; Understanding mental health difficulties " and Waves Magazine. For more info log onto www.reachout.com.au

Hey guys,

The link in the blog didnt work for most people so here it is
http://www.reachout.com.au/default.asp?ti=2840  this link it will take you to the post from Kerry, our CEO.

http://www.petitiononline.com/ROCF/petition.html - this link will take you to the statement of support.

Thanks everyone for your awesome feedback.

Cheers

Firstly a mighty thank you to those who voted on our past 2 polls! We find it really interesting to see how you guys found out about RO! 68% of you found out about RO! though Myspace - very cool!!

As for the poll on the next podcast it was very close!! So close infact that we are going to do both! Sarah - our awesome podcasting YA from QLD has already started the podcast about the young people behind RO - so stay tuned!

In other exciting news www.reachout.com.au is getting a face lift, tummy tuck & lipo! Over the next 6 months RO will be in the process of re-doing the RO! site! For the next few months we are creating a time line and looking how to engage young people in focus groups to tell us what sucks and what works. So far we have had 3 meetings. As you can imagine the first meeting was a brain explosion of ideas and exciting enegery - which left us all very drained at the end of it.

In the second meeting we spoke about the constructive feedback the 26th Reach Out! Youth Advisory Board provided us and spoke about how this will effect the renovations.

On Monday we had our 3rd meeting. To give you some background , it had been a long day, the meeting was in the afternoon and Marianne (website manager) & Nikki (Youth Programs coordinator) had the sillies, which didnt help the situation (at least they were amused!) But we did leave with a list of places we can kiddnap ideas & feedback from our target audience (16-25 year olds) and a deadline of July to complete those!

We're all very excited! There will be opportunities for you guys to get involved too!

ahh good times...

I hope you're all having a great week!

Nikki - On behalf of the Reach Out! Crew

(Yes I do realise that I spoke about myself in the thiurd person in this blog...)

ps: I heated my weetbix this morning for the first time ever - it made me feel like an old lady (& made my weetbix soggy!!!)

pps: Stay tuned for another poll!