Thriving Young People - Thriving Inc.

Move It For Mental Health

A community based movement program delivered to young people to provide them the opportunity to experience a variety of exercise and movement based activities in a safe, inclusive and peer supported environment.

Our 8-week program consists of different weekly movement and activity sessions, plus informal education about the ways exercise and movement can be used to manage and maintain Thriving mental health.

All abilities, inclusive, community based sessions at a variety of locations to support WA teens and young people. Each program is tailored based on preference of participants, ages and community needs (e.g., alternative education and/or school education support centres).

2024 community locations include:

Craigie – Warrandyte Park Clubrooms

Delivering private programs in partnership with:

Alta-1
Kalamunda Secondary Education Centre
ConnectEd
Geographe Education Support Centre
Youth Futures Joondalup

Community referral partners include Headspace, Foyer Oxford, YouthFutures, City of Joondalup – Youth Services, Centre care, Neami.

Delivered in partnership with Telethon 7.

To find a program near you or request a program in your community, get in touch with our team!

Move It For Trans and Gender Diverse Young Folk

A community based movement program delivered as an inclusive physical activity program that is flexible and responsive to the needs of trans and gender diverse young people (age 15-25) who are currently underserviced in community physical activity pathways in Western Australia (WA), and to do so in a supportive and non-judgmental environment created by multidisciplinary program leaders and supportive peers.

❤️ Finalist in the Practitioner Award at Exercise and Sport Science (ESSA) Research to Practice 2024 conference for our Move It for Mental Health Program and Move It for Trans and Gender Diverse Program ❤️

Our overall goal is to improve the physical activity and health outcomes of trans and gender diverse young people by:

providing structured opportunities in safe and supportive spaces for trans and gender diverse young people (as well as their allies, friends and families) to engage in physical activity;
improve ongoing physical activity participation by building the motivation, knowledge and confidence of trans and gender diverse young people to be active; and
educate, upskill, and support community physical activity providers to increase activity opportunities for trans and gender diverse young people in WA.

Our 10-week program consists of different weekly movement and activity sessions, plus informal education about the ways exercise and movement can be used to manage and maintain Thriving mental health, confidence whilst optimising mental and physical health.

All abilities, inclusive, community based sessions at a variety of locations to support WA trans and gender diverse young people. Each program is tailored based on preference of participants, ages and community needs.

2024 community locations include:

Community collaborators include TransFolk of WA, Freedom Centre, Perth Inner City Youth Services (PICYS), Neami National, City of Joondalup and Wanneroo Youth Services, Headspace, Telethon Kids Institute.

Delivered in partnership with the Department of Sport and Recreation and Stan Perron.

Youth Moves

Supporting WA youth (15-25yrs) to engage in an evidence-based movement program, in a supportive and non-judgmental environment created by multidisciplinary program leaders and supportive peers. We envision developing an accessible pathway to active recreation, sport and exercise for young people who have the greatest needs, high rates of disengagement, and are currently underserviced within the community. In turn, we hope to improve the mental and physical health outcomes of participants (including managing mental distress and physical activity participation) and build the capacity and inclusive exercise literacy of community exercise providers.

The program consists of mixed active recreation and sport activities (e.g., dance, team sports, gym-based activities, outdoor activities, boxing, strength & conditioning, aerobic activities), to offer these young people the opportunity to participate in and explore various types of active recreation, to build their confidence, knowledge, exposure and motivation for engagement, something that they don’t often experience or have the opportunity for.

2024 community locations include:

Delivered in partnership with The Department of Local Government, Sports and Cultural Industries and Stan Perron Charitable Foundation.

I like this programme because the instructors are nice and it's fun to play with other children around my age that I've never met before and interacting with them while being physical. Overall, I think that the program is very exciting and calming to do with different and sports we do every week.

I think the mixture of physical activities through the program were fantastic. We had students get involved that we normally would have expected them to sit out. Very happy.