OUR IMPACT
The Problem
- 1 in 7 Australian children aged 4–17 experience a mental health condition each year.
- 50% of mental health conditions begin before the age of 14, and 75% before age 25.
- Australian teachers experience depression, anxiety and stress at three times the national average.
- Research involving over 270,000 students shows that teaching social and emotional skills improves wellbeing, relationships and emotional regulation, while reducing emotional distress (Durlak et al., 2011).
Impact Data Shows…
- 95% of children felt MORE confident to take care of their mental health since doing the Grow Your Mind program
- 90% of teachers felt MORE confident in looking after their mental health after attending one of our Teacher Wellbeing courses
How we do it
- Grow Your Mind has taken the latest research of positive psychology, neuroscience, social and emotional learning and public health and created a comprehensive mental health education program for pre and primary school children, their educators and their families.
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The difference we make :
SOCIAL IMPACT
As a Certified B Corp, we are committed to playing our role in ensuring that communities who might otherwise miss out have the opportunity to access high-impact, research-informed mental health education. That’s why, in 2021, we launched Project Flourish.
Project Flourish is a scholarship initiative for regional and rural Australian primary schools, supporting them in accessingengaging and joyful mental health education.
To date, Project Flourish has supported:
- 35 regional and rural primary schools
- 8,600+ students using the Grow Your Mind school program
- 1,145+ teachers with access to teach the Grow Your Mind program, alongside teacher wellbeing support and implementation training
We have gifted more than 600 copies of our book How to be a Fantastic, Sensational, Good Enough Kid to regional and rural primary schools.
Alongside this initiative, we have also:
- Donated additional GYM wellbeing resources to more than 200 families
- Created a free podcast, listened to in 140 countries, providing accessible Grow Your Mind messages and positive mental health education
- Partnered with the incredible social enterprise Avenue, which provides work teams that support people with disabilities to engage in meaningful employment. Avenue manages all our order fulfilment and warehousing
- Maintained B Corp certification since November 2018, meaning we are part of a global community of businesses working to reduce inequality, lower poverty, create a healthier environment, build stronger communities, and generate high-quality jobs with dignity and purpose
REACH
We are proud to be part of a growing community of diverse schools using Grow Your Mind. Teachers regularly share feedback that helps shape our latest content and generously exchange ideas on how they bring the program to life in their classrooms. With over 300+ schools subscribed to our online school program, this community continues to grow every day.
Here is a snapshot:
- Wesley College, Melbourne, VIC
- Prestons Public School, Prestons, NSW
- St John’s Lutheran Primary School, Bundaberg, QLD
- McAuley Community School, SA
- Kyilla Primary School, North Perth, WA
Grow Your Mind have been a certified B Corporation since November 2019. This means we are part of a community that is working toward reducing inequality, lowering levels of poverty, creating a healthier environment, stronger communities, and the creation of more high quality jobs with dignity and purpose.
