HALT currently has 3 positions available. We’re looking for a HALT Project Coordinator, a Regional Partnerships & Development Coordinator, and a Human Resources and Administration Support Officer. You can find the detailed descriptions on the Ethical Jobs website by clicking here, or the individual links below.
HALT knows how important it is to evaluate the work that we do so that we can continue improving what we do and how we do it. That’s why we engaged Swinburne University to undertake an independent evaluation of the program this year, capturing the work we have been doing across the Greater Melbourne Region. […]
We were so happy to visit Fagg’s Mitre 10 in South Geelong for a HALT talk with the ute and truck delivery drivers! Lots of discussion around how tough it is during this COVID pandemic but that there is help out there! HALT was also delighted to be given a cheque for $5,000 from Fagg’s […]
A huge thanks to David Allegretti from VICE who interviewed Jez about HALT and being a tradie. The article also includes stories from other tradies about mental health in the building and construction sector.
The HALT team have put together a new 4-page tool kit for getting through the current COVID-19 restrictions. It contains links to online support resources, as well as tips on supporting loved ones and taking care of your own mental health. We will also be posting more helpful videos on our youtube channel, so check […]
Today we thought we’d share the Head to Health website from the Australian Department of Health, which brings together a range of trusted mental health services, including apps, online and phone services. It’s worth a look if you’d like to improve your own mental health, or help someone you care about. The page on COVID-19 […]
As the COVID-19 virus continues to spread across Australia, we know that the coming weeks and months will be tough and full of uncertainty for many of us. In times like this, we feel that it is more important than ever that we respond as a community and do what we can to help one […]
Hope Assistance Local Tradies (HALT), a national grass-roots suicide prevention charity, have announced they are employing a HALT Project Worker to connect with individuals and community groups affected by the devastating bushfires in the East Gippsland region. The funding for the new community role, awarded by the Mazda Foundation, is to be used directly to […]
Keilor tradies are set to receive a boost to their mental health with the Keilor Village Medical Centre pledging to provide faster and more effective access to support and mental health care for tradespeople in the Keilor and North West Melbourne region. The practice is the first in the area to partner with Hope Assistance […]
So proud of the Castlemaine community for getting behind the bushfire benefit gig created by local musician Jess Parker. HALT was grateful to have been able to contribute to the amazing night, and we raised just over $8,000 dollars! Thanks to all the bands, volunteers, the Castlemaine Bowling Club and everyone that donated!
HALT is incredibly grateful to have a second ute for its workforce, with Mornington Mazda allowing Mick to drive the new BT-50 around the Frankston – Mornington Peninsula area! Awesome to take the HALT crew of Mick, Merv, Ted, Tom and Jez along to Mornington Mazda to pick it up, as well as run a […]
A historic day in HALT’s journey! On Wednesday the 13th of November, Mick Simmons, our first full-time HALT Community Worker, delivered his first HALT talk and rocked it. Well done, Mick! It’s great to have the HALT workers up and running. It was our first official HALT event where Jeremy didn’t attend and speak, and […]
HALT proudly hosted one of our signature ‘Save your Bacon’ brekkies at Parliament House in Canberra today. It was a huge success, with tradies, staff and MPs from across the political spectrum attending! Thanks to Health Minister Greg Hunt for his belief in us, and for the funding to build the national HALT program. With […]
HALT is about innovation, opening up conversations and enabling people from the HALT events to access help when they need it. We are proud to announce that we now have seven HALT friendly clinics throughout the Mornington Peninsula! At a recent HALT event, Dr Mark Sujecki from Mount Martha Village Clinic spoke to over 100 […]
HALT was excited to get the opportunity to visit Bendigo Toyota, in our new Toyota HiLux, to speak to all of their employees about the importance of good mental health and suicide prevention. Thank you to Paul, Sue, Alex and Gabe for their support and belief in HALT. Next up we’re going to organise HALT […]
HALT has been working with Murray PHN to work with building and construction apprentices across regional Victoria, including TAFEs in Shepparton, Wangaratta, Mildura and Swan Hill. We have been holding ‘Save your Bacon’ brekkies followed by ‘Tough Conversations’ sessions. HALT has been extremely grateful for the opportunity, through this contract, to get out to regional […]
HALT has just been handed the keys to a Toyota HiLux, thanks to Castlemaine, Bendigo and Maryborough Toyota! Jez is grateful for the opportunity to hit the road in the new HALT-branded HiLux as he travels hundreds of kilometres across the state to encourage tradies, farmers, apprentices, sporting clubs, men’s sheds, businesses and the community […]
HALT was successful with our $44,408 grant application through The Frances and Harold Abbott Foundation. We’re now going to be putting a HALT worker in the Bendigo region for the next 12 months! If you are part of a community group, sporting group, building company, Men’s Shed, TAFE, hardware store or any other businesses, HALT […]
Thanks to the Federal Health Minister, Greg Hunt, for recording his supportive video that we played at the HALT ‘Save your Bacon’ brekky Tuesday at Chisholm TAFE – Frankston Campus. HALT can’t wait to receive the $2 million from the Federal Government so we can begin rolling out HALT workers across the Frankston – Mornington […]
We won! HALT won the Victorian section of the Australian Men’s Health Awards in Melbourne last night! Thanks to everyone who voted for HALT and the continued support HALT receives in communities across Australia!
A massive funding announcement! HALT has been awarded $2 million over 4 years from the Federal Government to have HALT workers down on the Frankston-Mornington Peninsula and in the North West suburbs of Melbourne! The announcement was made by the Federal Health Minister, Greg Hunt, at our HALT brekky in Mt Martha this morning, as […]
Here’s some photos from our stack of recent events down on the Mornington Peninsula! After the success of these events, we are having another HALT Save your Bacon brekky, this time in Mt Martha, to help raise awareness around tradies’ mental health, how to have the tough conversations and to help the tradie community understand […]
A huge thanks to the Master Builders Bendigo section for the very generous donation of $4,000 from their charity golf day! We’re going to use the money in the Bendigo region to visit and run HALT events with as many tradies as possible! If you’re a builder/tradie in the Bendigo region and keen to have […]
We’ve had a busy couple of days! HALT partnered with KANE Constructions to attend 6 sites in Victoria over 2 days. We presented to over 500 tradies across the two days at Barwon Health North Hospital, Point Cook School, University of Melbourne Old Quad & MSE, Melbourne East Police Station, Geelong Performing Arts Centre and […]
A rare, non-selfie photo of Jez having a chat with the Australian Minister for Health, Greg Hunt. We’re already moving forward with the Minister’s suggestions and we’re excited about the prospect of HALT receiving funding for more HALT workers!
Following an article in the Herald Sun online, HALT’s first ‘Save Your Bacon’ brekky on the Peninsula was a resounding success! Thanks to the 120 people who turned up, and the amazing people who helped make it happen!
News.com.au recently interviewed Jeremy for an article highlighting the work HALT is doing in communities around Australia without any state or federal government funding. The website is currently featuring men’s mental health issues as part of their campaign ‘The silent killer: Let’s make some noise’ in support of Gotcha4Life and the Movember Foundation.
HALT is excited to announce that we are the recipients of a Westpac Foundation Community grant of $10,000. HALT exists to save lives and build the bridge between the tradie community and both local and national support services through powerful educational talks that raise awareness and break through the stigma attached to mental health, suicide […]
Following on from his recent TED talk, Jeremy was interviewed about HALT by 9 News Central Victoria. Check it out!
HALT was excited to be back in Sydney recently to present to apprentices and staff from seven TAFE campuses. From Tuesday the 15th to Thursday the 17th of May, HALT spoke to almost a thousand staff and students at Ultimo, Hornsby, Randwick, Meadowbank, Northern Beaches, Gymea and St George TAFE campuses. A huge thank you […]
On Wednesday the 28th of February, HALT was excited to have internationally-renowned punk rocker, spoken word exponent, actor and radio host Henry Rollins in Castlemaine for our HALT event. HALT’s founder, Jeremy Forbes, was contacted about the possibility of being interviewed by Henry Rollins for the documentary, “Tough Conversations with Henry Rollins”, and thought it […]
On the 11th of December 2017, HALT founder Jeremy Forbes was fortunate to be one of fifteen speakers chosen from across Australia to speak at the TED@Westpac event at the Hordern Pavillion in Sydney, an opportunity made possible through the Westpac Social Change Fellowship. Jeremy’s TED talk was about the need for a whole-of-community approach […]
We’re delighted to announce that we were the proud recipients of the award for OHS Achievement/Invention of the Year at last night’s WorkSafe Awards in Melbourne. We just wanted to thank WorkSafe, and everyone that’s supported HALT on our journey so far, as well as everyone who has attended our brekkies and events over the […]
We’re excited to present our second Partners of Tradies event! This is an opportunity for those in the community whose partners are tradies, or friends and family, to come along and hear from service providers and people with lived experience on what assistance is out there on a local and national level and how to […]
HALT is having a night of karaoke hosted by Gus Read-Hill at the Taproom in Castlemaine on December 15th, from 7-10pm. For bookings, please call 0425 323 005. We’d love to see you there!
HALT was recently in Ballarat for another Save Your Bacon breakfast, which was covered by the Courier newspaper. Read all about it here.
We’ve turned one. A big thanks to everyone who has supported us and joined us on the journey. It’s been a big year from humble beginnings we have hosted 11 breakfast this year and have another 25 already planned for 2015. Read a little more about the journey so far an our plans for the […]
HALT has joined forces with Bendigo Community Health Services.The move will enable HALT – Hope, Assistance, Local Tradies – to expand across the Loddon Mallee region and, eventually, throughout Victoria. HALT co-founder Jeremy Forbes is now working from Bendigo Community Health Services’ offices three days a week, drawing on its infrastructure and resources. “I remember […]
Jeremy Forbes is gearing up for Bendigo’s HALT breakfast. Picture: Brian Semmens Jeremy was interviewed by the Bendigo Advertiser in the run up to the Bendigo HALT Brekky on the 18th March. Registrations are now open for the upcoming Save Your Bacon breakfast. Co-founder Jeremy Forbes said the Bendigo breakfast was gathering momentum. “We are […]
In 2013, HALT held the first ‘Save your Bacon’ free brekky for tradies in Castlemaine on 19th Nov – our way of showing tradies the community cares about their wellbeing. All goods and services were donated by the community and we had Rotarians cooking the BBQ. It was a real community effort! We also handed […]