A lot of the time we use the terms "mental health" and "mental illness" interchangeably.
This video will attempt to simplify and explain the difference between mental illness and mental health, and offer some resources for where we can look for support in times of distancing and financial hardship. We’ll also offer some coping strategies to support your wellbeing during times of stress.
About Chelsea Gibson
Producer Chelsea Elliott Gibson is completing her Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Arts at Curtin University. Over the past year, Chelsea has worked with Renegade Productions and Croft, Gillies, Lui as a stage manager, and acted in HEY!Precious’ production Unrule and Red Ryder’s The Wolves. In 2020, she will be directing and devising a new script exploring drinking culture with fellow students of Curtin University’s Theatre Arts community, as well as performing as part of 600 Seconds in the Summer Nights program.
About KickstART Virtual
22 - 29 May 2020
For 10 years KickstART has been the flagship event for Youth Week WA, however things are a little different in 2020.
As a response to the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent live event cancellations, Propel Youth Arts WA is presenting KickstART Virtual: a week-long online festival of free workshops, talks, and hangouts, specifically tailored to young creative people in WA, and developed by Creative Coordinator Kobi Arthur Morrison with the Youth Week WA Planning Committee.
KickstART takes place on Noongar Boodjar. We acknowledge the ownership and are grateful for the custodianship of the people who originate from the Whadjuk nation. We acknowledge the traditional owners of country throughout Australia. We pay our respect to Elders past and present. We are committed to reconciliation and supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people.
KickstART Virtual is presented by Propel Youth Arts WA and is funded by the Government of Western Australia through the Department of Communities and the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries. KickstART is also sponsored by Lotterywest and the City of Perth.