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ONE FOOT FORWARD

the walk for mental health

Register your interest for 2024

October is Mental Health Month

Join us to walk, run or roll in solidarity for the 1 in 5 Australians who experience a mental illness each year.

Together, we can show them they are not alone.

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How It Works

1. Sign Up

Sign up (for FREE) and join our community to walk in solidarity throughout October.

2. Share

Share your page and raise funds to help Australians impacted by mental illness.

3. Walk

Walk, run or roll and log your kms throughout October for Mental Health Month.

Walking Together. Standing Together. Stronger Together.

 28, 211 people walking in solidarity

$5,268,131 raised for mental health

Mental Health stats in Australia

1 in 5

people experience a mental illness each year

9

people in Australia die by suicide every day

60%

of people living with mental illness will not seek help

Let's show people with mental illness that we're in this together.
Funds raised will help Black Dog Institute put ground-breaking new mental health treatment, education and digital services into the hands of the people who need them most.


Register your interest for One Foot Forward 2024

Join our community to create better mental health for all Australians.

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Paul Rudd takes part in One Foot Forward every year:

"I went through a bad patch with my mental health when I hurt my back and I needed a lot of time off to recover. I had limited mobility, so I started to lose contact with the outside world. Then I lost interest in doing anything at all. My mind just clouded all positive thoughts.

It took me two years to rebuild myself. So when I heard about One Foot Forward I decided to take part. I wanted to connect with other people who had been through something similar.

“The community is a big, supportive family.”

To anyone thinking about taking part in One Foot Forward, I say ‘Do it!’. You get to enjoy the fresh air and get your blood moving. It’s also a fun community thing. Above all, it helps raise funds and awareness that help is out there if you need support for your mental health.”

Register your interest now and join Paul in One Foot Forward 2024.

Solidarity Wall

Scott

I’m walking in solidarity this October for Australians affected by mental illness and suicide. You are not alone.

Lynda

I’m walking in solidarity this October for anyone in the world affected by mental illness and suicide. We're not alone.

Analise Lawrence

I’m walking in solidarity this October for Australians affected by mental illness and suicide. You are not alone.

Tahlia

I’m walking in solidarity this October for Australians affected by mental illness and suicide. As you take One Foot Forward on your journey towards healing and hope, know that a whole community is ready to stand by you, step by step.

Dan A tribute for Those lost and those living without them

I’m walking in memory of my, friends and for those friends and family members we’ve lost to mental illness. We walk together in hope that research will prevent so many precious souls losing their fight in future 🙏🏼

Hayley

I’m walking in solidarity this October for Australians affected by mental illness and suicide. I have been to the edge and back, many times before. I know what it’s like to look over your shoulder, trying to avoid the black dog but it’s always there. You are not alone.

Susan Bambling

I’m walking in solidarity this October for Australians affected by mental illness and suicide. You are not alone. I lost my son Joel to suicide in March 2022, he fought and lost a very hard and long battle with mental Illness. I will think of him with every step I take. There is so much more to do.

Tahlea A tribute for Dad

This is my first year walking with One Foot Forward. I walk for myself, for my friends and family that have faced mental illness. I also walk for my Dad who lost the fight with mental illness and took his own life. I’m walking in solidarity this October for Australians affected by mental illness and suicide. You are not alone.