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.
How It Works
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.
Mental Health stats in Australia
1 in 5
Australians experience a mental illness each year
9
people in Australia die by suicide every day
50%
of people living with mental illness will not seek professional 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 2025
Join our community to create better mental health for all Australians.
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 now and join Paul in One Foot Forward 2024.
Solidarity Wall
Joanne
Evey Sutton
I’m walking in solidarity this October for Australians affected by mental illness and suicide. You are not alone.
Wyatt Myers
I’m walking in solidarity this October for myself and others who face many different struggles. In the last few months of 2021 I was put in hospital with an acquired brain injury which forced me to repeat year 12 over two years. I am walking and running this month in support of others who face similar hardships and others who face and hardship at all
Erin
I'm walking in solidarity for those living with mental illness. We are not alone. There is no shame in asking for help.
Soraya
On the 29th of October my wife and I alongside our family and friends completed an 8km walk between Henley Beach and West Beach for Australians affected by mental illness and suicide. It's a cause we deeply believe in and are so grateful to be apart of this and raise as much awareness as we can. Thank you One Foot Forward for this opportunity.
Linda
I’m walking in solidarity this October for Australians affected by mental illness and suicide. You are not alone.
Steve Bellincanta A tribute for My father Peter,my friends father Danny and the 2 friends of mine that suicided.
I’m walking in solidarity this October for my father Peter,my friends father Danny, 2 friends of mine that have suicided and every other Australians affected by mental illness and suicide.
The Zigberts
We're one human & two doggos walking for our mental health & to support others effected my mental health. Our family has been touched in many ways so this is an important cause for us.
I’m walking in solidarity this October for Australians affected by mental illness and suicide. You are not alone.