Out of the Woods

The Out of the Woods team and program aim to provide support and education around mental health and wellbeing for members of the Kew Football Club community.

Community football is a place where many different people from different walks of life come together to find pride, joy, and victory in sport. Mental health and wellbeing will always be a part of the sporting experience, but Out of the Woods aims to bring it into the fabric of the club, forming an integral part of the club experience at Kew Football.

• 90 Second Nuggets – where a member of the club gets the opportunity to share with the group an experience they have had and how it’s impacted them, how they responded to it, what helped them, and where they are now
• Mental Health First Aid Training
• Wellbeing Panel regarding football and mental health in post-2020 COVID pandemic (in collaboration with the Wings Program, Hawthorn Amateur Football Club; Myrtleford Alpine Saints Football and Netball Club; and Thick and Thin, Melbourne University Blacks)
• Tomorrow Man
• Tomorrow Woman
• Tackle Your Feelings training
• Mental Health Round (in collaboration with Tackle Your Feelings)
• Online private forum for Kew Football Club members