Supporting mental health: Kagome chief executive Jason Fritsch, Kagome HR Lee Elliott, headspace manager Meghan Sully and headspace community awareness officer Jayden Howe.
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Steve Huntley
Through the selling of sauce, Kagome has donated a sensational amount of $1000 towards Echuca headspace as part of RUOK? Day.
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Sauce pouches were sold on site at Kagome’s factory to employees for gold coin donations over a period of five weeks.
Manager of headspace Echuca, Meghan Sully said donations like this could be put towards group activities, programs and supplies, such as games and art products.
“We regularly incorporate group activities, arts-based activities and we often invite guest speakers to come in and speak on a particular topic and provide coping strategies,” she said.
“Programs like this can make young people who feel anxious about opening up in the traditional one-on-one sense feel more comfortable.
“We are grateful and excited that Kagome has donated towards our organisation so that we can continue to offer special programs.”
Kagome chief executive, Jason Fritsch said they had always been strong advocates of essential healthcare services.
He said Kagome as a company had always ensured they provided mental health support to their employees.
“Our greatest asset is our people and we are here to support them,“ Mr Fritsch said.
“There are a lot of young people within our business and we are aware that there is a lot of pressure on young people these days, particularly with the rise of social media and the uncertainty of the pandemic.
“We want to encourage and support our employees in any way we can, whether that be providing them with a safe environment at work for them to talk or by referring them on to somewhere external, like headspace.”
Life-changing: Kagome has donated $1000 to headspace for RUOK? Day 2022.
Photo by
Steve Huntley
Community awareness officer at headspace, Jayden Howe said the theme of this year’s RUOK? Day is ‘No qualifications needed’.
“This theme just reminds people that you don’t have to be a mental health professional to check in on someone and make sure they’re doing okay,” Mr Howe said.
Through Echuca headspace young people can access a range of confidential, free and diverse services.
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