Workplace wellbeing is everyone's business.
Ensuring that workplaces across Australia are mentally safe and that employee wellbeing is protected, is an undertaking that can only be achieved through collaboration and joint effort.
Wellsaid is a support pillar of this work - a resource for everyone interested and working towards mentally safe workplaces.
Wellsaid houses a library of knowledge in video presentations, talks, discussions, and more, from leading researchers and practitioners. Whether you're new to mentally safe workplaces or already in the space - these provide reference tools and ways to learn from each other for better workplace outcomes.
See all talksAlongside our library of talks, Wellsaid provides a growing kitbag of tools and resources to get your started on the journey to mentally well workplaces, refine your current practice, or introduce someone else to the field.
See all ResourcesMATES is a charity established in 2008 to reduce the
high level of suicide among Australian construction workers.
MATES provides suicide prevention through community development programs on sites, and by supporting workers in need through case management and a 24/7 help line.
We serve the construction industry in Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia and Western Australia, the Energy industry in Queensland and New South Wales, and nationally to the Mining industry.
MATES was established in response to a major report on suicide (the ‘AISRAP Report’) within the Queensland Commercial Building and Construction Industry. This report found that suicide rates in the industry were higher than the Australian average for men, and that youth suicide within the industry could be as much as 2.38 times more common than among other young Australian men.
The MATES program is based on the simple idea that suicide is everyone’s business. If the building and construction industry in Australia is to improve the mental health and well-being of workers and reduce suicide, then it cannot be left to mental health professionals: everyone in the industry must play their part.
Working for the construction industry in general, MATES is independent of employers and unions and never works directly for an employer. Programs are delivered across the industry regardless of employer or union affiliation.
