1 in 7 Aussie kids currently experience mental illness.
Get up and get active by walking 21 minutes a day this November to raise funds for vital mental health programs in primary schools!
Walk solo, with your family or create a team of friends or colleagues. As you log your daily activity you’ll travel around Smiling Mind Creek and unlock mindfulness and mental fitness content for adults and kids.
Sign up and raise funds to give Aussie kids the tools they need to thrive!
How it works
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Sign up
Make your pledge to support kids’ mental health this November.
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Help Aussie kids thrive
Raise funds on your customisable
fundraising page.
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Walk 21 minutes a day
Get active and unlock mental fitness content for kids and adults.
The difference you’ll make
It’s astounding… look at how many people you can help by taking on Walk for Kids’ Mental Health!
When you get up, get active and raise funds, you can help millions of children to reduce stress, anxiety and depression.
8.2 M
Apps downloaded
globally
11 M
Young people
reached globally
1 / 3
Australian educators using
Smiling Mind’s school programs
7.2 M
Australian children reached by
Smiling Mind’s school programs
Meet the residents of Smiling Mind Creek
Maali
Maali is a Pink Galah. Maali is an Aboriginal name, which in Biripi language means ‘Elder Tree’. Maali is supporting our committed fundraisers returning from last year. Maali wants to ensure more kids can access vital mental health resources.
Wes
Wes is a ‘Western long-beaked’ Echidna. This species of Echidna is thought to be extinct, but hopefully they are all just shy like Wes. Wes looks out for our newbies and like them, wants all Aussie kids to have the tools they need to thrive.
Tam
Tam is a platypus. Short for Tambreet, which is the Aboriginal term for a platypus in the Yass, Murrumbidgee & Tumut regions of NSW, Australia. Tam supports our fundraising VIPs, those going the extra mile for kids’ mental health.
Do it for kids like Dylan
Dylan is a typical primary-aged kid – he loves soccer and netball, and enjoys playing the piano and reading.
And at such a young age, he began feeling overwhelmed with school, friendships and the future. That was until he was introduced to the Smiling Mind app.
Now, he uses it every day as a way of calming himself at school for tests and sports, or in the evenings so he can enjoy a good night’s sleep.
“My meditation routine is one Smiling Mind every night because that really helps me slow down and press the pause button.”
By signing up for Walk For Kids’ Mental Health and raising funds, you’ll be enabling Aussie kids like Dylan to access resources that will improve their mental wellbeing.
