Hello from a new volunteer :)

[Kind_Heart]

Hello everyone. I am a new volunteer and would just like to say hello! I live in a country town and am entering the field of community services in my area. My town and its surrounds has been affected by Bush Fires and now has Covid19 to deal with which has hit the town hard as it relies on tourism in a big way. I am in many community groups here and am currently enrolling in one of the new Undergraduate Certificates (Mental Health and Counselling) that the government is subsiding. I am excited about going into this area and I am excited about volunteering with Beyond Blue as well. I hope you are all staying safe and taking care. Cheers for now!

[AussieWoman]

Hello, Kind Heart,

Well done for volunteering with Beyond Blue, you sound like such a caring and giving person. Congratulations on the Mental Health and Counselling Undergraduate Certificates. I'm sorry your town has had to deal with the Bush Fires and Cov-19, I can only imaging how hard and, devastating it has been for all who have been affected.

I wish you the best in your volunteering and community groups and I hope your town can recover after the bush fires and Covid-19.

I hope you stay safe and take care of yourself and congratulations on all you have worked for again. You deserve nothing but the never best.

[ecomama]

Welcome Kind Heart and indeed you have one lol!

Thankyou for volunteering here and everywhere!

I love our sunburnt country but it has taken a lot in a short time. Devastating bushfires, flooding here too which I am still awaiting repairs from. Now Covid19.

We lost our house entirely by fire when I was young but it was arsonists not a community bushfire. This was devastating to our family enough, I could not imagine the compound effects upon whole communities at a time. Our community was there to help us through but in your cases, everyone's in it together. Please know we send love and any support we can to you all.

Now Covid. It came through here and probably is still here, but no cases we know of in a large population. I Pray that anyone contracting the disease can recover. We avoided the worst here thanks to our amazing first responders and medical professionals.

We are blessed to have people like you in our world to help us cope in our hardest times. When we link together (physically distancing toboot lol) we are stronger.

Thankyou and good luck with your studies!

Ecomama

[Tay100]

Hi Kind Heart

Welcome to the forums, we appreciate you being here, looking forward to seeing you around! What drew you towards mental and counselling? Sounds like something you are passionate about?

[quirkywords]

Kind heart Welcome to the forum.

hat course sounds interesting. I lived in small village that was affected by the fires and Lost my home and shop. I am now living in a colder climate.

have found that helping on the forums has helped me as supporting others helps me with my own issues.

Do you find that too, that helping others helps you as well.

How long is the course for?