Welcome to
Australian Lions
What we do
Proudly part of the Lions Australia family the Australian Lions Wellbeing Foundation (ALWF) delivers health and wellbeing information to schools and communities across Australia through a range of projects and resources.
Formerly the Australian Lions Drug Awareness Foundation, ALWF aims to help create happier, healthier and safer communities through our range of projects and resources.
PROJECTS
From Tune In Not Out, an online youth health portal, to Freedom to Feel Fantastic we have a suite of projects for schools and communities covering topics such as alcohol and other drugs, body image and mental health.
FACTSHEETS
For over 30 years we have provided resources to Lions Clubs, community groups and schools across a range of alcohol and other drugs and wellbeing topics. We now deliver these via online factsheets.
SCHOOL PROGRAMS
From the internationally renowned Lions Quest program to our Smarter About Drugs drug policy curriculum package we offer a range of resources for schools that wish to educate and promote health and wellbeing.
Our Projects
Tune In Not Out
A youth health portal
FREEDOM TO FEEL FANTASTIC
A body image campaign
FACTSHEETS
COMMUNITY GRANTS
Supporting communities
Our Mission
The Foundation’s mission is to develop, promote and educate the community through health and wellbeing initiatives to create happier, healthier and safer communities.
Leo Molly
Hear from Leo Molly as she chats about her connection to the Wellbeing Foundation and Leos as part of looking after her own wellbeing, and in turn the wellbeing of others.
Featured Project
Freedom to Feel Fantastic is a national campaign supporting us all to be who we want to be judgement free
Body Image & Self Esteem Campaign
Previously know as Fresh Faced Friday, Freedom to Feel Fantastic is a national campaign supporting us all to be who we want to be judgement free
A great event for schools
Since we began in 2015 100’s of schools and students have used the campaign as a way to raise awareness about body image and self esteem.
Order an event pack
Find out more about Freedom to Feel Fantastic and order an event pack so your schools can support everyone to have the Freedom to Feel Fantastic.
Our Ambassador
Andrew Fuller
Andrew has recently been described as an ”interesting mixture of Billy Connolly, Tim Winton, and Frasier Crane” and as someone who “puts the heart back into psychology” and we are very proud and honoured to have him as our Ambassador supporting and advising across all our project areas.
As a clinical psychologist, Andrew Fuller works with many schools and communities in Australia and internationally, specialising in the wellbeing of young people and their families. He is a Fellow of the Department of Psychiatry and the Department of Learning and Educational Development at the University of Melbourne.
Andrew has been a principal consultant to the national drug prevention strategy REDI, the ABC on children’s television shows is an Ambassador for Mind Matters and is a member of the National Coalition Against Bullying.
He is the author of Tricky Kids, Guerilla Tactics for Teachers, Helping your child succeed at school, as well as many others. Andrew has also co-authored a series of programs for the promotion of resilience and emotional intelligence used in over 3500 schools in Britain and Australia called The Heart Masters.
Andrew is also running a special project for ALWF called Project Future, where he is inviting Lions from around the country as well as adults from the broader community to write a letter to future generations. Find out more about Project Future here
A Not for profit organisation
Why Support Us?
We are able to run our projects due to the generosity of Lions Club from across Australia, businesses, and individuals who kindly donate to support the work we do. We also generate funds through our resources shop.
More than 30 years of experience
Part of Lions Australia
Range of projects
Consultants guiding development
Award winning
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