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ALWF Welcomes Global Lions Initiative on Mental Health and Wellbeing
Read our latest new posts detailing Mental and Wellbeing be announced as key 2025-2026 Service Initiatives by Lions International. Read the full announcment here.
Celebrating David Daniels OAM: A Lifetime of Service to Drug Awareness and Community Wellbeing
Recently, the Chair of ALWF, PDG David Daniels OAM received an Honorary Lifetime Membership from the Drug Educations Network
NEW - LEO Wellbeing Award
The Australian Lions Wellbeing Foundation is proud to introduce the Leo Wellbeing Award, an initiative that recognises the dedication and passion of Leos…
Roar for Mental health
Join us this October and help create strength through awareness and action. We have a range of social media posts to help generate discussion and awareness plus a range of ideas on how Lions Clubs can get involved.
ALWF Sponsors a New Story Dogs Team
We are thrilled to announce that through our ALWF Community Grants program, and in partnership with the Lions Club of Canberra Valley, we have sponsored a new Story Dog team.
The Harmony of Wellbeing: How Lion Sue Found Joy Through Music
We recently had the pleasure of speaking with Lion Sue Jenkinson-Thompson about how music has become a powerful tool for boosting her wellbeing—and, as it turns out, the wellbeing of others.
Celebrating Lion Bronte Cameron
In June 2023, ALWF bid a fond farewell to Bronte Cameron, a dedicated member of the ALWF Board who had served on the board since 1996 and also played an instrumental role in the operations of Lions Quest.
Increasing Motivation - Pt 1
ALWF Ambassador Andrew Fuller discusses how we can help improve our motivation levels.
Increasing Motivation - Pt 2
ALWF Ambassador Andrew Fuller discusses how we can help improve our motivation levels.
Self Care Inspiration
Self Care is not an indulgence it is essential to ensure we can manage the ups and downs of life, and enjoy it as much as we can. This post has a few ideas to inspire you.
Flo, 95 years young and connecting with fellow Lions
Meet some of our recent ALWF Foundation Awards recipients.
Caroline reignites Youth of the Year
Meet another of our ALWF Foundation award recipients
Kind Island leos get Body Positive
Recently, the seven-strong King Island Leos Club got behind our Freedom to Feel Fantastic campaign, to promote being body and self positive for the 180 students at the school from grades kinder to grade 12, and what a fantastic day they held.
Leo Molly Raises Funds for the Freedom to Feel Fantastic
Leo Molly is training to undertake a gruelling 8km swim to raise funds for our youth projects. Read about how you can support Molly.
Call for ALWF Directors
The foundation is calling for EOI to be an ALWF Director to help improve the wellbeing of all Australians.
Ten Ways Your Club Can Suppprt ALWF
We are often asked by Clubs how can they can get involved & how they learn more about the foundation’s work so we have compiled our top ten suggestions.
Why not discuss this list at your next meeting and select one or two your club can do…
Increasing Wellbeing – Big Impact Strategies for Wellbeing Leaders in Schools
Our Ambassador Andrew Fuller has recently released this paper discussing the importance of wellbeing and steps schools can take.
Chairman's Den
As you may have read in this news update, this is my last ‘in-print’ chairman’s note, but I am very excited that we as a foundation, are now looking to new digital ways to communicate with fellow Lions, Educators, Community Services and alike.
How Lions use music to aid the young
Music can soothe a troubled mind. We reveal the mastermind behind an award-winning youth program exploiting the power of music. Whether Queen’s thumping ‘We Are The Champions’ or ‘Don’t Worry Be Happy’ by artists too numerous to mention, music is a powerful mood influencer.
Living Around Your Pain
Our Ambassador, Andrew, takes us on a journey to consider how pain is impacting our lives and how we can best manage this.
Run a positive self esteem event
The 2021 Mission Australia Survey of young people once again saw body image noted as a top-four personal issue of concern, with 33.6% nationally extremely concerned and 45.5% somewhat or slightly concerned, and when the results are broken down by gender the figures jump even higher for females…
New logo launched & new eNews
The Australian Lions Wellbeing Foundation has now been in existence for nearly twelve months and there is still a tremendous amount of work going on in the background to finalise this change of name for the Foundation
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