Stories from our first responder community
Fortem Australia is a not-for-profit organisation that supports the mental fitness and wellbeing of first responder families. Every day, more than 300,000 first responders keep our communities safe. They are backed up by their families: partners, children and parents. All of them hold vital and challenging roles. We help them to be well, and stay well, through mental fitness, support services and wellbeing activities. These are their stories.
Wee Jasper weekend away makes friendships – and cheese!
Fortem’s Mark Kennedy caught up with Gen Lindsay, one of the organisation’s amazing Community Engagement Coordinators, to chat about her recent couples cooking retreat in the relaxing and scenic Wee Jasper Valley Hi Gen, tell me a little bit about
Let’s make Thank a First Responder Day everyday – thank you for your support!
Two simple words have had a real and powerful impact this week as Australian’s everywhere embraced Thank a First Responder Day. From mining communities in remote Western Australia to Admiralty House on the shores
Thank a First Responder Day is tomorrow – June 9
Tomorrow (9 June) is Thank a First Responder Day – and Australians everywhere are stepping up to express gratitude to those who care for us, protect us, and respond to our calls for help.
Resources to help first responders and the wider community deal with COVID-19 and storm pressures
We live in extraordinary times and together we face those challenges. The Victorian community is feeling that weight at the moment. In the last 12 to 18 months that feeling of
Our gratitude can increase a first responder’s connection and support
Gratitude is good for us – but did you know it can also make us feel more connected to those around us? Whether we’re showing our gratitude to someone, or
Epic cycling journey concludes in Centennial Park, after raising money & awareness for mental health support
**Trigger warning: This story contains content about suicide, which some readers may find confronting** Last weekend, fire fighter and Fortem Australia ambassador Tara Lal, along with her friend Sarah Davis,
Pressures of COVID-19, plus fire & flood disasters make Thank a First Responder Day more important than ever
Less than one week out from Thank a First Responder Day, Fortem Australia is encouraging people in communities across Australia to rally around first responders and help them feel appreciated
Do you want to build a snowman? | Canberra Region Activity Wrap Up
What better way to welcome in Winter than by coming out to Corin Forest to play in the snow! On one of the last days in Autumn, Fortem brought together
All aboard for the Gold Mines! | West Gippsland Region Activity Wrap Up
All aboard for the gold mines! Fortem Australia recently held a wellbeing activity with a difference for West Gippsland first responder families, who stepped back in time to another era
Regional Australians encouraged to get involved in Thank a First Responder Day – June 9.
Australia’s 300,000 first responders play a critical role in their communities – especially in regional towns and villages This year Fortem Australia is urging people in communities small and big across Australia to help first responders feel appreciated by getting involved in Thank a First Responder
12 Months on from the launch of ‘Thank a First Responder Day’. Where did that year go?
The day-to-day life of a first responder is impossible to predict. The day-to-day life of a first responder is impossible to predict. The day-to-day life of a first responder is
Receiving gratitude improves the lives of first responders – here’s how
Gratitude feels good and practising it regularly improves our mental fitness and wellbeing. Gratitude feels good and practising it regularly improves our mental fitness and wellbeing. Gratitude feels good and
