Havergal College & The Havergal College Foundation Impact Report 2021-22

Stories of Giving and Impact

The Wellbeing Fund has provided tools and resources that empower students to run Thrive Week, a week-long series of events building a culture of wellbeing by promoting positive mental health awareness.

Havergal Upper School students take part in yoga in the South Quad.

GREG SOUTHAM Parent

be doing and the fear and anxiety that envelop them when they are unable to achieve that image of perfection. Thrive Week and the other wellbeing initiatives at Havergal have never been needed more than they are needed now. Healthy minds and the mental wellbeing of our girls are at the front and centre of these initiatives. Our family wishes to provide our full support for these initiatives. Maybe some conversations will start, maybe some tools will be provided, maybe some empathy for the stories and journeys of others will be developed, maybe someone who doesn’t feel seen will be seen or maybe our girls will just slow down, breathe, listen, speak and be together as a community in which they find peace in one another’s company. We believe that these initiatives form part of the mission of Havergal College: to nurture and support all aspects of our girls’ growth, health and wellbeing."

"I lost my older brother Brad to suicide in February 2003. He had suffered from depression and other mental health issues for a number of years. My mother has been a long-time sufferer of various mental health ailments for the better part of my life. The COVID-19 pandemic was particularly difficult for her. It was fear and anxiety that have been at the heart of our lives for the last three years and at all levels and touchpoints of our society. However, the pandemic was the hardest on our children. At the points of their lives when they most need to be engaging in social interaction, be in school, playing sports and making friends, we shut them down and shut them in. The mental wellbeing of our children has been under constant bombardment from the impact of social media and the internet. This has had a devastating impact, in particular, on our girls. The images of what they should be, what they should

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