Regenerate Health & Rehabilitation

This November, we set out to raise awareness and funds for Movember which focuses on men's mental health, prostate cancer and testicular cancer. We are stoked to have raised $1350 this year, which wouldn't have been possible without the help and support of so many of our members and clients - a big thanks goes out to you!

Blue for Blues day at the gym went really well and had great contributions form our staff, members and clients. It was a good opportunity to raise awareness, share resources and have some conversations around men's health, with an emphasis on mental health.

Loretta from Scope Nutrition, who offered up her much valued time, resources, and a donation to our gym prize pool. It was positive to get people talking and enquiring about healthier diets, which often gets unrecognised for its impact on mental health in addition to the many other added benefits that come with it. Reach out to the Scope Nutrition team for any of your diet and nutrition enquiries. Https://www.scopenutrition.com.au/

Congratulations to our gym prize winners!
We chose 3 best dressed because they were too hard to split and drew out 2 random lucky winners for the Massage voucher kindly donated by Adam at Regenerate Physiotherapy and Dietician consult by Scope Nutrition - a big thanks to both practices again.

Don't forget, there are plenty of resources out there for men's mental health, some of which are highlighted below.

Use the ALEC acronym to reach out to friends and family:
ASK
LISTEN
ENCOURAGE
CHECK-IN
Https://conversations.movember.com/en/ALEC/

Other resources we encourage you to check out:
MensLine Australia:
https://mensline.org.au/

Mens talk:
https://www.mtalk.com.au/

Men's health WA
https://menshealthwa.org.au/

Congratulations to Sara for her efforts in helping raise money for The Law Enforcement Torch Run https://wa.torchrun.org.au/ by participating in yet another Polar Plunge!

The Polar Plunge raises money for the Special Olympics - an organisation that means a lot to Sara who has competed at the Special Olympics in multiple events. Sara would like to thank all clients and members that donated to her page.

Sara is a valued long term client at Regenerate Health & Rehabilitation and puts in a mountain of work in at the gym with our Exercise Physiologists. Well done Sara!

Matt has conquered his challenge from Geraldton to Perth on foot, covering a very long 425km over 6 days! Matt set out to do this challenge to raise awareness for mental health through the shaka project. Whilst raising awareness, Matt's fundraising efforts were also outstanding, raising over $13k for The Shaka Project. We are proud of what Matt has been able to achieve for an extremely important cause - showing both mental and physical resilience throughout. We were also proud to sponsor this fundraiser with Matt as Regenerate highly values the importance of mental health and speaking up when in need.

For resources and extra help finding what you may need in relation to your mental health, the following are just 3 of various websites you may find useful:
https://www.beyondblue.org.au/

https://www.betterhelp.com/

https://mhaustralia.org/

We are excited for Matthew as he approaches the tail end of his preparations for his next big running challenge - Striding for Shakas. Proudly sponsored by Regenerate Health & Rehabilitation, Striding for Shakas is an event created by Matt in support of 'The Shaka Project' https://theshakaproject.com/ for all the work they put in towards helping those going through mental health challenges and reducing the stigma surrounding it.
From Monday the 19th of May, Matthew will be running from Gerraldton to Perth totalling 420km and averaging 84km per day!
You can support this cause by donating to Matt's page here:
https://the-shaka-project.grassrootz.com/stride-for-shaka-s-matt-woods-420km-run-for-mental-health/donate
He has been working hard training and will be working even harder come the 19th, so please donate whatever you can to such a great cause that is mental health.

To all of our valued gym members, clients and partners,

Thank you for the time, effort and good company you have given us throughout this year. The last 6 months have flown by, but we can look back on it and say we are very proud of our efforts. After taking on the business in July, I've appreciated the strong support and encouragement received from our members, staff and client base greatly. There have been some very long days and there will be more to come, but it's all worth it for the health service we can provide to so many people as allied health professionals.

We wish you and your families a very Merry Christmas and all the best for the new year ahead. We look forward to seeing you in 2025!

Here are some of the many highlights we have had over the last 6 months...

Andrew and the Regenerate Team

December is upon us which means Movember has come to a close, as has Matt's huge challenge of running 500km in 1 month! The deed has been done and all 500km have been completed and we never doubted him. Congratulations goes to Matt for the mental and physical resilience displayed through the month.

We would also like to thank everyone that contributed to Matt and the Regenerate Mo Bro's page throughout the month which helped the overall total get to an impressive $3.5K - well done to Matt for driving this too.

The Mo's are also worthy of mention... As you can see, also lead by Matt, the top lip was kept well shaded throughout the month. We can confirm the evidence has been removed and we look forward to another round next year!

Let's not forget what it's all for - raising awareness, funds and starting conversations about 3 key aspects of men's health:
MENTAL HEALTH
PROSTATE CANCER
TESTICULAR CANCER
All 3 have very interesting statistics and facts which we have sent out to our members. Please don't hesitate to reach out if you would like to find out more too.

That's a wrap for our Pink October Fundraiser. We set out to raise funds and awareness for breast cancer along with women's health and wellbeing. Collectively, we raised $5,637 for the National Breast Cancer Foundation and would like to thank all those who contributed to this great cause.

Pink Gym Day saw lots of our members wear pink to their workout and we were very impressed with some of the outfits on display, as seen in some of the images attached.

Steps For Strength saw many of our gym community front up in pink again and hit the Lake Monger walking track. The aim was to walk 7km to represent the 1 in 7 women diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime. A great turn out and very nice to see so many get involved in this community event.

We would like to congratulate our prize winners...
Major prize winner of the Women's health care package:
- Linley D
Linley receives a 1 hour massage, 50 minute dietician consult and 3 month gym membership including 3 Exercise Physiology sessions for donating over $25 and going into our prize draw.

Best dressed on Pink Gym Day:
- The Watson Family led by Tash
- Jan W
- Belinda L

We would like to thank those who contributed to our events:
- Loretta from Scope Nutrition for contributing to both events and donating a much valued dietician consult. Our members also appreciated your time on Pink Gym day.
- Adam at Regenerate Physiotherapy for donating a much valued massage voucher.
- Nicole D for her contributions to our morning tea.
- Teall Jewellery for their contributions to our prize pool.

The National Breast Cancer Foundation recorded over $700k worth of donations and we are proud of our efforts to have been able to contribute in the way we did. We value women's health and wellbeing at Regenerate and are grateful for the women in our lives. Thank you again to everyone who got involved!

This October Regenerate is raising awareness and funds for breast cancer as supported by National Breast Cancer Foundation. In doing so, we aim to promote Women's overall health and well being. Throughout the month we will be sharing educational resources related to breast cancer, as well as running a couple of exciting events (see image for more details).

To register or for more information, please email us: [email protected]

Donate to Regenerate's breast cancer fundraising page here:
https://fundraise.nbcf.org.au/s/154099/165665