Collective Being is dismantling barriers to wellbeing.
A growing number of people in our community face barriers to accessing mental health care. Our programs share inclusive, accessible and meaningful wellbeing tools and strategies, reducing reliance on crisis-driven services and fostering a connected, well and thriving society. Because wellbeing is a right, not a privilege.
Our Impact
7 years
of service delivery
8,000+
Program participants
45+
Partner organisations
300+
Free community events
Our services
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Wellbeing is crucial across the life course. We partner with communities to co-create innovative wellbeing programs, working with children as young as 5 through to elders in their 80s. Our program model is grounded in trauma-informed care, and informed by a rich evidence-base regarding mental health and somatic (body-based) interventions.
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We deliver tailored programs and workshops for staff teams at risk of vicarious trauma, burnout, chronic stress and compassion fatigue. We also deliver trainings in trauma-informed practice and applied somatics.
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We believe that a healthy and thriving community is one that has free, accessible and low-cost wellbeing activities available for all people. In support of community wellbeing, our team facilitates a range of accessible public programs and events in collaboration with local, place-based services.
Our approach
Trauma-informed
We apply an evidence-based, trauma-informed approach to our work with communities. We recognise the structural and systemic causes of trauma, and honour the unique needs of individuals who access our services. We take pride in a person-centred approach that is adaptive, responsive and flexible.
Mental health aware
We recognise that mental health is complex, and that in our current hyper-individualised society, “wellness” can feel out of reach for many of us. Our programs and offerings are delivered in small group settings, honouring the role of social connection in mental health, and sharing accessible and adaptable somatic practices for stress relief, self-regulation and connection.
Gender + culture responsive
We honour and support all gender and cultural identities. We are experienced in collaborating with interpreters, and with adapting our program delivery to ensure cultural safety. We are an LGBTQIA+ affirming organisation.
We are trusted by...
Introducing our Community Wellbeing Fund
Amidst an ever-growing demand for our offerings, we are proud to announce our Community Wellbeing Fund: free and subsidised trauma-sensitive wellbeing programs for under-resourced organisations and community groups.
Limited places available, expressions of interest are open now.
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"My 8-year-old daughter loved the practices and does them at home as a calming exercise”
FaPMI Peninsula Health family program participant.
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"I was very excited. I look forward to the start... I’m definitely calm by the end. I needed this. I learned to experience calmness"
Foundation House Arabic Speaking Women's Group
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"I felt stressed, so I tried a shape we had used in the program, and it helped me"
PARC program at St Vincent’s Hospital