A new era dawned at headspace Warwick when the youth mental health service relocated to a new site at 58 Palmerin Street.
This new building came with an expanded activity space for young people compared to the service’s former Albion Street home.
On top of providing youth mental health services, headspace Warwick now has room for young people to socialise, study, and access multimedia equipment for work, study, and creative purposes.
The centre is a free and confidential service that helps young people in the community aged 12-25 with their mental health and well-being.
headspace Warwick provides services focusing on four key areas: mental health, physical and sexual health, work, school and study, and alcohol and other drugs.
The new building, which was co-designed in collaboration with headspace Warwick’s Youth Reference Group, provides ample of space for these
services to be delivered.
Opening hours have also been increased to provide young people, their families, and friends more access to support before and after school or work.
headspace Warwick Centre Manager Travis Maguire said young people and staff had been looking forward to moving into the new centre.
“With a new CBD location and a purpose-built community activity room, we are excited to continue to offer our free service to the community,” Travis said.
“Our Youth Reference Group have had a real hands-on contribution to the centre and we look forward to hosting a community walk through soon.”
Youth Reference Group member Amy Ryan described the important role the group played in developing the new site.
“I really enjoyed being involved in the building planning,” Amy said.
“The Youth Reference Group were kept in the loop about everything going on and any suggestions we had were taken into account.”
Referring to the co-designing process, Amy said that they were shown samples for flooring and wall colours.
“We also went for a walk through in the new centre which was all really interesting,” she said.
headspace CEO Jason Trethowan said the new location means more young people can access support when and where they need it most.
“This new location will empower headspace Warwick to assist even more young people to get through challenging times, and to lead happy, healthy lives,” Jason said.
“After the events of the past two years, it is more important than ever that young Australians have access to support for their mental health and well-being.”
The new centre opened in mid-March of this year.
