Bicycle Rides – Raising mental health awareness

Ocean 2 Outback – 636kms Bicycle Ride

Our super team of fit members setting out on the Ocean to Outback cycle ride to raise money for mental health. Over $67,000 was raised and some of this money has been used to create a new scholarship aimed at rural mens mental health issues. Victor Harbor – 28 March 2019

Of the staggering $67,284 raised by the team during and following on from the Ocean to Outback bicycle ride, part of the funds will go towards a Funding Partner Research PhD Scholarship in the area of Rural Mens Mental Health, and the balance will fund general ARH Mental Health awareness programs.

Bike Ride for Mental Health 

Congratulations to the VH Rotary club on being recognised by Australian Rotary Health for raising funds for a scholarship focused on men’s mental health in the rural community. They rode from Victor Harbor to Broken Hill and raised over $67,000.

Watch the video by Mark Cox talking about the ride and his findings about men’s rural mental health below:

Break The Cycle – 450km Ride

This article ran in the Times newspaper on 6 February 2020 and details the amazing ride four of our club members are planning, to raise awareness of mental health. Rotarian and Club Member, Dwayne Cox has organised the ride to encourage people to open up and discuss mental health issues the way we do physical health issues. Mark Cox, Tim Shierlaw and Mark Shields make up the team of four and they start the ride on 20 March 2020.