Life Education Australia Explained

Life Education Australia (Life Ed) is the largest and most recognised health education provider in Australian schools.[1] Life Ed reaches on average 700,000 children annually where qualified educators present evidence-based preventative health and wellbeing education, along with Healthy Harold, the giraffe puppet and mascot who is the face of the organisation.[2]

Life Education Australia began in 1979, in The Wayside Chapel in Kings Cross by Reverend Ted Noffs, who used his experience with religion to focus on an action-based approach as opposed to preaching.[3] In 2016, the program began to teach topics of illicit drug use like methamphetamine, in response to rising narcotics usage rates in Australia.[4] In 2017, the Australian government announced plans to defund the program, but this was not implemented after public backlash.[5] [6] The in-person program was temporary halted and moved online due to restrictions placed by the Australian government in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, but resumed on October 13, 2020.[7] [8]

References

  1. Web site: Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission - Life Education Australia . www.acnc.gov.au/.
  2. Web site: February 11, 2019 . What ever happened to Happy Harold? An investigation. . www.mamamia.com.au/.
  3. Web site: 2021-05-06 . Life Education and Healthy Harold The Saturday Paper . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20210506154155/https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/2017/07/08/life-education-and-healthy-harold/14994360004872 . 2021-05-06 . 2022-02-07.
  4. Web site: Cook. Henrietta. 2016-08-24. Healthy Harold the giraffe makes strides to teach dangers of ice. 2022-02-07. The Age. en.
  5. Web site: Street. Andrew P.. 2017-05-31. Healthy Harold, the adorable funding-saving mascot!. 2022-02-07. The Sydney Morning Herald. en.
  6. Web site: Aussie social media left distraught after news of Healthy Harold's defunding. 2022-02-07. Special Broadcasting Service. en.
  7. Web site: 2020-06-18. Healthy Harold returns to local schools. 2022-02-07. The Young Witness. en-AU.
  8. Web site: Gregory. Helen. 2020-05-17. Healthy Harold moves message online. 2022-02-07. Newcastle Herald. en-AU.

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