LifeEd

Life Education Australia Logo as of 2021

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 13 October 2020.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ "Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission - Life Education Australia". www.acnc.gov.au/.
  2. ^ "What ever happened to Happy Harold? An investigation". www.mamamia.com.au/. 11 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Life Education and Healthy Harold | The Saturday Paper". 6 May 2021. Archived from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ Cook, Henrietta (24 August 2016). "Healthy Harold the giraffe makes strides to teach dangers of ice". The Age. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  5. ^ Street, Andrew P. (31 May 2017). "Healthy Harold, the adorable funding-saving mascot!". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  6. ^ "Aussie social media left distraught after news of Healthy Harold's defunding". Special Broadcasting Service. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  7. ^ "Healthy Harold returns to local schools". The Young Witness. 18 June 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  8. ^ Gregory, Helen (17 May 2020). "Healthy Harold moves message online". Newcastle Herald. Retrieved 7 February 2022.

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