Story: Arts Around WA
Episode: 3
Presenter: Will
Air Date: 8 March 2026

Will learns how the arts can help bring people together and explore each other’s unique passions.

• They are a community-based mental health promotion campaign that encourages people to take action to improve and protect their mental wellbeing.
• Their campaign was launched in 2005 in Western Australia.
• Their initiative was developed by researchers at Curtin University.
• The initiative is currently managed by Mentally Healthy WA, which operates under the Western Australian Mental Health Commission.
• The name represents three evidence-based actions for wellbeing: Act (stay active), Belong (stay connected), and Commit (do meaningful activities).
• They partner with schools, workplaces, local governments, and community organizations to deliver mental health promotion programs.
• Their campaign focuses on prevention and early intervention rather than clinical treatment of people struggling with mental health.
• Act Belong Commit has received national and international recognition as an effective public mental health promotion model.

For more information, head to:
actbelongcommit.org.au