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About Choose Thrive Mental Health for Youth Young Adults and Families Charity DGR Status East Gosford Central Coast NSW Australia Anxiety Depression Cafe

To ensure that the Choose Thrive Team offers relevant, effective and inspiring mental health solutions, we use data and statistics from a range of sources, including, but not limited to:

Independant research conducted by Choose Thrive Inc
Central Coast Council
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Mission Australia
Suicide Prevention Australia

Generation Next
Butterfly Foundation
Blue Knot Foundation
Orygen Youth Services
Iris Foundation

IMPORTANT STATS

50,141Young People aged 12-24 live on the Central Coast

14.9% of the Central Coast Residents are young people

24.2% projected growth of the number of young people up to 2035
Projected growth of 24.2% up to 2035

2025 – 56,530
2030 – 59,477
2035 – 62,282

25% from a single parent household

80% do not access mental health support due to several barriers

84% rate mental health as being really important for young people

Choose Thrive Inc uses the latest statistical data which was released by Central Coast Council in their ‘2019 to 2024 Youth Strategy’ Report. Ref: https://cdn.centralcoast.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/Council/cccyouthstrategy.pdf

36% live within 10km of the East Gosford area

11.2 % Narara to Ourimbah
19.6% East Brisbane Waters & Coastal
5.3% Gosford Central
14% Peninsula
36.1% in surrounding suburbs and a further afield
36% of youth live in the area surrounding East Gosford. A further 14% live in the Peninsula region, where youth services are practically nonexistent.
This provides us with a total of 50.1% of young people (approx. 25,000) who live within 10km’s of East Gosford – our serviceable area.

BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS

Choose Thrive Inc understands the barriers that youth and young people face when it comes to accessing quality mental health and wellbeing care. We are committed to breaking down those barriers and do so in the following ways:

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"Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible;
and suddenly you are doing the impossible."
St Francis of Assisi

Choose Thrive is a Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing charity, located on the beautiful Central Coast of NSW.

We develop creative solutions to support vulnerable and at-risk youth within our local community. Our solutions are delivered by mental health professionals trained in supporting young people.

Our people are guided by the Catholic values of compassion, courage, and charity. We hold the core belief that given the right support, everyone has the capacity to thrive.

Choose Thrive Inc (INC1901073) is an Australian registered
Public Benevolent Charity, & has been endorsed
by the ATO as a Deductible Gift Recipient.

Donations of $2 or more are tax deductable.

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EMAIL CHOOSE THRIVE
54 Hills Street, North Gosford NSW 2250, Australia
0414 210 810 (Michele Gower)
Choose Thrive offers mental health and wellbeing support to Central Coast Youth & Young Adults, and their Families.