How Can I Help?

In this episode of How Can I Help? we get advice on what to do if you think someone you know is experiencing an eating disorder.

We speak with Korey Baruta, about her experience of anorexia nervosa. We also hear from Danni Rowlands, the national manager of prevention services at the Butterfly Foundation, to find out the best ways to help.

You can read a transcript of this episode here.

If you or someone you know is in crisis pleas...

In this episode of How Can I Help? we look at the ways we can engage with the issue of racism in Australia. That includes calling it out when you see it, but also doing work on yourself.

We speak with Neha Madhok, national director of Democracy in Colour, and Dominic Guerrera, a Ngarrindjeri person who works as an Aboriginal health educator and student support officer, and is also a poet, podcaster and writer.  

You can read a tran...

In episode three of our podcast How Can I Help?, we get advice on what to do if you think someone you know is experiencing anxiety or depression.

We speak with Camilla Martin about her experience of anxiety, and we talk to Dr Grant Blashki, a clinical advisor at Beyond Blue, a clinical GP, and an academic at the University of Melbourne, about the best ways we can help.

You can read a transcript of this episode here.

If you are in a...

In episode two of our podcast How Can I Help?, we get advice on what to do if you think someone you know is in an abusive relationship.

We hear from domestic violence survivor and advocate, Angela Hadchiti, about her experience and what helped her leave a 20-year violent marriage.

We also talk to the CEO of Rape & Domestic Violence Services Australia, Hayley Foster, about the importance of checking in with people you might be conc...

In episode one of How Can I Help? we look at what you can do if you see someone sleeping rough.

We speak with Akemi about his experience of sleeping rough on the streets of Melbourne, and George Hatvani, from homelessness organisation Launch Housing, about his recommendations on the ways people can help.

You can read a transcript here.

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With so many huge problems in the world, it can be hard as an individual to know how you can help.

To better empower individuals to make a difference to those around them, Pro Bono News has launched a new podcast, How Can I Help?

Hosted by Pro Bono News Editor Wendy Williams, the six-part series features conversations with people with lived experience and practitioners on what we can all do to help in situations that many of us enc...