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All First Nations Award 2025 Health and Wellbeing
Congratulations to AJ on winning the 2025 All First Nations Award for Health and Wellbeing. This award recognises the role in...
AJ Williams
Oct 101 min read
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AJ wins Outstanding Business Person of the Year 2025 at the East Melbourne Business Awards
Congratulations to AJ for taking home the 2025 Outstanding Business Person of the Year award
AJ Williams
Oct 101 min read
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AJ finalist for the 2025 25th anniversary awards Wollongong University
Congratulations to AJ on being a finalist in the Dr Barbara Nicholson award for social impact for you r work in mental health education,...
AJ Williams
Oct 101 min read
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Mental Health First Aid recognises AJs long standing Instructor status
In 2007, AJ travelled to Echuca to become a MHFA Instructor. Now in 2025: he has just completed his 903rd MHFA course!
AJ Williams
Oct 101 min read
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Congratulations Yaleela
We would like to congratulate Yaleela, one of our valued Cultural Mentors, who was awarded the Caring for Culture Award at the 2025...
AJ Williams
Jul 191 min read
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AJ Williams
Jul 190 min read
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889th MHFA delivered to Wurundjeri
On the beautiful lands of the Wurundjeri: I am at the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation. facilitating the...
AJ Williams
Jul 191 min read
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New podcast series coming September 2025
Join AJ and Darcy McGauley-Bartlett as they talk about topics without shame: but with truth and honesty. Get ready for it!!
AJ Williams
Jul 101 min read
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AJ celebrates his 883rd MHFA course delivery: now over 10,000 participants!!
We did it!!!!! 10,000 plus participants Yes! 🙌 It’s true! Today I trained my 10,000th participant. This is a blended Aboriginal course...
AJ Williams
Jul 101 min read
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GMAR Victoria
Grandmother's Against Removal Victoria - GMAR VIC I am so grateful to be a part of this for the past 6 years. Every presentation that I...
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Jul 101 min read
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AJ appointed AASW Fellow
In recognition of his near 30 years as a social worker, AJ was awarded AASW Fellow.
AJ Williams
Jul 101 min read
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New podcast coming in September 2025
Check out soon Darcy and AJ yarning about topics without the shame and guilt: just truth and honest yarns between two men.
AJ Williams
Jul 101 min read
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New podcast series coming September 2025.
Getting ready to launch the new podcast series ‘Health Bites’ with the amazingly talented Ricki Spencer. More details coming soon
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Jul 101 min read
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AJ Williams wins 2025 Australian Humaniat of the Year.
Australian Humanist of the Year is awarded annually to an Australian who has made an outstanding contribution to public life, consistent...
AJ Williams
Jul 101 min read
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AJ awarded NAIDOC Award 2025 for Health and Wellbeing
Aj wins Health and Wellbeing Award 2025
AJ Williams
Jul 101 min read
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AJ is a 2024 nominee for Australian of the Year Victoria
We wish to acknowledge and announce that AJ Williams-Tchen was the nominee for the Victorian Australian of the Year 2024. Congratulations...
AJ Williams
Nov 18, 20231 min read
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Nov 17, 20230 min read
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Congratulations!!
November 2023 saw AJ deliver his 800th MHFA course. This group was to VACCA staff via the AMHFA Blended course. Congratulations to AJ...
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Nov 17, 20231 min read
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Butterfly Body Kind Youth Survey released: AJ talks on podcast
Results from the Butterfly Body Kind Youth Survey are in where more than 1600 young people aged 12-18 took part. At least 50%of the...
AJ Williams
Jun 8, 20231 min read
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AASW Social Work Focus: article by AJ
AJ provides 5 tips to follow when acknowledging and respecting Country. AASW Focus: Autumn 2023- Volume 8 issue 1
AJ Williams
Jun 3, 20231 min read
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