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title: RAW Honoured for Mental Health Leadership in Winning 2024 MAIB Community Safety Award
date: 2024-10-30T00:00:00+11:00
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#  RAW Honoured for Mental Health Leadership in Winning 2024 MAIB Community Safety Award 

 Posted 30 October 2024 | [Article,](https://maib.tas.gov.au/news/article) [Community](https://maib.tas.gov.au/news/community)

 

 

As part of the Tasmanian Community Achievement Awards, the MAIB has provided sponsorship of the Community Safety Award. The award recognises individuals and groups who have, through their dedication and efforts, improved safety and/or reduced injury and harm in the community, whether that be on the roads or to specific groups, areas or activities.

 

 

 

 

    [  ![Winner Rural Alive Well Tasmanian Community Safety Award 2024](https://maib.tas.gov.au/volumes/images/Images/Articles/_2100x1350_crop_center-center_none/11553/Winner-Rural-Alive-Well-Tasmanian-Community-Safety-Award-2024.webp) ](https://maib.tas.gov.au/volumes/images/Images/Articles/_1800xAUTO_crop_center-center_80_none/11553/Winner-Rural-Alive-Well-Tasmanian-Community-Safety-Award-2024.webp)  

  [  ![Winner Rural Alive Well Tasmanian Community Safety Award](https://maib.tas.gov.au/volumes/images/Images/Articles/_2100x1350_crop_center-center_none/11552/Winner-Rural-Alive-Well-Tasmanian-Community-Safety-Award.webp) ](https://maib.tas.gov.au/volumes/images/Images/Articles/_1800xAUTO_crop_center-center_80_none/11552/Winner-Rural-Alive-Well-Tasmanian-Community-Safety-Award.webp)  

 

 

 

 

 **2024 MAIB Community Safety Award**

The 2024 winner was Rural Alive & Well (RAW).

RAW is dedicated to enhancing mental health and preventing suicide in Tasmania's rural and remote communities. Over 15 years, this charitable organisation has grown from a grassroots initiative into a state-wide force with 26 staff, offering proactive outreach and personalised support. Their programs focus on early intervention, resilience-building, and reducing the stigma around mental health. By employing staff with backgrounds in agriculture and rural industries, RAW creates genuine connections, helping break down barriers for those in need. Their impact is evident in the strengthened community ties, increased awareness, and improved mental fitness among Tasmania’s rural population, ensuring mental health support is accessible.

**Tasmanian Community Achievement Awards**

The Tasmanian Community Achievement Awards aim to encourage, acknowledge and reward the valuable contributions that individuals, groups, communities and businesses are making throughout Tasmania. As part of the Tasmanian Community Achievement Awards, the MAIB has provided sponsorship of the Community Safety Award. The award recognises individuals and groups who have, through their dedication and efforts, improved safety and/or reduced injury and harm in the community, whether that be on the roads or to specific groups, areas or activities.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   [  ![Heidi La Paglia Reed winner Tasmanian Disability Achievement Award](https://maib.tas.gov.au/volumes/images/Images/Articles/_600x600_crop_center-center_none/11538/Heidi-La-Paglia-Reed-winner-Tasmanian-Disability-Achievement-Award.webp) 

 

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As part of the Tasmanian Community Achievement Awards, the MAIB has provided sponsorship of the MAIB Disability Achievement Award since 2007, which recognises people living with a disability who are actively influencing and contributing to the community as well as achieving their personal goals.

 

  

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