World Suicide Prevention Day brings to light one of the largest causes of premature and unnecessary death – suicide. We created #IAMDRIVEN to bring attention to the importance of suicide prevention, challenge the stigma surrounding suicide, and to give hope to people vulnerable to it. Leading up to WSPD on September 10 we want you...
If you joined us at our #THEORANGEEFFECT EOMM earlier in the year, you might remember hearing the distinct sound of revving motorbikes. But motorbikes they were not. Instead, they were deceptively small single-seater open wheeler creations known as Formula SAE. Don’t know what Formula SAE is? Here’s a short introduction to the international competition from...
The following content may contain information about depression, anxiety, self-harm and/or other related material which may be triggering. Reader discretion is advised. We recently received a message from John, who tells us his story of he, his father and their Mitsubishi Lancer. We love hearing stories of perseverance and triumph and this one is a...
For the past 10 years across Australia, passionate automotive enthusiasts have come together each month at End Of Month Meets to share their passion. It’s a passion that brings us together: different cars and different people from all kinds of different backgrounds. However for February’s EOMM at Sydney Dragway, things were a little different. We...
It was pretty cool to wake up this morning and read an article from Car Throttle based on #THEORANGEEFFECT EOMM for Self Injury Awareness Day. It’s titled: “Here’s Why Australian Car Culture Is Probably The Best In The World Right Now” These few lines really resonated with us and if you were there on the...
Cars For Hope began as a way to tell the story of our friend, Annabel. It was our way to remind her that she matters and we love her. She was growing up and starting to figure out how our world works, how our world thinks, and what our world thinks is important. For a...
Visiting Lane Cove National Park is somewhat an annual tradition for ClubITR, and this year was no different. Last weekend we once again teamed up with ClubITR to host their Annual BBQ for 2014, and were joined by loads of cool Hondas and their owners in attendance. Temperatures for the day were approaching 40°C, a...
After a stellar inaugural event at Toyota Australia’s Sydney HQ in 2013, #Festivalof86 was on again, this time at the picturesque White Bay Cruise Terminal only minutes away from the Sydney CBD. The man responsible for the modern revival of a Toyota classic, Chief Engineer Tetsuya Tada-san returned to help celebrate the second anniversary of...
At Cars For Hope we believe that community is everything. Sharing stories, giving hope and letting people know that they matter is a massive part of our cause. At World Time Attack Challenge 2014, we teamed up with competing racing teams to raise awareness about mental health. By helping us spread our message, these teams...
My name is Aaron Lam, and I’m glad to say that I’m no longer contemplating about committing suicide, but living my life to its fullest. Don’t ask, don’t tell or was I simply in a state of denial? Being a victim of chronic depression with the constant fear that suicide is around the corner is...
I remember the day my phone rang. I was on the train on my way home from university. I had received a few messages from my friend Annabel. But there was one message from her that really stood out. The way I see it is everyone is asking me to push through all of this...
Denny Morrison challenges three commonly held but irrational beliefs about behavioral health care: First, that having a mental illness or addiction is a stigma. “To compare ‘having a bad day’ to major depression,” he says, “is a bit like comparing a paper cut to an amputation.” Second, that the body and mind are two different...
