Beyond Blue
Irene Verins is a seasoned professional in mental wellbeing and public health, currently serving as a Senior Advisor for Strategy and Advisory at Beyond Blue since September 2021. Irene also holds the position of Wellness and Prevention Lead at Beyond Blue. Previously, Irene managed multiple portfolio areas at the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth) from 2006 to July 2021, focusing on resilience building, workplace health, and the prevention of violence and discrimination. Irene has a robust background in program management, strategic policy development, and partnership development, having acted as Executive and overseen a team of 32 with a budget of $18 million. Earlier career experience includes roles in project management and evaluation for youth drug and alcohol outreach services. Irene's educational background includes degrees in Criminology from the University of Melbourne and a Masters in Public Health, alongside a Diploma of Education in Teaching English as a Second Language.
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Beyond Blue
Helping people in Australia live a life beyond feeling blue. Comments moderated in line with privacy policy: bb.org.au/40U8goX ☎ 1300 22 4636 We promote good mental health. We create change to protect everyone’s mental health and improve the lives of individuals, families and communities affected by anxiety, depression and suicide. Mental health conditions don’t discriminate, and neither do we. Our programs and initiatives support people at all stages of life, wherever they live, work, study and play. Beyond Blue has four main goals that guide everything we do, and we use our community heart and business head to achieve these. Our goals help us measure the impact of our work, ensuring our programs and initiatives remain focused on achieving our vision and mission. Our goals are to: 1. reduce the impact of anxiety, depression and suicide by supporting people to protect their mental health and to recover when they are unwell 2. reduce people’s experiences of stigma and discrimination 3. improve people’s opportunities to get effective support and services at the right time 4. use best business practices to deliver integrated, evidence-based and cost-effective initiatives through our people and resources.