“Drive Against Depression started from our personal experience with mental health,” says Sarah Davis, who founded the organisation with her husband Adam. When Adam's depression recurred in. Staffed by volunteers, Drive Against Depression hosts four main drives a year in Melbourne, and recently held its first Sydney event. Events start with a briefing, a talk from a mental health practitioner, a scenic drive along a set route, morning tea, a second drive leg, then a group lunch. “It's pretty simple … but what we do is so impactful,” Sarah says. “This is not a community of broken people, this is a community of like-minded people who understand that mental health is not black and white – it lives on a continuum.”
