ONEWAVE FREE THE FUNK SCHOOL CHALLENGE

Supporting Mental Health Month - October 2023

HOW TO GET INVOLVED?

Host a Fluro Friday at your school and/or enter the Free the Funk School Challenge.

ONEWAVE FREE THE FUNK SCHOOL CHALLENGE

We are asking students at schools around the world to share their recipe/tips for freeing the funk. A 'funk' is when your just not feeling yourself. You might be feeling stressed, sad, anxious. Just like the weather we all have bad days, you are not alone. It's totally ok not to be ok.

What are your free the funk recipe/tips? What are the things that help you get the stoke back when you are in a funk? It might be surfing, music, yoga, art, meditation. Everyone is different and has their own recipe for freeing the funk and we would love to hear what your recipe is.

How to enter? Schools/students need to submit a photo/video/words sharing their 'Free the Funk' recipe/tips to the entry form below before 31 October. Examples of potential entries could be surfboard art showing your free the funk tips, a song, dance, painting (whatever helps you free the funk).

What are the prizes?

• The most creative school entry wins a Free the Funk School Program + a Free the Funk Teachers Program + a fluro foamie surfboard + 2 packs of fluro Surfpaints.

• The most creative student entry wins a fluro foamie surfboard.

Each entry will be individually judged based on the following criteria

• Creativity of submission showing 'Free the Funk' recipe/tips

• Demonstrated connection to the OneWave message and bringing colour to mental health

• Promotion commences 1 October 2023. Entries close 5pm 31 October 2023.

HOST A FLURO FRIDAY AT YOUR SCHOOL

Supporting Mental Health Month - October 2023

In October 2023 we are inviting schools around the world to host a Fluro Friday to bring a whole lot of colour to mental health.

Dressing in bright colours makes people happy, but it also makes an invisible issue visible, by helping start conversations about mental health.

If you want to run a Fluro event on a different day of the week than Friday that is awesome too.

What will students learn from Fluro Friday?

Students will understand that it is OK not to be OK, alongside a newfound appreciation of surfing and fluro as valuable mental health tools. Young people will discover a brighter future where mental health is something they understand and are capable of successfully tackling with the support of those around them.

Fluro Friday Information Pack

Check out the info pack below to find out what Fluro Friday is and ideas for running Fluro Friday at your school. There are also posters provided, so you can add the Fluro Friday details for your school and a Fluro Friday video to show at your school.