Breakthrough Ambassador Program
A community-led movement funding the future of mental health research
The Breakthrough Ambassador Program brings together passionate individuals who care deeply about mental health and want to turn that care into meaningful action.
Our ambassadors are community advocates, fundraisers, storytellers, and connectors. They help raise awareness, reduce stigma, and fund vital mental health research through their networks, workplaces, and communities.
This is more than volunteering
It’s belonging to a purpose-driven community working together to create real change.
Why become a Breakthrough Ambassador?
Mental illness touches every part of our community, yet research remains critically underfunded.
Breakthrough Ambassadors play a powerful role in changing that by:
Raising awareness of mental health and wellbeing
Leading or supporting fundraising initiatives
Sharing lived or shared experience where appropriate
Representing Breakthrough with integrity and care
Helping fund life-changing mental health research
As an ambassador, you’ll be supported, trained, recognised, and connected to a like-minded community who believes change happens when people show up together.
The $3,307 goal and why it matters
Each Breakthrough Ambassador is supported to aim for a fundraising goal of $3,307 per year.
This number represents the 3,307 lives lost to suicide in Australia in 2024.
It’s a shared goal with real meaning, real impact, and a powerful story.
One community. One year. Research that could save lives.
(Funds raised support Breakthrough’s mental health research priorities in line with organisational governance and funding strategy.)
What ambassadors do
- Commit to a 12-month volunteer term, with the option to continue
- Aim to raise $3,307 through individual or group fundraising
- Host or support at least one fundraising activity per year
- Volunteer at Breakthrough events when available
- Attend induction and quarterly ambassador check-ins
- Complete Mental Health First Aid training
- Engage with Breakthrough campaigns and updates
- Represent Breakthrough professionally and in line with our values
Support, training and community
Ambassadors are not expected to do this alone.
You'll receive:
Mental Health First Aid training
Induction and quarterly connection sessions
Ongoing guidance from the Breakthrough team
Access to ambassador-only communications and resources
An ambassador handbook, apparel, and digital brand assets
Recognition through social features, events, and impact reporting
Quarterly ambassador sessions may also include training on topics such as:
Safe and respectful language around mental health
How to have non-confrontational conversations that reduce stigma
Storytelling and advocacy with care and boundaries
Is this for you?
You don’t need to be an expert. You don’t need a big platform.
You do need:
A genuine passion for mental health
A willingness to learn and connect
Care for your own wellbeing and others
A desire to be part of something bigger than yourself
If that sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you.
