Episode 17: Benjamin Roberts Taken from Young Blood Mens Mental Health Podcast Original Podcast: https://youtu.be/T2mpMUHdsOU?si=-E-SBbHSVG0eP5_u In association with The Concrete Connection Project Podcast Please check out project information https://www.gofundme.com/f/the-concrete-connection-project Thanks to Cal for having me and letting me share the episode on my channel. "The quality of our mental health is intertwined with our sense of connection to each other and the world around us. Humans are social creatures; we need community wherever we can find it, and being lonely makes us more likely to be mentally ill. Ben is a musician on a mission to create connection his own way. Since April, he's been taking his guitar down every single street in the Adelaide CBD singing and striking up conversations while raising money for charity. Ben's got his own mental health story, and is so passionate about that he's taken the Concrete Connection Project on as a full time job... This is Benjamin Roberts..." We acknowledge that the land this podcast was recorded and filmed on, is the traditional lands for the Kaurna people and we respect their spiritual relationship with their country. *Information on this podcast and channel is not intended to be a substitute for professional or professional clinical advice* The Concrete Connection Project Adelaide / Kaurna Land 2024 “A Musical Journey of Mental Health Awareness” My name is Benjamin Roberts. I am a South Australian musician. Over the course of 2024 and beyond, I will document an incredible journey by traveling to, and performing on every single street in the Adelaide CBD (577 Streets to be exact). To help knock down the walls of stigma surrounding mental health and raise vital funds and awareness for charities that support people experiencing mental health issues, I'll spend at least twenty minutes on each of the 577 streets creating and performing. Website: https://ruefulben.square.site/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/ruefulben TikTok: @ruefulben Instagram: @ruefulben