GLEN Orden Football Club’s Kerry Tuxworth says it’s time to make a change.
Ms Tuxworth together with Jerry Farhoun have organised a Suicide Symposium to help end the stigma related to suicide in our community.
The event is aimed at starting a conversation about suicide, with several organisations and services attending the event to share information on bullying, depression and suicide.
“The idea of the event is to get people to understand that it's okay to talk about suicide and its okay to ask for help,” Ms Tuxworth said.
“It is for our community to know that they are not alone in this and most certainly are not the only ones suffering from mental health, financial hardships or depression.”
Ms Tuxworth said she decided to organise this event because it was an important issue in our community.
“My family has personally been touched by suicide when my nephew took his life three years ago at 22 years of age,” she said.
“It has also come to my attention that we have had some of our senior members have been suffering with depression and due to this have had suicidal thoughts.
“The demographic of our club and its members are from low economic backgrounds and sometimes they need to be made aware of the support that is available to them.
“So it is time to make a change.”
Headspace, Youth Services, Cohealth, Werribee Support and Housing and many more services are all attending to help raise awareness of the health issue.
Ms Tuxworth is encouraging males and females from all cultures across the region to attend the April 2 event.
There will be face painting, magicians, music and a short films on the topic.
Ms Tuxworth’s brother-in-law, Des, is also set to chop his dreadlocks off, which have been growing for 15 years, to raise money for the Overdownunder Foundation.
Here is a link to the Go Fund Me Page: https://www.gofundme.com/desdreds
The Suicide Symposium will be held at the Glen Orden Sports Pavilion (53-57 Kookaburra Avenue, Werribee, 3030) on April 2 from 11am.
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Last Modified on 15/03/2016 13:44