Wear your most eye-catching socks on Friday 12 September for World Suicide Prevention Day and help Wellways raise important funds to provide more suicide prevention training to communities at risk.
Wear your most eye-catching socks on Friday 12 September for World Suicide Prevention Day and help Wellways raise important funds to provide more suicide prevention training to communities at risk.
3,144 Australians died by suicide in 2021.
It’s the leading cause of death in 15–24-year-olds; and for Indigenous Australians, suicide rates are twice as high as non-Indigenous Australians.
World Suicide Prevention Day is held annually on 10 September 2023, and aims to raise global awareness that suicide can be prevented.
We want you to ‘Sock it to Suicide’ this World Suicide Prevention Day by wearing your most attention-grabbing socks to show your support, start a conversation, and help Wellways raise important donations so we can continue providing QPR training to as many people and community groups as possible.
Wellways’ has been providing suicide prevention training to communities for many years. Through the QPR (Question, Persuade, Refer) model, anyone can learn 3 simple ways to help save a life from suicide:
We want to continue providing this life saving training to the local community and need your support to reach as many people as possible.
First, grab some eye-catching socks! Ankle length, knee length, stripy or spotty; it’s time to bring some much-needed attention to your feet and grab everyone’s attention.
Then, get your work mates or friends and family together for a ‘Sock it to Suicide’ fundraising coffee catch up, morning tea or lunch. Any funds raised, no matter how small, will help us bring suicide prevention training to more at-risk communities.
You can download and print out an event flyer and invite your local community, office, or social group to an event.
Let everyone know you’re fundraising to ‘Sock it to Suicide’ with this downloadable social media tile. Don’t forget to tag us on @wellwaysau and use the hashtags #WSPD2023 #sockittosuicide
Together we can save lives.
If you would like some more information on how you, your work colleagues or social groups can take part, or if you require any additional support, please contact donations@wellways.org