SANDRA Moran will kick start a national conversation on suicide prevention in Ararat on Saturday.
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Ms Moran wants to raise awareness about mental health after losing her 22-year-old son to suicide in April 2014.
Supported by Overdownunder Ms Moran will arrive outside the Ararat Town Hall in Barkly Street at about 11.30am.
Members of the public have been encouraged to go along and show their support for Ms Moran.
She will be travelling around Australia on her motorbike from Saturday to discuss her story publicly in the hope it can reduce the stigma of depression and suicide.
Ms Moran plans to travel more than 36,000 kilometres meeting people from more than 300 towns nationally including Tasmania.
She said the Australian suicide toll is greater than that of the road toll but gets significantly less attention and funding to reduce it comparatively.
Ms Moran’s visit to Ararat will give her the opportunity to hand out information, refuel, raise funds to contribute to her mission and just as importantly, help her communicate with the public.
- For more information about the time and location of Ms Moran’s visit to Ararat please call Rosie on 0409 542 560.
- To keep up-to-date with her movements you can visit the Facebook page – www.facebook.com/overdownunder
- If you or someone you know needs someone to talk to, remember that headspace.org.au, Lifeline (13 11 14), Kids Help Line (1800 55 1800), Reachout (au.reachout.com) and BeyondBlue (beyondblue.org.au) are all good places to start.
