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Thank you for requesting Mitch McPherson to present at your organisation. Please find attached the following information: • SPEAK UP! Stay ChatTY Information flier • Presentation Information flier • Mitch McPherson personal biography If you would like to make a booking, please email us with your preferred dates and times. Thank you for supporting SPEAK UP! Stay ChatTY! Find us on: Phone: 1300 364 277 Email: staychatty@reltas.com.au www.staychatty.com.au

SPEAK UP! Stay ChatTY positive mental health – everyone, everyday! ! P U K A E P S s i t Since its beginnings in 2013, a h W ? Y T t a h C SPEAK UP! Stay ChatTY y a t S o r f continues to grow in its reach o t n d e r t e s g i e r a s Y i T a t a l h n t and participation by spreading C e y m a e S t s a i P ! r U o K t A s E r k S P o w t n g h a d i t a the importance of seeking help n e o p r t i s s a y i b a n e g d r c i o u i i t s o f e p r c u d e d r n and supporting others through a k . s o s e e b e n o r t a o t w n a k h o l t s e a t ’ h i a t h t e a g s n s o tough times. e t i m a e i s h n t g a r o e h t e d h s b l i a t e e s i f n l o n w s o e r s h h i P c o k M o h t c y i t T M e r h o t r b e r e g s n l i u m a o y o r i s n h o r t t e s a f r k o w m a o e t t d e n T h a h , 3 . t 0 1 a l 2 e n h i a l n t e m u t o k b e a e s s n d i o a n a t s u p e r v a k n e c o p s o t n e o y e r v . e m e e g b l a o u r p r o a c e n v e a h y e h t e n h w l p e h Who supports SPEAK UP! What do they do? Stay ChatTY? Mitch and his team organise community events and fundraisers, speak to groups, workplaces, SPEAK UP! Stay ChatTY have partnered with clubs and schools and help promote the Relationships Australia Tasmania to provide a SPEAK UP! Stay ChatTY message. Mitch shares foundation for their important work to continue his personal story and talks about the impact and grow. The organisation is sponsored and suicide has on families and the community. supported by generous donations from business SPEAK UP! Stay ChatTY delivers messages of and community organisations of all sorts, hope and recovery, and shares where to find who fundraise, provide pro bono professional help and how we can help each other in tough services, and spread the message in the times. The team work across Tasmania to community. Numerous sporting identities support spread the message that it’s ok not to be ok, the work of SPEAK UP! Stay ChatTY, including AFL and encouraging people to seek help when players Jack Riewoldt from Richmond Football they need it. Club, Jeremy Howe from Melbourne Football Club and cricketer Matt Wade. Phone: 1300 364 277 | Email: staychatty@reltas.com.au | www.staychatty.com.au Proudly sponsored by: Find us on:

Mitch McPherson – SPEAK UP! Stay ChatTY Few people have the drive and dedication of Mitch McPherson. “I WILL When his younger FOREVER brother Ty took his own life in 2013, Mitch, a glazier by trade, turned the devastating loss into WISH I HAD THE the successful suicide OPPORTUNITY TO prevention charity SPEAK UP! Stay ChatTY. ASK MY BROTHER ‘ARE YOU OKAY?’ Since then, Mitch has spoken to over ONE MORE TIME” 600 events which include school groups, workplaces and sporting clubs and is dedicated to spreading the message that nothing is so bad that you can’t talk about it. Through partnering with key community groups, Mitch McPherson businesses and sporting identities SPEAK UP! Stay ChatTY has over 22,500 likes on its Facebook page, and this support continues to grow daily. • Southern Cross Young Achiever, Since 2014 Mitch has partnered with Heather and Christopher Chong Relationships Australia Tasmania, to Community Service Award 2015 ensure that the message of SPEAK UP! Stay ChatTY continues to grow. • Tasmanian Pride of Australia Medal for Community Spirit 2015 Mitch’s vision is that SPEAK UP! Stay ChatTY will become a national charity, • Southern Cross Young Achiever, with a focus on delivering programs St Luke’s Healthier Communities in schools and sporting clubs around Award 2016 Australia to increase awareness and • Premier’s Young Achiever of the remove the stigma surrounding Year Award 2016 mental health. • Red Herring Surf Communities in Mitch’s list of personal achievements Action for Suicide Prevention since creating the charity continue LIFE Award 2016 to grow. Since 2013, Mitch has been • 2016 Tasmanian Community awarded the following: Achievement Award winner for • Clarence Citizen of the Year ‘Healthier Communities’ Award in 2014 Expand your knowledge • 2017 Tasmanian Young Australian • Tasmanian of the Year finalist 2014 and be inspired to action of the Year. after hearing Mitch's story of losing his brother to suicide. Find us on: Phone: 1300 364 277 Email: staychatty@reltas.com.au www.staychatty.com.au

SPEAK UP! Stay ChatTY Presentation Few people have the drive and dedication of Mitch McPherson. “ I WILL When his younger FOREVER brother Ty took his own life in 2013, Mitch, a glazier by trade, turned the devastating loss into WISH I HAD THE the successful suicide OPPORTUNITY TO prevention charity SPEAK UP! Stay ChatTY. ASK MY BROTHER ‘ARE YOU OKAY?’ Since then, Mitch has spoken to over 600 events which include school ONE MORE TIME”. groups, workplaces and sporting clubs and is dedicated to spreading the message that nothing is so bad that you can’t talk about it. Through partnering with key community groups, businesses and sporting identities Mitch McPherson SPEAK UP! Stay ChatTY has over 22,500 likes on its Facebook page, and this support continues to grow daily. Mitch’s vision is that SPEAK UP! Stay Mitch's Presentation covers: ChatTY will become a national charity, with a focus on delivering programs in schools and sporting clubs around • Personal story (How losing my brother to suicide affected us all) Australia to increase awareness and • Signs we missed in him that he was struggling remove the stigma surrounding • Chances we missed to ask is everything ok mental health. • Starting the charity (the sticker, tour de tig, partnering with Relationships Australia Tas) • Stay ChatTY Video • Breaking down the stigma • It is ok to ask for help • Listening • Where to find help All of the above can be done between 30-45 minutes. We acknowledge that the subject of suicide may be Expand your knowledge difficult for many people. Mitch delivers his personal and be inspired to action story with sensitivity, and in alignment with existing after hearing Mitch's story of best practice guidelines for safe language. losing his brother to suicide. Find us on: Phone: 1300 364 277 Email: staychatty@reltas.com.au www.staychatty.com.au