Will to Live - 'Speak Up' Tour 2019
By Sarah Perriam
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Give rural males a 'will to live' when they won't talk
A Lincoln University student and her friends want to turn around the alarming trend of young rural males that are committing suicide after she lost her boyfriend - a 21-year-old North Otago high country shepherd.
She warns that the demographic of her boyfriend are poorly catered for in the New Zealand mental health system, as it's not in their culture to ring a helpline and counselors take 6-8 weeks to get an appointment in towns hundreds of kilometres away.
They are taking a different approach to get the message into the young rural males mind
‘Will to Live’ campaign, a mental health awareness campaign targeted at young rural males and is founded by student, Elle Perriam, 20, along with her sister, RadioLIVE’s Rural Exchange co-host Sarah Perriam, Adam Williams and Sam Gregory.
“I want males to ‘speak up’ about surviving their own battles with depression and in turn create a culture where we are more confident to share that surviving is a strength not a weakness and that it is ‘normal’.
They are going straight to the one thing they love the most
Shepherd’s love their team of working dogs. They often spend a lot of time with them alone out in the hills and when they are isolated on the farm. Their dogs are always loyal and never force them to speak. But.. shepherd’s often command their dogs to ‘speak up’ to bark and muster sheep or cattle. So the question now is, why won’t you?
Those they want to encourage to ‘Speak Up’ on their 10-date regional New Zealand tour are local’s in that country area that have survived depression and found their ‘will to live’ helping those who would normally not talk, at least remember their ‘will to live’ in their darkest times.
Support Jess to help young rural males find and remember their “Will to Live”
“We are using Jess, who was my boyfriend’s favourite black huntaway, as the mascot for the New Zealand ‘Speak Up’ tour. We want to ram home the power of having gratitude.”
Jess will go on tour across New Zealand in 2019 with Elle & Sarah to host a year of symbolic ‘Speak Up’s’ in rural country pubs with a ‘bark-up’ and evening of speakers & entertainment.
Jess is also symbolic to the campaign as depression is often referred to as the ‘black dog’.
The team need your help to crowdfund the expenses of a 10-date regional ‘Speak Up’ tour in country pubs.
This will allow the funding for Elle Perriam and her sister Sarah to travel with Jess to 10 rural country pubs around New Zealand & host ‘Speak Up’ events featuring a night of food, storytelling, live music & a charity ‘Bark Up’ of huntaways with prizes to be won!
Any funds raised passed the target will go towards hosting more locations on the ‘Speak Up’ tour calendar in 2019.
Jess hopes you enjoy the rewards she has chosen for you to pledge generously to help her and Elle hit the road across rural New Zealand to spread the message!
Links to the rewards in more detail :
- Training Pen reward ($100) - Pup Pen to Paddock Book by Lloyd Smith
- Oilskin reward ($150) - Swandrii Oilskin Dog Coat
- My Will to Live reward ($250) - Sterling Silver whistle jewellery by 'Whistle & Pop'
- Winter Wellbeing reward ($750) - Kevin - Thermokennel
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31/10/2018 at 8:56pm
"Amazing work guys xx"
31/10/2018 at 8:54pm
31/10/2018 at 8:47pm
"Wishing you all the best with the campaign such a great campaign to bring awareness of this ever growing problem in NZ and I am sure you will meet a lot of people and have a lot of fun along the way. You guys rock. 😍😍"
31/10/2018 at 8:31pm
"From two farmer farming ltd"
31/10/2018 at 8:30pm
31/10/2018 at 8:14pm
"Love from Conor & Helen xx"
31/10/2018 at 8:00pm
"Keep doing what your doing Elle, your an inspiration!!"
31/10/2018 at 8:00pm
"Amazing idea"
31/10/2018 at 7:23pm
"All of New Zealand should get on board with this and support Elle to get the message through to”speak up” and find the “will to live”"
31/10/2018 at 7:09pm
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31/10/2018 at 6:38pm
"Keep on going Will to Live! It’s amazing what you are doing. Xx"
31/10/2018 at 6:32pm
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31/10/2018 at 5:56pm
"Good work team this is a massive issue thats finally seeing some light!"
31/10/2018 at 5:55pm
31/10/2018 at 5:45pm
"As someone who has struggled with mental health this campaign is so important to me! Hopefully we can help people speak up and ask for help!"
31/10/2018 at 5:43pm
"This is bloody awesome team!! Wishing you all the best 👍🏻"
31/10/2018 at 5:37pm
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31/10/2018 at 5:28pm
"Well done!"
31/10/2018 at 5:15pm
"Keep your heads up guys, you are doing an amazing job despite the negativity at the moment. "
31/10/2018 at 5:03pm
31/10/2018 at 4:59pm
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Project 2018-10-09 09:42:43 +1300
Give rural males a 'will to live' when they won't talk
A Lincoln University student and her friends want to turn around the alarming trend of young rural males that are committing suicide after she lost her boyfriend - a 21-year-old North Otago high country shepherd.
She warns that the demographic of her boyfriend are poorly catered for in the New Zealand mental health system, as it's not in their culture to ring a helpline and counselors take 6-8 weeks to get an appointment in towns hundreds of kilometres away.
They are taking a different approach to get the message into the young rural males mind
‘Will to Live’ campaign, a mental health awareness campaign targeted at young rural males and is founded by student, Elle Perriam, 20, along with her sister, RadioLIVE’s Rural Exchange co-host Sarah Perriam, Adam Williams and Sam Gregory.
“I want males to ‘speak up’ about surviving their own battles with depression and in turn create a culture where we are more confident to share that surviving is a strength not a weakness and that it is ‘normal’.
They are going straight to the one thing they love the most
Shepherd’s love their team of working dogs. They often spend a lot of time with them alone out in the hills and when they are isolated on the farm. Their dogs are always loyal and never force them to speak. But.. shepherd’s often command their dogs to ‘speak up’ to bark and muster sheep or cattle. So the question now is, why won’t you?
Those they want to encourage to ‘Speak Up’ on their 10-date regional New Zealand tour are local’s in that country area that have survived depression and found their ‘will to live’ helping those who would normally not talk, at least remember their ‘will to live’ in their darkest times.
Support Jess to help young rural males find and remember their “Will to Live”
“We are using Jess, who was my boyfriend’s favourite black huntaway, as the mascot for the New Zealand ‘Speak Up’ tour. We want to ram home the power of having gratitude.”
Jess will go on tour across New Zealand in 2019 with Elle & Sarah to host a year of symbolic ‘Speak Up’s’ in rural country pubs with a ‘bark-up’ and evening of speakers & entertainment.
Jess is also symbolic to the campaign as depression is often referred to as the ‘black dog’.
The team need your help to crowdfund the expenses of a 10-date regional ‘Speak Up’ tour in country pubs.
This will allow the funding for Elle Perriam and her sister Sarah to travel with Jess to 10 rural country pubs around New Zealand & host ‘Speak Up’ events featuring a night of food, storytelling, live music & a charity ‘Bark Up’ of huntaways with prizes to be won!
Any funds raised passed the target will go towards hosting more locations on the ‘Speak Up’ tour calendar in 2019.
Jess hopes you enjoy the rewards she has chosen for you to pledge generously to help her and Elle hit the road across rural New Zealand to spread the message!
Links to the rewards in more detail :
- Training Pen reward ($100) - Pup Pen to Paddock Book by Lloyd Smith
- Oilskin reward ($150) - Swandrii Oilskin Dog Coat
- My Will to Live reward ($250) - Sterling Silver whistle jewellery by 'Whistle & Pop'
- Winter Wellbeing reward ($750) - Kevin - Thermokennel
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31/10/2018 at 8:56pm
"Amazing work guys xx"
31/10/2018 at 8:54pm
31/10/2018 at 8:47pm
"Wishing you all the best with the campaign such a great campaign to bring awareness of this ever growing problem in NZ and I am sure you will meet a lot of people and have a lot of fun along the way. You guys rock. 😍😍"
31/10/2018 at 8:31pm
"From two farmer farming ltd"
31/10/2018 at 8:30pm
31/10/2018 at 8:14pm
"Love from Conor & Helen xx"
31/10/2018 at 8:00pm
"Keep doing what your doing Elle, your an inspiration!!"
31/10/2018 at 8:00pm
"Amazing idea"
31/10/2018 at 7:23pm
"All of New Zealand should get on board with this and support Elle to get the message through to”speak up” and find the “will to live”"
31/10/2018 at 7:09pm
31/10/2018 at 7:03pm
31/10/2018 at 6:43pm
31/10/2018 at 6:42pm
31/10/2018 at 6:38pm
"Keep on going Will to Live! It’s amazing what you are doing. Xx"
31/10/2018 at 6:32pm
31/10/2018 at 6:21pm
31/10/2018 at 6:20pm
31/10/2018 at 6:18pm
31/10/2018 at 6:14pm
31/10/2018 at 6:05pm
31/10/2018 at 5:56pm
"Good work team this is a massive issue thats finally seeing some light!"
31/10/2018 at 5:55pm
31/10/2018 at 5:45pm
"As someone who has struggled with mental health this campaign is so important to me! Hopefully we can help people speak up and ask for help!"
31/10/2018 at 5:43pm
"This is bloody awesome team!! Wishing you all the best 👍🏻"
31/10/2018 at 5:37pm
31/10/2018 at 5:36pm
31/10/2018 at 5:28pm
"Well done!"
31/10/2018 at 5:15pm
"Keep your heads up guys, you are doing an amazing job despite the negativity at the moment. "