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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15/10/2018 at 4:43pm
"encouraging greater self-awareness in young men. Nice one, folks!"
15/10/2018 at 3:56pm
"love your work xx"
15/10/2018 at 3:46pm
"Love what you guys are doing! Awesome work, keep it up!"
15/10/2018 at 2:31pm
15/10/2018 at 12:00pm
"Fantastic Cause. Well done guys. From Alyce and Anthony Perkins "
15/10/2018 at 11:50am
"Awesome work team! All the best with the tour! "
15/10/2018 at 11:48am
"Backing you and the campaign the whole way Elle P 💙💛"
15/10/2018 at 11:31am
15/10/2018 at 11:19am
14/10/2018 at 9:41pm
14/10/2018 at 8:37pm
14/10/2018 at 3:54pm
14/10/2018 at 2:00pm
14/10/2018 at 12:51pm
14/10/2018 at 12:06pm
"Love this kaupapa. Good on you all xx"
14/10/2018 at 11:05am
"Good luck with your Will To Live campaign. "
14/10/2018 at 11:04am
"Most rural families have been affected in some way by mental illness. We are happy to support this great initiative. Well done and thank you"
14/10/2018 at 10:52am
"In memory of a wonderful young man Will. To Sam, Abbo and Ellie - so proud of you. xxx Sue and Darren"
14/10/2018 at 10:47am
"Walking the talk. A great bark up , breaks the darkness of dawn silence , and gets everyone’s attention! "
14/10/2018 at 10:40am
14/10/2018 at 10:36am
"Wishing Elle and her team all the best in this adventure. Not an easy one but has been needed for a long time. God bless you guys!"
14/10/2018 at 10:03am
"All the best."
14/10/2018 at 10:03am
"All the best."
14/10/2018 at 9:45am
14/10/2018 at 6:16am
"Great cause guys - good luck with the tour"
13/10/2018 at 10:24pm
13/10/2018 at 9:55pm
13/10/2018 at 8:56pm
"What an awesome voyage you have embarked on. We wish you all the very best."
13/10/2018 at 8:55pm
13/10/2018 at 8:16pm
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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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15/10/2018 at 4:43pm
"encouraging greater self-awareness in young men. Nice one, folks!"
15/10/2018 at 3:56pm
"love your work xx"
15/10/2018 at 3:46pm
"Love what you guys are doing! Awesome work, keep it up!"
15/10/2018 at 2:31pm
15/10/2018 at 12:00pm
"Fantastic Cause. Well done guys. From Alyce and Anthony Perkins "
15/10/2018 at 11:50am
"Awesome work team! All the best with the tour! "
15/10/2018 at 11:48am
"Backing you and the campaign the whole way Elle P 💙💛"
15/10/2018 at 11:31am
15/10/2018 at 11:19am
14/10/2018 at 9:41pm
14/10/2018 at 8:37pm
14/10/2018 at 3:54pm
14/10/2018 at 2:00pm
14/10/2018 at 12:51pm
14/10/2018 at 12:06pm
"Love this kaupapa. Good on you all xx"
14/10/2018 at 11:05am
"Good luck with your Will To Live campaign. "
14/10/2018 at 11:04am
"Most rural families have been affected in some way by mental illness. We are happy to support this great initiative. Well done and thank you"
14/10/2018 at 10:52am
"In memory of a wonderful young man Will. To Sam, Abbo and Ellie - so proud of you. xxx Sue and Darren"
14/10/2018 at 10:47am
"Walking the talk. A great bark up , breaks the darkness of dawn silence , and gets everyone’s attention! "
14/10/2018 at 10:40am
14/10/2018 at 10:36am
"Wishing Elle and her team all the best in this adventure. Not an easy one but has been needed for a long time. God bless you guys!"
14/10/2018 at 10:03am
"All the best."
14/10/2018 at 10:03am
"All the best."
14/10/2018 at 9:45am
14/10/2018 at 6:16am
"Great cause guys - good luck with the tour"
13/10/2018 at 10:24pm
13/10/2018 at 9:55pm
13/10/2018 at 8:56pm
"What an awesome voyage you have embarked on. We wish you all the very best."