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What we do
100Words operates by:
Building an active network
We facilitate engagement and communication between men who are similar in demographics to increase their available support.
Build knowledge
We work to improve the knowledge of individuals to identify and prevent mental health issues in both themselves and those around them.
Raising awareness & Sharing Information
We share information about what organisations are doing to prevent suicide and improve mental happiness in men.
Raising Funds
We raise funds and support organisation that are focused on prevention of men’s mental health issues.
Our Story
Why we do it
We do it because of a gut-wrenching story.
A story about a roomful of blokes at a charity night raising money and awareness for men’s mental health.
About how one brave man stood up in front of this roomful of strangers and told them that he had tried to take his own life.
And about his mates, who were stunned into silence as they all sat next to him, listening to his story for the very first time.
His mates were devastated.
Devastated because he had just told a roomful of strangers a harrowing story of despair that he had not even been able to tell his own friends.
And devastated because even though they had all sensed that something might be wrong, none of them had realised things were really that bad.
So, this got us thinking……
No one wants to be the guy standing up, feeling that life had become so hard that the only way out was suicide. But we also don’t want to be one of the blokes sitting down, looking up at their mate and thinking: ‘I had no idea. Maybe I could’ve done something to help?’.
So….
We do this because we want to get men talking and start asking the questions that need to be asked.
We do this because we want men to know that you won’t have to go too far out your front door to find someone else who may be struggling too.
And we do this because maybe, just maybe, if blokes start really talking to each other, we might stop losing so many of the men in our community to suicide.
A conversation with a mate may not be able to solve all our problems, but it’s a bloody good place to start.