Smack talk is a non-for-profit organisation that aims to educate about suicide prevention and the dangers of cyber bullying and sexual extortion run by Wayne Holdsworth. On Sunday the 16th of July 2023 Mac lost his mum Renee to cardiac arrest. Exactly 100 days later the 24th of October 2023 Mac took his own life. Wayne, his dad, found him the morning of the 24th and about 3 weeks later decided that he needed to do something and make a change about suicide. This inspired him to start SmackTalk – dedicated to his son Mac. Through SmackTalks Wayne’s aim is to work his way around the world and try and end all deaths due to suicide. During these talks he shares his own experiences with suicide and the signs he wishes he picked up on.
Smacktalk website: https://smacktalk.com.au/
SmackTalk Instagram: @smacktalk2106
The HC Wellbeing Team have looked over and approved of this program. They will be invited to the session so they can have an awareness of what is discussed in the session and make students aware of services available to them after the session should it raise anything for them. This session will run when most Year 10 SWEL classes are running – p4 on Monday 11th Nov.
There is NO COST for this event however the link to the Smack Talk Donations Page will be sent to parents before and after the event encouraging them to make a donation. https://smacktalk.com.au/donate/
