Lives Worth Living co-ordinator Paul "Pup" Chamberlain. Photo / Toni Williams
Lives Worth Living co-ordinator Paul "Pup" Chamberlain. Photo / Toni Williams
Money raised from a pre-season Crusaders-Hurricanes rugby match at Ashburton Showgrounds will help mental health and wellbeing services in Mid Canterbury.
The $7300 raised, through the sale of tickets and the contribution by Crusaders management, will go towards Lives Worth Living programmes such as Waves, a post-suicide programme to startin February, and to the development and implementation of a best-practice prevention programme due to start in March.
It will allow a prevention programme and can be tailored to all situations and groups whether it is farmers, students or elderly people.
Lives Worth Living is a part of Safer Mid Canterbury.
Lives Worth Living co-ordinator Pup Chamberlain likened the prevention programme to being the mental wellness equivalent that first-aid training gave to physical needs.
He said while those who received brochures may not need assistance, it was likely they or someone in their circle of family or friends would know of someone in the community who might.
"We are all going to be, at some stage, up and down and need some help" he said.
"Some will need expert help but others need help from others around them".
