Speak & Share

Year 10 student Maggie Skein approached our Assistant Principal Mrs Christie Scutti some months ago with the idea to run a marathon and raise money and awareness for an organisation called SPEAK AND SHARE. Through lots of planning, training and support from her amazing family and friends this idea came to fruition on Wednesday, 16 ͭ ͪ October where Maggie completed her dreamed Marathon distance of 42.2km. She in fact ran 42.76km. An amazing achievement in itself. To top this off Maggie aimed to raise $1000 for Speak and Share and she has surpassed this and raised almost $6000.

Speak & Share's founding directors are three best mates who have shared the loudest of laughs and have lent each other a shoulder through the hardest of times. Like a lot of us, we too have experienced the pain of losing a best mate to suicide, a family member to a workplace accident, and enduring the separation of our parents. With each other's support, we have been able to stand tall through these hard times.

The idea of creating Speak & Share originated early in 2021. We thought becoming a teacher will be great, but asked ourselves; “what more could we do”? At this time, we knew people were struggling, the impact of lockdowns were entrenching isolation, and for us, it had led to some significant changes in our lives. The three of us knew that we wanted to positively impact our community, and here we are today, motivated to encourage vulnerability and build upon a positive community culture. Being three qualified teachers who also have years of experience working with youth, we have seen the impact that lockdowns have had.

Our friendship blossomed when we noticed a shared passion to help others. This passion has now brought us here, where we aspire to de-sensitise the mental health stigma, and to normalise starting the conversation with our mates, team members, fellow employees or the wider community.

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Matthew Conn | Leader of Academic Care & Wellbeing