Wellbeing Notices

R U OK?

As R U OK? enters its 10th year, the suicide prevention charity’s 2018 survey has revealed:

•    More than half of Australians (57%) in the last 12 months, wanted someone to ask them if they were ok

•    Encouragingly, Australians are reporting asking the question more frequently with 81% of Aussies saying they had asked someone if they were OK more than once in the past 12 months

•    51% of us were asked by someone if we were OK when we really needed it

•    However, the results revealed there is still work to do with 52% of us having thought about asking someone if they were ok, at least once, but didn’t

R U OK? Campaign Director Katherine Newton said, “We shouldn’t wait to ask - we need to have these conversations every day of the year. By getting out on the road again this year, we’ll be encouraging everyone, no matter their location, to trust their gut instinct and ask the question as soon as they notice the signs someone might be doing it tough.

 R U OK? provides 4 Steps to navigating a conversation if someone says, “No, I’m not OK”: Ask , Listen, Encourage action and Check in.”