Welcome to Episode 32 of Live & Learn. Megan Gilmour speaks with Dr Hannah Brown, Education and Young People Manager at R U OK?, Australia’s suicide prevention charity. Hannah shares her journey into mental health advocacy and introduces the ALEC model—Ask, Listen, Encourage Action, Check In—which empowers anyone to support young people. She explains how stigma, missed signs and lack of support can deepen the struggles students face, especially around school and relationships.
R U OK? is a national suicide prevention charity that encourages people to stay connected and have conversations that can help others through difficult times. With practical tools and public awareness campaigns, R U OK? helps build the motivation, confidence and skills of Australians to meaningfully connect with those around them. Their message is simple: a conversation could change a life.
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