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Give young Australians a better way to deal with difficult feelings

We all know that life is full of twists and turns, ups and downs. The sad truth though is that these difficulties can actually become a risk to our health and happiness if we don’t deal with them appropriately.

Through our work with young people aged 14-25 years, we know that they face tough times, which is why we have created ReachOut.com. For many it is the first vital step towards building a good understanding of what they are going through, and how to develop ways to deal with it… including asking for help.

Like anyone, young people want to deal with their problems. But it is hard for anyone to know what we are supposed to talk about, and what we are supposed to deal with ourselves – often the hardest thing to do can be to ask for advice, information, or help.

Our research tells us that whilst nearly one in four young Australians experience difficulties – 70% of those never actually receive any help. It is staggering to think that young people who can be experiencing stress, anxiety, and even depression believe that they have nowhere to turn to, and that they must cope with situations such as bullying, fear of failing at exams and life, relationship break-ups, family break-up, and even grief, alone.

“It was 1:30am, I was desperate and had nowhere to turn. I somewhat sarcastically went to Google and typed in ‘help’. [ReachOut.com] was the first result. Thank you.”

We want to ensure that ReachOut.com is there for every young Australian.

Our research shows that ReachOut.com is filling a gap. It does reach those young people who believe they are alone, those young people who believe that they shouldn’t trouble their doctor, and those who think that talking to a counsellor is only for “crazy” people.

ReachOut.com is available 24 hours a day seven days a week. We are looking for supporters who will provide us with regular gifts so that we can keep the site running all year round, and so that we can build on what we have created with the confidence that funds will be available.

Please support ReachOut.com with a regular monthly gift… and provide young people with a better way to deal with difficult feelings.

Your gift will be used to:

  • Work with young people to create new content – which will appeal to new groups of young people.
  • Develop new features which allow young people to share information with one another.
  • Create new ways to make young people aware of ReachOut.com particularly via popular sites such as Google and Facebook.
  • Work with young people to understand what is helping them, and how it can be improved.

By supporting ReachOut.com with a regular monthly gift you will be helping to make it the best it can be.

In return we will provide you with:

  • News stories of how the service is changing throughout the year.
  • Stories from young people who have been involved in making changes to the service.
  • Testimonials from young people who discover and use ReachOut.com… sometimes for the very first time.
  • Evidence that the site is working to make young people’s lives happier.

Please make a commitment to provide ReachOut.com to young Australians with a regular gift today.