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The Schools Program took to the North East this month as Julia and Kat presented to Scottsdale High School. They achieved a mammoth task of hosting 6 student sessions in just 3 days, and to top it off they were [...]

We are so excited to have the support from the amazing Francesca Collections team this August. This month the Stay ChatTY awareness bracelet comes made for everyone, at $49 each, every purchase sees $20 comes to our organisation. Thank you [...]

This month Netball Tasmania worked closely with Stay ChatTY to hold the very first SPEAK UP! Stay ChatTY round in female sport. Thanks to Laura Elliot for driving this state wide event. We had representation in Devonport, Launceston and Hobart [...]

This month Katie Taylor ran the Glenorchy fun run. She did this to help Stay ChatTY raise much needed awareness around mental health and the benefits of having a conversation. Not only did Katie do an amazing job on the [...]

Big day for Mitch McPherson this month as he attended the first ever Roses in the Ocean Lived Experience Summit in Brisbane. Close to 200 people from all across the country gathering to share knowledge, experience, ideas, and most of [...]

This month James was invited along to Lauderdale Football Club where an extra special event was held, collaborating with lululemon Australia and New Zealand through Jacqueline Liffiton who put the girls through a stretch down and mindfulness session after the [...]

It’s been a pretty cold August I am sure we can all agree. A few weeks ago Mitch was invited to stay the night at the Cradle Mountain Hotel to talk to their staff about his lived experience. Lucky for [...]

Our team took some time out this month for a quick trip up to Hobart’s Mt Wellington (clearly couldn’t get to the top). We believe in team bonding, and we know it is key to achieving great results as an [...]

This month Mitch caught up with the SRC of Howrah Primary school to thank them in person for the money they raised for Stay ChatTY. The SRC had a great idea to have the school wear red and blue accessories [...]

Early in July saw Clarence Football Club and Lauderdale Football Club do battle for the fourth annual #StayChatTY cup. Both clubs wore specially made Stay ChatTY guernsey’s, and continue to shower our organisation with support. Congratulations to Lauderdale Football Club [...]

This month marks 5 years since Stay ChatTY became an incorporated association. Working in suicide awareness is certainly at times challenging, but most of the time we feel a strong sense of achievement. Our team are so grateful for the [...]

Over the last few months Mitch has developed a great relationship with local morning radio personalities Jimmy and Nath at HIT 100.9. Recently Mitch caught up with the guys to chat about the upcoming Stay ChatTY Ball on the 4th [...]

Thanks to Harcourts Tasmania for inviting Mitch to share his personal story this morning. Property sales is a high paced, and at times highly stressful environment, so we are grateful that the organisation are putting a focus on their staff’s [...]

Over the month of July, Donna Brown from Tasmania has been walking 300kms from León to Santiago. Raising money and awareness as part of the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage in northern Spain. Today Donna finished her amazing challenge, and in [...]

Shout out to Aiden Grace who this month took the dreadlocks off for Stay ChatTY. Thanks to everyone who donated to get the total to $2000. Thanks for the support in raising awareness to an important issue. Looking real fresh [...]

Kat Pullen joined Speak up Stay ChatTY and RA this month to work on the School Program with Julia. Kat has worked as a Registered Nurse for five years in mental health and other areas of nursing practice. Kat is excited [...]

Over the past few months the year 12 group at Launceston Grammar have been holding events in a bid to raise funds for our #charity. One event was a night long walkathon, which all students participated in. This month Mitch headed up to [...]

From July 1-16 Donna Brown will be walking 300kms from Leon to Santiago as part of the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage in Northern Spain. Donna has chosen our charity as well as Lend a Hand to Hugo (Tasmanian charity raising awareness to [...]

The end of May saw us wrap up our fourth #coffeemonth with our good friends at Banjos. This month we had the privilege of accepting a cheque from the team for a huge $31,570!!! We would like to thank all 39 Banjo's Bakery [...]

This month Mitch had a fantastic day sharing his story with the group of Shiploads Store Captains. The management crew are passionate about breaking down barriers, encouraging conversations, and for their staff to know where to find help when they [...]

This month saw the STNA rally together to help raise awareness and funds for our charity. The idea (thought up by longtime supporter Isabella Pace) was to have all players and umpires don colorful and crazy socks for all games [...]

IMPACT UTAS is a global health society run by medical students at the University of Tasmania. Annually they hold a quiz night at Hotel SOHO and each year two charities are the beneficiary of funds raised. This year we were [...]

Jimmy was in Penguin and Launceston this month, talking to some young basketball talent from the North and North West Coast. Bringing the conversation about mental health into sporting clubs is so important for good team cohesion. If you are [...]

The team have been busy travelling the state rolling out our Schools Program! This month we visited St Helen’s for an action packed week of awareness raising. The Schools Program helps students understand mental health and recognise signs and symptoms. [...]

James kicked off his very first Sports Program presentation with The North Hobart Football Club this month. Sporting clubs are such an important place for a lot of us, they are a place where we can feel valued, and experience a [...]

Australian Cricket Captain Tim Paine showing some #StayChatTY love. It’s getting a bit fresh outside so make sure you get your hoodie orders in. https://staychatty.com.au/product/unisex-hoodie-grey/

The Clarence Football Club U/16 boys launched their fresh guernseys this month. The jumpers (which they will wear all season) proudly display the #StayChatTY and #RAtas logos. Breaking down the stigma surrounding mental health has to be a collective effort [...]

James and Julia headed north to Parklands High School this month to deliver the #StayChatTY Schools Program. Before the grade 9 students participate in our 1.5 hour program, the team held a 45 minute session with school staff. This process allows staff not only [...]

Stay ChatTY is proud to support the upcoming Tasmanian Suicide Prevention Forum. The 2018 Forum took place on Thursday 24 May at the Tailrace Centre, Launceston. The Forum program featured excellent speakers who are leaders in the field of suicide [...]

Every now and again we receive some great feedback from people we cross paths with from around the state. This month we want to share some recent feedback from a presentation Mitch delivered into a workplace. Stories that make us [...]

Once again our good friends at Banjo’s are helping us to spread our message that having a conversation is vital to our positive mental health. Banjo's has been a huge support of Stay ChatTY and for the fourth consecutive year has hosted [...]

This month our team attended the special screening of “Suicide: The Ripple Effect”, hosted by the Athol - The Art of Wellness. It was a huge turn out, and all proceeds were donated to Stay ChatTY. The film that follows the story [...]

We recently presented to the parent cohort of St Mary’s College Hobart. Over 40 parents came out to hear Mitch share his story, who then handed over to Julia who spoke about how to best support young people with their [...]

We teamed up with Lululemon to host the second “Here to be” yoga and meditation session. Together and as a community we bring meditation into the lives of those suffering from mental health. Yoga and meditation are powerful tools to [...]

We are extremely humbled by the work that Red Cross do in order to save lives. Many people across Australia and the world are in need of blood to assist in their recovery, maintain their wellbeing or to save their [...]

Every year the Year 12’s at Launceston Church Grammar School walk for 24 hours straight on an 80km journey to raise awareness and funds for their chosen charity. This year the students have chosen us as their charity of choice, [...]

This month we are excited to introduce our newest team member, James Rice. James will be leading the Stay ChatTY Sports Program, and will be delivering mental health awareness workshops to sporting clubs across Tasmania. James joins us with a [...]

This month we launched our new SPEAK UP! Stay ChatTY Sports Program, in collaboration with the Alcohol and Drug Foundation’s Good Sports Program to deliver mental health literacy training to clubs across Tasmania. The Stay ChatTY Sports Program facilitates an evidence-based mental [...]

For 2018, the Shoreline Plaza have selected us as their charity of choice. Our logo is on entrance doors and we have collection containers in most stores. This is just another way for everyone to be reminded that it is [...]

This month we celebrated Harmony Day, a day of cultural respect for everyone who calls Australia home. Our team truly believes in respect and the importance of being kind to those around us. We encourage everyone to accept others for [...]

We are extremely humbled by The Hutchins School who announced us as their charity of choice for 2018. We were voted in by the Head Prefect Group and we are thrilled that mental health is a main focus for their [...]

This month we sent Mitch over to Melbourne to deliver his story to the staff at Computershare Abbotsford. Computershare take a lot of pride in the well-being of their staff. By having Mitch share his story, along with our charities [...]

We teamed up with headspace in Schools TAS to present to the parent community of St Virgil’s College. We had over 50 parents attend to hear a lived experience with suicide and how to support young people with their mental [...]

Neighbour Day is recognised on March 25th each year. At Stay ChatTY we are always encouraging you to check in with those around you, including your neighbours. Strong community connections ensure better relationships with the people who live around us. The [...]

Every year the Year 12 cohort at Launceston Church Grammar School walk for 24 hours straight on an 80km journey to raise awareness and funds for their chosen charity. This year the students have chosen us as their charity of [...]

This month, Ben Hirst completed a gruelling 48 hour run on a treadmill, raising over $8,500 for our charity. He was surrounded by family, friends and people who just simply admired his achievement. Ben first made contact with Stay ChatTY a [...]

At the end of 2017, two friends took on the almighty challenge of running from Burnie to Kingston Beach to highlight mental health issues in the paramedic industry. This month, Karen Hart and Karen Whelan handed Stay ChatTY an impressive [...]

Since we partnered with Relationships Australia there have been many positives. One of them has been having Business Development and Research Consultant Amanda French join us as Stay ChatTY team leader. Her work the past three years with us has been [...]

With an election coming up, we are excited to announce that both the Liberal and Labour Governments have made a promise for our funding to be secured regardless of the result. Under a re-elected Liberal Government, we will receive one [...]

This month the Huon Channel Cricket Association (HCCA) held their 3rd annual Stay ChatTY round. All 12 teams donned specially made hats, and fundraised for Stay ChatTY. Well done to Kettering who took out the shield against Margate. Thank you [...]

The Tasmanian Police Charity Bike Ride has raised total of $423,000 for Tasmanian charities in the 11 years the event has been held.  This month, they presented cheques totalling $44,000 to both Stay ChatTY and Variety, the Children’s Charity Tasmania [...]

Congratulations to our founder Mitch McPherson who was asked to be an Australia Day Ambassador this year. Mitch continues to impress us with his achievements and his efforts for Stay ChatTY.

Julia, one of our Project Officers took a well-earned vacation to South Australia recently. She spent time with her family from Canada and relaxed in the sun, but remembered to represent us wherever she went! We are grateful for all [...]

Thank you to YMCA Hobart for making us their charity of choice. We appreciate your fundraising efforts.

Throughout 2017, the team at Tas Gas chose Stay ChatTY as their charity of choice. In December they handed Mia and Julia a cheque for $4600 to help further the reach of our work in Tasmania. Funds such as these [...]

Thank you to everyone who attended our first “Here to Be” meditation and yoga session last Saturday. Exercise, meditation and taking time for you is such an important element of self care, so we are proud to be hosting events in [...]

Stay ChatTY ambassador Ben Hirst is well known for coming up with some crazy ways to shine a light on mental health. And he does this to benefit every single one of us here in Tasmania. In 2016 Ben ran from Burnie to [...]

This week we checked in to Fairbrother sites across the state. Spreading messages of hope around mental health and suicide prevention. This photo shows two things we got out of the session... 1. You can set up an audience anywhere. [...]

Our Stay ChatTY Haggland has reached Antarctica, and it looks so good! For 7 years this blue beast will roam around on the icy continent. We hope our little pair of shorts spark many conversations, and that it provides a [...]

Our newest team members Mia and Julia have hit the ground running at #StayChatTY. Currently they are facilitating sessions with the year 9 and 10 Montrose Bay High students. Grade 9 and 10 students at Woodbridge High School will also be [...]

Each Wednesday, sailing members of the Bellerive Yacht Club hold a “Scroungers Cup” for the spring period where they collected all their loose change. They raised a massive $1000 which they kindly donated to SPEAK UP! Stay ChatTY. It is organisations [...]

We would like to thank Danny and his staff at Whisk & Co for holding an in house coffee fundraiser for the month of July, with all proceeds going to SPEAK Up! Stay ChatTY. They raised a grand total of [...]

This month Mitch McPherson went along and spoke at the annual Banjo's Bakery Cafe conference dinner. Banjos is a proud partner of Stay ChatTY, and have contributed over $90,000 over the past 3 years via the now very successful Banjo’s Coffee Month. We look [...]

As part of a 6 week Environment and Safety Incentive Scheme, partnered contracting firms of Nyrstar made a donation for every environment and safety incident free day they had on site during a recent turnaround project. At the end of [...]

This month we officially welcomed a new SPEAK UP! Stay ChatTY Ambassador to the team. Tasmanian born, and mental health advocate, Ben Hirst. Ben is an Ultra marathon runner and he has raised over $15,000 for us since he became [...]

SPEAK UP! Stay ChatTY is proud to be supporting the R U OK National Conversation Convoy. Our Founder Mitch joined the crew in Adelaide to assist running events, and to help spread this important message across the country. Over the [...]

Last month at the Suicide Prevention Australia dinner in Brisbane we won the LIFE award for Community Engagement. It is incredible to win a National award, and to be recognized in front of so many amazing people who work in [...]

Thank you so much to all 578 people who sold out Wrest Point Hobart and helped us spread our vital message that nothing is so bad that you can’t talk about it. To NAB, our platinum sponsor yet again who [...]

The results from May's Coffee Month are in and the total exceeds last year’s results by almost $4K! A total of 57,799 large coffees were sold during May, resulting in Banjos donating a whopping $28,899.50 to us here at SPEAK [...]

All 8 clubs who played last week created specially designed SPEAK UP! Stay ChatTY guernseys to help raise awareness across the State. Once again it was a great success with a great game between Lauderdale and Clarence playing for the [...]

On March 21st we woke and begun running from Burnie to Hobart for Tour de Tig 2. The reason these seven men run 360 kilometres over four days is simple, we wanted to break down the stigma that surrounds mental health. All 7 [...]

On May 2nd with our good friends at Banjos Bakery we launched Coffee Month. Every large coffee sold in ALL 37 Banjo's stores across Australia, will see 50 cents donated to us. So make sure catch up with friends and family [...]

We are so pumped to have partnered up with this year’s Uni Revue for their 70th year. Book tickets http://www.theatreroyal.com.au/ and catch shows at the @theatreroyalhobart (May 12-27) and @princesstheatre (May 31 -June 3) We are the charity of choice this year, so please support on the [...]

“96th Street”​ is a brand new watch range that has just launched online. Hobart lad Dylan Fyfe​ has started this fresh new collection, and has decided to support Stay ChatTY along the way. Purchasing the "Lincoln" watch, sees $15 from [...]

The inaugural Tour de Tig was held in 2014 and raised just over $25,000. In 2017, we are pleased to present Tour de Tig 2 (TDT2)which will see our founder Mitch, along with six of his good mates, run from Burnie to Hobart from [...]

“96th Street”​ is a brand new watch range that has just launched online. Hobart lad Dylan Fyfe​ has started this fresh new collection, and has decided to support Stay ChatTY along the way. Purchasing the "Lincoln" watch, sees $15 from [...]

July 16 saw the blockbuster between Clarence Football Club​ and Lauderdale Football Club, which was the annual SPEAK UP! Stay ChatTY Cup. Both clubs were wearing these specially designed BLK jumpers for the match (pic below). Not only was the [...]

October 9-15 saw us have a massive week of awareness raising, we set out to remind everyone of this important week that had arrived. We get excited for reminders such as Mental Health Week, because we know that they do [...]

Late last year we officially partnered with our new friends at St.Lukes Health.​ As we grow and look to spread our message across the country, support is essential. So with St.Lukes Health coming on board we will be assisted greatly [...]

In September, the Premier of Tasmania Will Hodgman (alongside some of his Parliamentary Colleagues) joined us at Mackillop College in Hobart, for the official launch our new schools program "#TeamChatTY.” The Premier gave a short address at the event, backing [...]