Walk to fund counsellor

THE last leg of a fundraising walk for mental health will travel 18kms through Ballarat, concluding in Buninyong on Saturday, 13 April.

The aim of the walk, organised by Hope Assistance Local Tradies, is to fund the 12-month employment of a part-time counsellor who will support trades people in the Bendigo and Ballarat areas. The group hopes to raise at least $50,000.

It’s estimated walkers will have completed 159.3kms across the six-day walk which will begin in Bendigo and also move through Harcourt, Fryerstown, Hepburn Springs, Daylesford and Creswick.

HALT works with tradies in regional communities to provide mental health and wellbeing support, hoping to decrease suicide statistics.

Donations can be made at chuffed.org/fundraiser/haltwalk2019-9493.