THE Conquer the Corrugations Mental Health Awareness Walk is set to return to the state’s south-west, for the second year.<\/p>\n
The two-day event involves walking from Winchelsea to Inverleigh and back, a distance which totals nearly 40 kilometres.<\/p>\n
The aim of the event it to help participants develop resilience and encourage the community to chat about mental health.<\/p>\n
“We are trying to build up the resilience in people and we think one way of increasing resilience is about learning how to communicate amongst ourselves,” said Robert Earle, event coordinator.<\/p>\n
“It means that when we have an issue, we don’t just sit on it.”<\/p>\n
Conquer the Corrugations first started in Queensland nine years ago and now there is also a walk in the Northern Territory.<\/p>\n
“The organisers up there lost their nephew to suicide so they decided they would do something about it,” said Mr Earle.<\/p>\n
“This year will be their tenth anniversary and it has about 150 people attending.”<\/p>\n
After hearing about the event on Landline and taking part in the walk, Mr Earle decided to bring it to Victoria.<\/p>\n
He said walking can make it easier for participants to open up.<\/p>\n
“Even if you don’t have a problem, maybe just come along and walk and talk,” said Mr Earle.<\/p>\n
“When you walk and talk, you’ll open up a lot more and talk about more things than if you’re sitting there looking at someone in the face.”<\/p>\n
To register for this year’s walk, which will take place on Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 April, visit the Conquer the Corrugations website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
THE Conquer the Corrugations Mental Health Awareness Walk is set to return to the state’s south-west, for the second year. The two-day event involves walking from Winchelsea to Inverleigh and back, a distance which totals nearly 40 kilometres. The aim of the event it to help participants develop resilience and encourage the community to chat […]<\/p>\n