Former Shepparton man Alan Thorpe has walked from Ballarat to Canberra, passing through the region, arriving in time for Men’s Mental Health Day on Sunday, November 19, where he took part in the 2,500 Too Many Project run by the Zero Suicide program.
2,500 pairs of shoes will be laid out at Parliament House to represent the lives of men and young boys lost to suicide. The aim was to not only show the tragedy that crosses ages, races and social status, is happening every day, is not just a Mental Health issue, but often situational. Men are choosing to take their lives after a break-up, a job loss, or when they struggle under the weight of the financial crisis.
