The push Birregurra FNC needed…
At SALT we often receive letters of thanks. Rarely are they as well written or as moving as this one:
“A few of us at Birregurra FNC had been talking for a while about bringing someone in to do a mental health and wellbeing session with our footballers and netballers, knowing that for many of us – young and old – maintaining good mental health can be an ongoing struggle.
As coach of the reserves footy team, I’m used to receiving Thursday night messages from blokes saying they won’t be able to play the coming weekend, because they’re going to a festival, going fishing, going camping, can’t be bothered, whatever. Midway through the 2022 season I received a Thursday night text from one of our twos players that absolutely floored me.
“I’m really sorry Pete, I won’t be able to play this weekend. This morning I tried to take my own life.”