April 29th, 2025

Last night in the seaside suburb of Aldinga, South Australia, Community Whisperers were called on to help stop suicide in the area.

Community Whisperers are people in the community who can assist those doing it tough and are in need of a conversation and potentially a suicide intervention, in order to get them feeling safe again.

Around 25 people sat in the Aldinga Hotel’s beer garden, to hear me, Jono and Michelle from GLASS EMPTY discuss the startling stats of suicide, the journey of GLASS EMPTY and The Whisperer Team – from it’s beginnings as The Pub Whisperer from the Great Aussie Pubs website to the creation of the Community and Signal that The Whisperer Team shares via coasters, posters and its website.

We had ice breakers, questions from the audience and photo opportunities wearing The Pub Whisperer Hat.

Suicide is the biggest killer of people aged 15 to 44 and the second highest for those aged 45 to 65.

Beyond the human impacts, the economic cost of mental ill health, suicide attempts and suicide is estimated to be $220 billion each year. That’s $220 BILLION EACH YEAR.