Where There Is Walk There is Hope.........

So today, was a day I was to observe the organisation of  'The Hawkesbury Hope Walk', commencing from Clarendon Tennis Courts to the Richmond  RAAF information centre.

It was great day and the 3rd time it was held and for the 2nd time supported by the Western Sydney Suicide Prevention & Support Network (WSSP&SN). It was my first 'Hope' and will be first  of many ' Hope' walks that I will attend and co-ordinate one in the Penrith LGA, which I would like it to be called Bridge to Bridge.

Anyway, the Hawkesbury Hope Walk is a growing walk - from 20  

                                             people the first year to 150 last year to

over 210 people this year. A lot of people taking the walk would have been a victim of Suicide either through family or  close friends and there
would have been some that may have contemplated suicide and

Peter Webb

felt self-pride and comfortable by participating in the hope walk, which is hoping to prevent suicide for all people.

The Hawkesbury Hope Walk

The walk was an easy walk, where people could talk to each other and ask why they were here or maybe to let them do the walk quietly. A 2 kilometer or so walk is a gentle way we can get the message of hope and help to anyone that needs help. The 20-30 seconds of quiet reflection was a very important part before starting the walk.


I spoke to three men during and after the walk and two were strong men that had known of people that taken their own lives and one man had come to thank the organisation for allowing him to 

John Svoboda & Gray Sims from NSW

Information kits

participate and the way  the Hawkesbury Walk 2019 was conducted. What I didn't realise was that there are so many people, victims of a suicide, at the event and we all must be mindful of how they feel and allow them to speak, when they want to speak.



Here are some videos to see. Help yourself to view all of them:

Click here for video at the end of the Walk - the feeling.....

Clear here for the Healtfel Song.... (I apologise for not en-capturing the beginning of this song)


Click here for my 'Afterwalk Talk'



Click here for details of WSSP&SN