One loss is too many
UMatter works to prevent suicide by raising awareness, fostering strong community connections, providing support, and spreading the vital message that every individual matters, has value, and deserves hope.
Our Mission Statement
UMatterawareness is the “lived” story of a local family of 6 members in 2017 with Vicki and her sons losing a father and husband Peter and daughter and sister Chelsey within 5 months to suicide-a burden and trauma no one should ever experience let alone once but twice. UMatterawareness is all about loss, memory, legacy and hope. The hope being that the community can hear their story and come together to help prevent others from experiencing the pain that suicide brings to thousands of families every year in Australia.
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Know UMatter & share the message
Upload a video or photo of support
Join as supporter or volunteer
Donate to support UMatterawareness
Help UMatter to Buy UMatter
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About Umatter
UMatterawareness founders and team are trained in the following via various courses attended and completed:
- Former Crisis phone volunteer.
- Assist (Applied suicide skills and training).
- Safe talk.
- Mental Health First Aid Australia.
- Mind your Mates.
- Accidental Counsellor.
- Livingworks.
- Every mind.
- Roses in the Ocean safe space trained Volunteer.
- Attend monthly local Survivors of Suicide.
So realistically, UMatterawareness has the unfortunate, terrible practical “lived experience” of suicide but also the theorist-trained capabilities to help our community understand better what to do if someone is suffering via mental health.
A major focus on UMatterawareness is working with the community. In the Community, with the Community, for the Community.
The aim of working with Politicians, councils, Suicide Prevention Networks, Community Networks, and general public to promote the trauma caused by the effects of suicide.
Our EVENTS History
Annual Memorial Walks – bringing community together in remembrance.
RUOK Day stalls – raising awareness at local events.
Stan TV Documentary “The Promise” – UMatter featured nationally.
Community Courses – mental health and parenting workshops.
Wesley Mission – Lifeforce guest speaker annual suicide memorial service
UMatter Gala Ball – celebrating hope and fundraising for awareness.
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Remembering All Those Lost to Suicide
At UMatterAwareness, every name, every story, and every life matters. Each day in Australia, nine precious lives are lost to suicide, and thousands more carry the invisible weight of pain, grief, and stigma. Behind every statistic is a family, a friend, a colleague, a community forever changed.
Your donation helps us to:
Raise awareness and bring suicide out of the shadows.
Provide safe spaces and community-led support.
Deliver ongoing training in suicide prevention and mental health first aid.
Advocate with councils, networks, and governments to create lasting change.
When you give, you stand beside those who feel alone and help us remind them UMatter.
Every contribution, big or small, fuels our mission to prevent suicide and support those who have been touched by its impact. Together, we can save lives and honor those we have lost.
👉 Please consider making a donation today because one loss is too many.
Remembering All Those Lost to Suicide
At UMatterawareness, every name, every story, and every life matters. Each day in Australia, nine precious lives are lost to suicide, and thousands more carry the invisible weight of pain, grief, and stigma. Behind every statistic is a family, a friend, a colleague, a community forever changed.
Your donation helps us to:
Raise awareness and bring suicide out of the shadows.
Provide safe spaces and community-led support.
Deliver ongoing training in suicide prevention and mental health first aid.
Advocate with councils, networks, and governments to create lasting change.
When you give, you stand beside those who feel alone and help us remind them UMatter.
Every contribution, big or small, fuels our mission to prevent suicide and support those who have been touched by its impact. Together, we can save lives and honor those we have lost.
👉 Please consider making a donation today because one loss is too many.
