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A Hear For You Trust

  • Flood Relief Update

      23 February 2023

    Our community has been greatly impacted by Cyclone after Cyclone. We are currently supporting our blokes the best way possible:

    Via:

    1. Providing Awhi Parcels - Filled with food, first aid, clothing and blankets. We are personally delivering these and checking in.

    2. Phone call, texts messages, and video chats - the power of connection.

    3. Funding mentors, counsellors, and other mental health professionals to work alongside our lived experience-based team.

    4. Pouring cups of endless coffees, and giving them a place to offload, cry, and recharge.

    5. Transporting goods, donations, and volunteers throughout our region.

    AND we are preparing for the future too. Many men are going to be battling for a long time yet. Systems are in place, and we need to fundraise to ensure we are able to keep our HEADQUARTERS and make it available for the wider community.

    WE ARE TEAM #HEAR4U

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  • MOTU CHALLENGE Project - Getting "OUTDOORS" & ADVOCATING for #MensMentalHealthAwareness, #CommunityWELLNESS & #SuicidePrevention

      11 September 2022
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    Next Month - #Hear4U has four amazing individuals participating in The Motu Challenge, proudly sponsored by the team from EWE MATTER Mate & Hooks Contracting Limited. All associated to the rural sector, including aviation, earthworks, orchard work, and farming. Opotiki's Motu Challenge is regarded as the North Island’s premier multisport event, and very proud of our blokes, and ladies.

    Teams are made up of 4, and their mission is to physically work together, mentally support each other, and have a BLAST while completing the 17km run, 52km cycle, 27km Kayak, 8km cycle and 3km run.

    More details:

    Competitors, their supporters and spectators enjoy rugged terrain and some of the finest scenery of any multisport event in New Zealand. The race is run through native bush-clad gorges, valleys and hills and down the Waioeka River. The mountain bike stage has been voted the best mountain bike section of any race in New Zealand (further details of this event, can be found on https://www.motuchallenge.co.nz).

    As the director of #Hear4U, I LOVE THIS event - Very rewarding, inspiring, BUT mostly importantly our crew is always acknowledge and celebrated we do within our communities. Creating awareness, and sharing our stories with the public - is the only forward - conversations are always sparked at the finish line!

    Please donate to our teams, and their courageous efforts. Otherwise help us to cover costs associated to this event - which include travel, nutrition, first aid, uniforms, marketing, and equipment hire age/maintenance.

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  • Round Five, Primal Fitness, 8 Week Challenge Competition

      10 September 2022
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    Since Oct 2021, Our Charity has successfully put through over 65+individuals through an 8 Week Wellbeing and Primal Fitness Challenge. The aim of these challenges is to encourage the "everyday" bloke, and their families into increasing their daily exercise, reducing their alcohol intake, and improve communication/networking with likeminded people. Because sometimes it is hard to make time for our wellbeing, and connecting with others - we LOVE providing a little encouragement, which always goes a very long way.

    The results are always highly rewarding, and life changing for many. In order to continue this amazing initiative and platform which showcases #speakingup, #itsokaytonotbeokay, and #risingabove, we require ongoing sponsorship, and donations - Cost associated to supporting our participants, include uniforms, mentoring sessions, coaching resources, equipment hire age, and nutrition.

    If you would like to donate towards our current 8 Week Challenge Teams, please do via our "Give A Little" donations link -referencing this Project (#Hear4U admin team will let you know how your contribution supports participating individuals).

    Round Five Participants - Local legends representing and advocating for the wellbeing of GOOD BLOKES working within industries associated to construction, rural, forestry, automotive, production, and customer services.

    1. Matt Mead

    2. Stu Buske

    3. Dan Gray

    4. David Spriggs

    5. Sam Durston

    6. Benito Barry

    7. Tony Sidney

    8. Billy Callaghan-Mead

    9. Wayne Rogers

    10. Zach Destounis

    11. Duncan Cook

    12. Mike McVery

    13. Matt Mackintosh

    14. Mark Baybrook

    15. Ben McCarther

    16. Willem Roux

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