Are You Bogged Mate

Are You Bogged Mate? is a rural men’s mental health charity and we are determined to reduce male suicide. We do things differently to mainstream organisation’s our approach is practical, non-clinical, and boots on the ground. Most importantly, we connect and engage with rural men in a way that makes sense to them.

In Australia the statistics are alarming:
• 76% of suicides are male
• On average we lose 7 men per day
• Rural men are twice as likely to take their life as metropolitan men
• Rural men are five times more likely to take their life than metropolitan women
• We lose a farmer every 10 days.

Our mission is to change these statistics, and we would love your help to do that. We run two programs – Mary’s Bogged Talks and Bogged Brakes

Bogged Brakes is a men’s mental health getaway for rural blokes where we encourage them to ‘put on the brakes and take a break’. We have been running this program since 2023 with amazing results, and it has saved many lives. The program is tailored to rural men, we teach them tools to manage their mental health, we challenge them, we build a team and have heaps of fun while doing it. We pay for everything and fly participants in from all over Australia. Click the link to see what participants say about the experience – https://areyouboggedmate.com.au/bogged-brakes

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