MATES in Construction

Every year 190 Australians working in the construction industry take their own lives, this means we lose a construction worker every second day to suicide.

Construction workers are six times more likely to die from suicide than an accident at work. For our young workers, the facts are that they are well over two times more likely to take their own lives than other young Australian men. Therefore, MATES in Construction program was developed. The MIC program uses training as a tool to raise awareness that there is a problem with suicide and its contributing risk factors in our industry and we can all be part of the solution. The support is then provided through clear pathways to help, case management processes that ensure that workers in need of support are connected to appropriate help.

Support the great work that the MATES IN CONSTRUCTION organisation are doing to help raise funds for the need of Suicide Prevention in the Construction Industry.