20 Hours of Silence Challenge!
Hello all!
I have chosen to participate in this challenge for a few reasons. My passion for youth mental health advocacy has taken on a professional role since November 2025, as a mental health support worker. But my personal experience of mental health struggles as a young person, is one of the key drivers why I’m raising money for this challenge.
I’m going to be spending 20 hours in silence. No talking. No phone. And a 2x2 metre square space that I can only leave when filling up my drink bottle. I get 4 things; a swag, a chair, a journal, and a pen.
When I had to move out of home at 15, the support of my adopted family over the past six years is what kept me from entering foster care or experiencing youth homelessness. By the time I was 17, my hometown was traumatised by the worst major flooding our small town had seen in 10 years. It took away my school, my work, and my home. The only thing I had was my community. I was going through VCE at the time, when stress is already at a high. I had to navigate exams, applying for university, when I didn’t even have a school building to show up to.
I know first hand what being isolated with no mental health support can feel like as a young person, but I don’t want others to have to go through that alone.
Through donating, you’re helping fund mental health resources to be accessible to every young person. Unfortunately, a lot of mental health resources aren’t available without funding behind it. This money will go towards those kids like me when I was younger, to be able to be apart of an educated community teaching young people how to deal with mental health struggles.
Thank you so much for this support and I can’t wait to share what this experience is going to bring 🫶🏻🫶🏻
-Denvah
Thank you to my Sponsors
$318.90
Jack Mcardle
$267.25
Ben Hester
$215
Mumma Dea X
This will be a tough one but I know you can do hard things - I’ve seen you do them, time and time again. xx
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Xx The Dwyer Family
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Dana Mussared
This is such an amazing thing Denvah. I am very proud of you
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Lyn Mussared
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Kelly Hocking
Good luck. I’m sure you can do.
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Ally Whitford
this is so cool queen! best of luck 🫶🫶
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Aniqua Hollingworth
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Heather Darbyshire
Go girl! Great cause.
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Ollie
Really, really, really proud of you
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Maia, Pauline, Dion
You are an inspiration Denvah. Keep up the amazing work you do and we are all very lucky to be part of your journey. Keep on being you!!
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Kal
Good luck!! Love Kal and Mike
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Makayler
So incredibly proud of you Dooby
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Anonymous
$28.43
May Flamsteed
QUEEN 🫶🩷
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Anonymous
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Vivienne Mackenzie
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Jordyn Ough
YOU GOT THIS!
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Ben Hester
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Kester
Hey ✌️
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Anonymous
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Christine O
❤️
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Georgia Baird
You are my inspiration x
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Kye
So proud of you. Love you heaps!!!❤️
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Kiah
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Chlo
love you den
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Scarlett York
This is incredible and so are you -go girl!!!!
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Tanya Cheshire
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Liv Burgess
You are amazing x
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Nash Ramage
You're amazing 💗
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Lexie Scott
Very proud of you and all the things your doing to better the world 💛💛lots of love from lex
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Lily Peake
You’ve got this girl 🙌🏼🙌🏼
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Tara Atley
You are AMAZING !!
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Bron
You are so so inspiring
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Hasith Perera
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Maxine Flamsteed
Good luck! This is awesome
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Charlotte M
I aspire to be half the person you are 🫶🏼
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Juliet
❤️❤️
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Leets
$5
Denni Bathman
You've got this. So proud x
