Rowan Williams

Rowan is taking on the 20-hour challenge to support youth mental health and raise awareness about the importance of prevention.

I'm fundraising for the youth mental health charity 20Talk.

As we know, I love a chat. Now you finally have the opportunity to pay me to be quiet, and all in the name of youth mental health!

I'm taking on the challenge of sitting in a 2-metre square box for 20 hours with no technology and no talking. All I will have is my own thoughts, a journal, and a chair to sit on.

So why am I doing this?

The statistics on youth mental health speak for themselves:

Suicide still remains the leading cause of death for young people aged 15-44.
Only 2% of mental health funding goes towards prevention (Mental Health Commission 2022)

Your contribution goes towards 20Talk's prevention campaigns which make mental health education accessible for young people.

Your donations go towards:

$120 puts a young person through a one-day Mental Health Maintenance course
Expanding 20Talk's online resources and 60,000+ social media community
Running large-scale interactive mental health events

By improving mental health literacy, removing harmful stigma, and encouraging professional help-seeking we are preventing people from getting people to a crisis point in the first place.

Thank you for taking the time to read this post and for donating to the cause. Hopefully this small challenge can help change someone’s life.