Sharmian Whitehill

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

20 hours for 20 Talk

Hi everyone,

This December I'm taking on the **20 Hours for 20Talk** challenge with my uni group, and I'd love your support to help me raise $1,000 for youth mental health.

**What's the challenge?**

On the weekend of 5–6 December, I'll join around 400 people in Port Melbourne for 20 hours of silence. From 4am until midnight I'll stay in a 2x2 metre taped square with no phone, no books, no talking and no clock (just a gong every hour). It will be me, my journal and my thoughts for the whole day. (The 3:15am arrival might be the hardest part.)

**Why I'm doing it**

I work in special education and I'm studying to become a teacher, so I see every day how much wellbeing shapes everything else in a young person's life. I feel strongly that young people deserve mental health tools that actually make sense to them, well before they reach a crisis point. That's exactly what 20Talk does.

Doing this with my uni group makes it even more meaningful. We're all future teachers, and many of the students we'll teach will soon be the young adults 20Talk supports.

**About 20Talk**

20Talk is a mental health charity working with young adults aged 18–30. They run free mental health training courses and share relatable online education with an audience of over 60,000 people. Their focus is prevention, giving young people practical skills before things get hard.

**Where your donation goes**

- $200 puts a young adult through a one-day Mental Health Maintenance course

- $1,000 helps 20Talk reach 80,000 people online with a targeted campaign

Every donation, big or small, gets me closer to my goal. If you can't donate right now, sharing this page helps heaps too.

Thank you so much for reading and for supporting me.

Sharmian Whitehill

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$100

Taryn Hirst

This better not cause the demise of our snap streak!! Love you xx

$76.72

Mitchell Johnson

Good luck! You got this!

$55.95

Maureen Borgmeyer

Love from Aunty Maureen

$55.95

Michael Whitehill

Love Pop

$55.95

Larissa Richards

Well done I love that your doing this such a great cause ❤️

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Kerrie Rich

Worthy cause, love you 💖

$55.95

Jodie Arnup

Amazing, love it. You are a star!

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Kate Lafferty

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Emily Johnson

Good on you Shar! You’re a good egg, doing good things in the world xxxx

$55.95

M & A Johnson

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Anonymous

Amazing!

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Anonymous

Yay for MHM and Shar! 😊

$30

Trevar Skillicorn-chilver

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Alana

We can do this!! BBT! 💕💕

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Kellie Matthews

Best of luck hitting your fundraising goal, and not talking for 20 hours!

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Lauren Maurizio

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Jodie Lennon

Go Shar. You’re awesome xx

$25

Emma Kemp

Good job Shar !

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Fiona King

What a fantastic and worthwhile cause 🫶

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Mitchell Boyle

Well done Sharmian such an amazing thing to do Good luck from mitch

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Lou

$20 for 20hours, I would love to give more but I hope this little bit helps you reach your goal ⭐️ very proud of you and wishing you all the best raising mental health awareness 💫

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Michelle Turner

Good luck Shar!

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Mili Painter

We can do it! 😉

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Shae Aarts

Good luck Shar, what a great cause! ❤️

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