Talking Straight group a huge winner

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By Deanne Jeffers

DALE Wright is a strong believer that without a best friend to count on, one’s spirit diminishes. He said, “When you haven’t got a best mate, your connection is lost.”

Recognising the absence of connection in some men's lives, and the life situations that can lead to stress, isolation, depression and anxiety, Dale and his friend Kevin Sidebottom started their men’s health group initiative, Talking Straight, over 24 years ago and it’s still going strongly today.

Commenting on past participant’s involved in the program, Dale said, “The change is incredible. A lot of participant's families or mates say there is something about them that’s different, and they can’t describe what it is. We know what it is, they’ve learnt to understand who they are.”