Rachel Stewart accepts the award for the Mt Alexander Shire 2025 Citizen of the Year
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00:00At times we've all felt lonely or isolated, emotionally distressed or had
00:05thoughts about suicide because this is normal, it's part of the normal human
00:09condition and we need to talk to each other about it more. The people of our
00:15community have wanted a safe space for everyone and the past and present
00:22working group members and our fabulous trained peer volunteers at the Castle
00:27Main space and members of all the similar groups in the past and present
00:31such as Elm, Every Life Matters, HALT, Hope Assistance for Local Trainees,
00:37volunteers at the Castle Main Community House and so many many more deserve this
00:41award. So in the words of Henry James I'd like to leave you with this quote
00:46there's three important things in human life. The first is to be kind, the second
00:53is to be kind and the third is to be kind.