Help me make it meaningful
I've known too many people who have tried or succeeded to end their lives. You probably have too.
Mental illness doesn’t discriminate: it affects 1 in 5 Australians every year with symptoms like depression and anxiety. For more marginalised groups the picture is much more dire: veterans, for example, are 250% more likely to be admitted to hospital for self-harm - and those are the ones who survive.
There isn't an easy solution - only a long-term, persistent approach. And for that, every dollar helps.
So here's the deal: donate to the Black Dog Institute, and at the end of November, the Group that has dug the deepest will get to choose how to make my stupid beard even stupider.
Filthy mo? Yes.
Chinstrap and soul patch? Definitely.
Mr Darcy muttonchops? You'd better believe it.
Moreover, for every $1,000 that the organisation as a whole donates, I'll maintain and keep whatever embarrassing style you choose for a whole extra month in 2026. I've done the math - if everyone gives $14, I'll have to keep it for the whole of 2026.
