Learn something about suicide and mental health

November 12, 2026

Invitation from Oberon Men's Shed

Suicide Prevention, Depression and Anxiety Event.
Oberon Men's Shed Inc.

Oberon Men's Shed Inc is organising a Suicide Prevention, Depression and Anxiety Event on 26th November 2026.

There has not been a significant discussion on this subject in Oberon for many years.

It's a fact suicide accounted for 10.3 deaths per 100,000 people in 2025. In Aboriginal people that rate was 34.9 per 100,000 people. Men die by suicide at three times the rate of women, and in the under 18-year-olds that rate accounts for almost a quarter of child deaths.

Death by suicide in the bush is particularly high.

Almost every Oberon resident would have been touched by suicide either by having a family member or a friend or acquaintance having succumbed to suicide in the past.

Oberon Men's Shed Inc is organising this extremely important event on 26th November 2026 and no resident either in town or the wider Central Tablelands community should miss it. It's in every person's interest to hear the messages of our varied speakers.

The Australian Men's Sheds Association is presenting this event. Speakers will represent the Australian Men's Sheds Association itself, Talk2MeBro, Oberon SES and RFS, Headspace Bathurst, Standby Support After Suicide, and Psychs On Bikes.

All speakers are from significant mental health preventative groups and will cover all aspects of suicide, depression and anxiety from children to dealing with the aftermath of suicide.

A range of stalls will represent:

• Oberon Men's Shed Inc
• Australian Men's Shed Association (Spanner in the Works)
• Oberon District Nurse
• Oberon Medical Centre
• Rural Adversity Mental Health Programme (RAHMP)
• Headspace Bathurst
• Oberon Neighbourhood Centre
• Standby Support After Suicide
• Oberon RSL Sub-Branch.

You'll walk away from this event with the knowledge on what to say and what to do if you come across someone in future with depression, anxiety or thinking irrationally.

Details are:

Suicide Prevention, Depression and Anxiety Event. 26th November 2026. Free Admission. Oberon Function Room, Oberon Library. Fleming Street, Oberon, NSW. 9.30 for a 10.00am start. Wrap-up 2.00 pm Light Refreshments provided.

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