WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT OZ HELP
A FEW WORDS FROM THOSE PREVIOUSLY OR CURRENTLY INVOLVED WITH OZHELP OUR PROGRAMS.
I just stopped in to say thanks for the help I got from OzHelp. Your case manager is invaluable in our industry. I firmly believe he saved me from doing something stupid.
O.D. Builders Labourer
Suicide is a real problem in the building and construction industry and OzHelp Queensland is doing a tremendous job in assisting construction workers.
The Honourable Robert Schwarten, Minister for Public Works and Information and Communication Technology
So you come back on a one-on-one-basis and nine times out of 10 that one-on-one you get them to open up and then you know straight away it's just you and him. Make the phone call. Put in the right people and two weeks later, not even that, probably a couple of days later they come back and say thanks. It's exactly what I needed.
Dean Kupsch, BLF Union Delegate and Connector
This program will aid in the overall health and wellbeing of everyone involved in the construction industry.
The Honourable Craig Wallace, Minister for Main Roads
The cost that is involved when you have someone that loses their life or they go off the rails, they end up doing something at work, that process that you go through, that accident might have been prevented by going through and having this help.
Gordon Ralph, Project Manager Grocon Construction
Both the connector training and the ASIST training will be part of the ETU training structure where officials and delegates will be encouraged to attend or at least had the offer made to them. Once again mate, thanks for a great couple of days and the knowledge learnt can “only make a difference”
Keith McKenzie, Organiser – ETU
A common misconception is that ‘blokes’ will not access help, but MIC has already undermined this idea.
Professor Graham MartinOAM, Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Queensland
The fact that there are fewer of us union members does not necessarily mean we’re wrong, it simply means there is a bigger burden we have to carry. No matter: we know it’s worthwhile. As I stated at the outset, I was struggling to find the enthusiasm to state the case for the union movement yet again when just this week I received word of an organisation called OzHelp.
Col Harrington, BLF Member
People come up to me and we just start talking. It’s important to keep everything confidential. And know where to go for help – that’s really what we do as Connectors.
Chris Buchanan, Connector, Leighton
