2026 SPAN Suicide Awareness Walk

Saturday, September 12, 7:00pm - 10:30pm (EDT)

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Hope Bereavement Care and the Geelong-based Suicide Prevention Awareness Network (SPAN) invite you to the SPAN Suicide Awareness Walk, held annually since 2010.

The 2026 SPAN Suicide Awareness Walk will take place on Sunday 13 September 2026 from 9:00am at Eastern Park (pavilion behind the Geelong Botanic Gardens, on the bay side) in East Geelong.

A dream of SPAN’s founding members, the Suicide Awareness Walk is a positive and active family and community event where people directly or indirectly affected by suicide can come together and pay tribute to lost loved ones, offer support to those who are hurting and, ultimately, embrace the gift of life. It is a safe and welcoming space that aims to reduce stigma and raise awareness around suicide and to encourage connection with others on the same grief journey.

There is no cost to register for the event. We do invite participants to donate to Hope Bereavement Care and help continue our much-needed work supporting those who have experienced the suicide death of a loved one. Visit our SPAN Suicide Awareness Walk page on the GiveNow platform to make a donation or create a CrowdRaiser in memory of those who have been lost.

2026 SPAN Suicide Awareness Walk schedule:
- 9:00am: Last-minute registrations (please register via this platform in advance, if possible)
- 9:30am: Welcome to Country
- 9:45am: Remembrance ceremony, including release of doves and reading of loved ones’ names
- 10:00am: Walk (approximately 1.2km)
- 11:30am-12:30pm: Free barbeque
* Note that times are approximations only.

Please contact us on hope@bereavement.org.au or 0494 098 035 if you have any questions about the event.

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Add to Calendar 2026/09/13 09:00:00 2026/09/13 12:30:00 Australia/Melbourne 2026 SPAN Suicide Awareness Walk Hope Bereavement Care and the Geelong-based Suicide Prevention Awareness Network (SPAN) invite you to the SPAN Suicide Awareness Walk, held annually since 2010.

The 2026 SPAN Suicide Awareness Walk will take place on Sunday 13 September 2026 from 9:00am at Eastern Park (pavilion behind the Geelong Botanic Gardens, on the bay side) in East Geelong.

A dream of SPAN’s founding members, the Suicide Awareness Walk is a positive and active family and community event where people directly or indirectly affected by suicide can come together and pay tribute to lost loved ones, offer support to those who are hurting and, ultimately, embrace the gift of life. It is a safe and welcoming space that aims to reduce stigma and raise awareness around suicide and to encourage connection with others on the same grief journey.

There is no cost to register for the event. We do invite participants to donate to Hope Bereavement Care and help continue our much-needed work supporting those who have experienced the suicide death of a loved one. Visit our SPAN Suicide Awareness Walk page on the GiveNow platform to make a donation or create a CrowdRaiser in memory of those who have been lost.

2026 SPAN Suicide Awareness Walk schedule:
- 9:00am: Last-minute registrations (please register via this platform in advance, if possible)
- 9:30am: Welcome to Country
- 9:45am: Remembrance ceremony, including release of doves and reading of loved ones’ names
- 10:00am: Walk (approximately 1.2km)
- 11:30am-12:30pm: Free barbeque
* Note that times are approximations only.

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