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REINSW’s community partner R U OK? is travelling across Australia to help inspire local Aussies to connect with their community.
The R U OK? Conversation Convoy will travel 14,000 kilometres and visit 25 communities across Australia.
REINSW president Leanne Pilkington chose R U OK? as the 2018 community partner due to the rise of mental health issues in the industry.
“Mental health is a huge issue, and depression and anxiety are becoming more prevalent in the real estate industry,” the president said.
Ms Pilkington said that real estate agents deal with people at their most stressed and it could be a challenge to deal with that.
“Real estate agents deal with people at their most stressed and people are not always buying and selling houses for happy reasons. If you’re going through a difficult time yourself, it can be a very challenging profession,” the president added.
This year, REINSW aims to raise $50,000 for the convoy, and funds raised at the Novice Auctioneers Competition contributed half of that goal.
The 2018 Women in Real Estate Conference and the REINSW Awards for Excellence also proudly support R U OK?.
The R U OK? Conversation Convoy will enter NSW at Lismore on 3 September, travelling around towns like Grafton, Inverell, Newcastle, Young, Griffith and Canberra before ending in Sydney.
The convoy aims to inspire communities to invest time in people and to give people the skills, motivation and confidence to start a conversation with someone they are worried about.
The convoy will teach people in local communities that they don’t have to be a counsellor to show they care and, sometimes, all it takes is to ask, “R U OK?”.
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