GIVING
'Do for one what you wish you could do for everyone.'
Andy Stanley
My whole adult life has been devoted to service and I still feel that way today. Whilst my keynote presentations fulfil part of that commitment, there are other parts that are less well known.
I’m a supporter of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, especially Goal 3 – Good Health and Wellbeing, and Goal 16 – Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions as I feel they’re a natural extension of my uniformed careers and personal experiences.
At a national level, I give through Cor Infinitus. It's an ACNC registered charity that I founded to give dignity and respect to families of those that have served our nation and died by suicide.
By supporting me, you support these important national and international projects too. Thank you.
Cor Infinitus
Cor Infinitus is latin for Infinite Courage and aims to give dignity and respect to the families of those who have served our nation and taken their own life.
Cor Infinitus has the following powerful purposes:
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Provide dignity and respect to those that have served Australia and taken their own life.
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Publicly acknowledge the loss suffered by families and loved ones and provide them with a tangible place of reflection, dignity, and respect.
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Assist in the prevention of suicide.
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Support the destigmatization of mental illness and suicide.
To achieve this aim, modest memorials are being installed all around the country dedicated to those who have served our nation and been overwhelmed by their battle within.
The memorials do not represent any individual person, era, or circumstance. Rather, they are anonymous and owned by all families of those lost.
Importantly, Cor Infinitus is not intended to glorify a person’s final act to take their own life but instead to help prevent it in future.
The creation and presence of a memorial will promote conversation around mental illness, whilst messaging of hope and help in the immediate vicinity of the memorial provide numbers for immediate crisis assistance as well as real words from real families impacted by suicide to promote help-seeking.
The combination of all these elements assist in suicide prevention and destigmatising both mental illness and suicide.