1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:04,720 Speaker 1: Now we know that this week Territorians are indeed being 2 00:00:04,840 --> 00:00:08,440 Speaker 1: encouraged to wear blue on Friday to take a stand 3 00:00:08,480 --> 00:00:11,680 Speaker 1: against bullying. For Do It For Dolly Day, the national 4 00:00:11,680 --> 00:00:16,000 Speaker 1: awareness and fundraising campaign was created after fourteen year old 5 00:00:16,079 --> 00:00:20,080 Speaker 1: Catherine Girl Dolly Everett, tragically took her life in January 6 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:26,200 Speaker 1: twenty eighteen following relentless and sustained bullying and cyber bullying. 7 00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:31,080 Speaker 1: Now joining me on the line is Dolly's dad, Tick Everett. 8 00:00:31,120 --> 00:00:32,760 Speaker 1: Good morning to you, Tick. 9 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:34,680 Speaker 2: Good a Katie. How are you? 10 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:37,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, good mate, So good to have you on the show. 11 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:43,040 Speaker 1: As always, Now to those out there listening who who 12 00:00:43,159 --> 00:00:46,640 Speaker 1: don't know what Do It For Dolly Day is all about, 13 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:48,639 Speaker 1: explain it to us. 14 00:00:49,680 --> 00:00:52,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, Katie. So it's just a day, you know, I 15 00:00:52,479 --> 00:00:54,960 Speaker 2: mean every day the day of conness, you know, that's 16 00:00:55,040 --> 00:00:56,800 Speaker 2: how we think it should be. But today, you know, 17 00:00:56,880 --> 00:01:00,000 Speaker 2: Friday's a special day. We encourage everyone to wear blue 18 00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:03,920 Speaker 2: and just go that little extra mile for somebody that 19 00:01:04,240 --> 00:01:06,800 Speaker 2: you might need it, or you know, somebody that you 20 00:01:06,840 --> 00:01:09,440 Speaker 2: don't even know might need it, and just encourage people 21 00:01:09,440 --> 00:01:12,560 Speaker 2: to be kind, check on your mates and you know, 22 00:01:12,760 --> 00:01:15,520 Speaker 2: parents to find the time to sit down and have 23 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:18,679 Speaker 2: that conversation with their kids and or you know the 24 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:21,479 Speaker 2: same thing. You know, some young people might just take 25 00:01:21,520 --> 00:01:23,319 Speaker 2: it as an opportunity to sit down with mum and 26 00:01:23,360 --> 00:01:26,440 Speaker 2: dad and open up and let them know what's actually 27 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:26,800 Speaker 2: going on. 28 00:01:27,800 --> 00:01:30,000 Speaker 1: Look, I think it's such an important thing to do. 29 00:01:30,600 --> 00:01:33,399 Speaker 1: My little girl just turned fourteen, you know, So for me, 30 00:01:33,880 --> 00:01:37,520 Speaker 1: it's something that I think is really important for us 31 00:01:37,520 --> 00:01:41,480 Speaker 1: to do as parents, and I quite often speak to 32 00:01:41,480 --> 00:01:44,840 Speaker 1: my kids about your family and about your girl, Dolly. 33 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:50,120 Speaker 1: I think you know, those conversations are sometimes tough ones 34 00:01:50,120 --> 00:01:51,520 Speaker 1: to have, but they've got to be had. 35 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:56,560 Speaker 2: Definitely, definitely, Katie. I mean, they're not an easy conversation 36 00:01:56,680 --> 00:01:59,960 Speaker 2: at all. And I mean, if any words wisdom from 37 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:03,240 Speaker 2: my sod you know, you might be wondering how or 38 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:06,760 Speaker 2: or if you should start the conversation. But you know, 39 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:10,880 Speaker 2: from my point of view, definitely a hard conversation far 40 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:13,160 Speaker 2: better than you know, not being able to have a 41 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:14,240 Speaker 2: conversation anymore. 42 00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:18,880 Speaker 1: So, Yeah, in terms of what Dolly went through, I 43 00:02:18,919 --> 00:02:21,840 Speaker 1: mean for like for our listeners and for other parents 44 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:25,760 Speaker 1: like myself. You know, Look, do you think things go 45 00:02:25,919 --> 00:02:28,760 Speaker 1: on that you know that sometimes kids feel maybe a 46 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:30,959 Speaker 1: bit embarrassed or a bit sort of you know, they're 47 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:33,200 Speaker 1: not they're not sure whether to raise it with their 48 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:33,920 Speaker 1: parents too. 49 00:02:34,880 --> 00:02:38,160 Speaker 2: Oh, definitely, definitely. You know, there's it's a whole other 50 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:41,400 Speaker 2: world out there from what we grew up as, you know, 51 00:02:41,440 --> 00:02:44,800 Speaker 2: as when we were kids. But no doubt there'd be 52 00:02:44,800 --> 00:02:47,440 Speaker 2: a little bit of embarrassment. They're a little bit of 53 00:02:48,440 --> 00:02:53,640 Speaker 2: shame possibly, And that's you know, our pro our programs 54 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:56,120 Speaker 2: and our our beacon app and stuff like that. It 55 00:02:56,200 --> 00:02:58,760 Speaker 2: all sort of comes back to just building that trust 56 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:02,240 Speaker 2: with your children, and you know, children building trust with 57 00:03:02,280 --> 00:03:05,200 Speaker 2: their parents that they can have those conversations and there 58 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:08,440 Speaker 2: is help available. And you know, we all do silly things, 59 00:03:08,520 --> 00:03:12,359 Speaker 2: whether we're you know, kids or teenagers or young adults 60 00:03:12,440 --> 00:03:15,320 Speaker 2: or old adults, we all do silly things and at 61 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:18,320 Speaker 2: the end of the day, yep, there's always a way 62 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:22,080 Speaker 2: to talk about it and to fix it and to 63 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:24,440 Speaker 2: get around and move on and keep going. 64 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:29,080 Speaker 1: So yep, yeah, that is so right. Tell me a 65 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:31,960 Speaker 1: little bit more about some of the different tools and 66 00:03:32,040 --> 00:03:34,920 Speaker 1: some of the different things that you know that Dolly's 67 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:37,200 Speaker 1: Stream is doing, and do it for Dolly Day really 68 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:39,480 Speaker 1: sort of you know, can help. 69 00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:44,040 Speaker 2: With I guess yeah, So, I mean last year it was, 70 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:45,880 Speaker 2: you know, it was our biggest year on record, and 71 00:03:45,880 --> 00:03:48,320 Speaker 2: this year it's getting bigger, which is amazing. You know, 72 00:03:48,680 --> 00:03:51,200 Speaker 2: it just flattens us every time we see the figures. 73 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:54,520 Speaker 2: But last year alone we got to two hundred and 74 00:03:54,560 --> 00:03:57,839 Speaker 2: sixty three schools around Australia, we de live at four 75 00:03:57,920 --> 00:04:00,720 Speaker 2: hundred and seventy four workshops and that was in front 76 00:04:00,760 --> 00:04:05,200 Speaker 2: of more than twenty three eight hundred students. So this 77 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:08,360 Speaker 2: year we're obviously building on that and getting bigger. We've 78 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:13,560 Speaker 2: got sixteen hundred and ninety something registered events for Friday 79 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:18,640 Speaker 2: already and still pouring in. So the funds go mainly 80 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:22,800 Speaker 2: into obviously paying for the programs that we delivered to 81 00:04:22,839 --> 00:04:28,880 Speaker 2: schools and into some workplaces. We're also you know flip 82 00:04:28,920 --> 00:04:31,919 Speaker 2: the table a little bit and delivering programs into workplaces 83 00:04:31,960 --> 00:04:34,800 Speaker 2: as well. Now we've got an amazing team that are 84 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:40,320 Speaker 2: just so good at communicating and breaking the ice so 85 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:44,039 Speaker 2: to speak. And you know, obviously funding the Beacon app 86 00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:50,080 Speaker 2: that we've got, which is basically you know Kates one 87 00:04:50,160 --> 00:04:53,200 Speaker 2: dreams she had of one stop shop where parents can 88 00:04:53,320 --> 00:04:57,000 Speaker 2: and young people can go for help. And then the 89 00:04:57,200 --> 00:05:00,600 Speaker 2: twenty four to seven, seven day a week support as well, 90 00:05:00,640 --> 00:05:03,400 Speaker 2: that obviously takes a lot of money to fund and 91 00:05:03,960 --> 00:05:07,160 Speaker 2: to keep up and running. So you know, every every 92 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:10,279 Speaker 2: dollar week out that we raise, you know, we try 93 00:05:10,680 --> 00:05:14,159 Speaker 2: absolute hardest to put it towards delivering something back into 94 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:14,799 Speaker 2: the community. 95 00:05:15,760 --> 00:05:17,839 Speaker 1: What's it like for you and Kate? You know when 96 00:05:17,839 --> 00:05:22,520 Speaker 1: you look at how much has been achieved by you 97 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:26,880 Speaker 1: guys in this space as a result of of you know, 98 00:05:27,040 --> 00:05:31,240 Speaker 1: of of losing Dolly and and and how I mean, like, 99 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:33,560 Speaker 1: how do you think she'd feel when you look at 100 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:36,880 Speaker 1: what you guys have done across the nation to help people? 101 00:05:37,920 --> 00:05:41,080 Speaker 2: Yeah? Mate, I mean, I mean Kate and I we 102 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:44,880 Speaker 2: always Kate, you know, we passed the credit on you know, 103 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:48,440 Speaker 2: we we can't do what our team does by ourselves. 104 00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:50,680 Speaker 2: We wouldn't we wouldn't have a chance. One, we wouldn't 105 00:05:50,680 --> 00:05:53,000 Speaker 2: know where to start. But two, you just can't do 106 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:56,719 Speaker 2: it without the team that we've got and the community support, 107 00:05:56,800 --> 00:05:59,040 Speaker 2: and a lot of what we achieve and the results 108 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:02,080 Speaker 2: we get is driven from the interaction within the community 109 00:06:02,120 --> 00:06:06,920 Speaker 2: and the conversations that something like Friday starts and we're 110 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:09,440 Speaker 2: you know, our biggest thing is we don't really mind 111 00:06:09,480 --> 00:06:12,440 Speaker 2: whether you raise five dollars or or you know, maybe 112 00:06:12,440 --> 00:06:15,480 Speaker 2: five million dollars one day, but it's the conversations that 113 00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:19,200 Speaker 2: come from it that are the most important. And you know, 114 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:22,599 Speaker 2: I always sort of think sometimes, you know, I wonder 115 00:06:22,640 --> 00:06:27,320 Speaker 2: what Dolly would say or do or think about what 116 00:06:27,320 --> 00:06:29,600 Speaker 2: we've done. You know, would she be embarrassed or would 117 00:06:29,600 --> 00:06:30,960 Speaker 2: she be proud? But I think at the end of 118 00:06:30,960 --> 00:06:34,120 Speaker 2: the day, she'd be she'd be pretty proud of the 119 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:36,880 Speaker 2: amount of young people that you know, we have helped 120 00:06:36,920 --> 00:06:43,080 Speaker 2: and and potentially saved them from falling through the traps. 121 00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:48,159 Speaker 1: So mate, And you know, I just think that everybody 122 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:53,960 Speaker 1: around the nation, you know, they remember your daughter and 123 00:06:53,960 --> 00:06:56,919 Speaker 1: and they I think that your family, what you guys 124 00:06:56,920 --> 00:07:02,599 Speaker 1: have done is nothing short of nominal and it's you know, 125 00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:05,640 Speaker 1: it's real credit too. I know that you and Kate, 126 00:07:05,720 --> 00:07:08,240 Speaker 1: you know, obviously say you've got lots of people around 127 00:07:08,279 --> 00:07:11,160 Speaker 1: you supporting, and I know you do. But you know, 128 00:07:11,280 --> 00:07:15,120 Speaker 1: what you two have done is incredible and real testament 129 00:07:15,280 --> 00:07:17,200 Speaker 1: to the kind of people that you both are. 130 00:07:17,280 --> 00:07:20,920 Speaker 2: I think, thanks Katie. Yeah, I mean it is. It's 131 00:07:20,920 --> 00:07:24,560 Speaker 2: definitely a community project, that's for sure. Yeah, But you know, 132 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:27,200 Speaker 2: and it's one that we wish we never had to start. 133 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:30,360 Speaker 2: But at the end of the day, you know, maybe 134 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:33,360 Speaker 2: maybe it's for the better. So that's what we keep 135 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:34,040 Speaker 2: telling ourselves. 136 00:07:34,040 --> 00:07:37,560 Speaker 1: Anyway, Yeah, good on you now mate, How can we 137 00:07:37,600 --> 00:07:40,760 Speaker 1: get involved? I mean on Friday where you're blue and 138 00:07:40,840 --> 00:07:43,640 Speaker 1: get that conversation going. What else can we do? Where 139 00:07:43,640 --> 00:07:46,840 Speaker 1: can people head do if they want some INFI made. 140 00:07:46,640 --> 00:07:49,160 Speaker 2: These this way as always. These days is the good 141 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:52,480 Speaker 2: old Internet, So the all thee w's and thedollystream dot 142 00:07:52,480 --> 00:07:56,040 Speaker 2: com jump on there. I mean, all the socials have 143 00:07:56,120 --> 00:07:59,760 Speaker 2: got it. We're getting really trendy these days. We've even 144 00:07:59,800 --> 00:08:04,640 Speaker 2: got TikTok accounts up and running, so you know, people 145 00:08:04,680 --> 00:08:07,600 Speaker 2: can jump on there and do the hashtags and stuff. 146 00:08:07,880 --> 00:08:09,120 Speaker 2: But I'm very good at that. 147 00:08:09,560 --> 00:08:12,040 Speaker 1: We're clearly not that with it, mate. I don't even 148 00:08:12,080 --> 00:08:16,520 Speaker 1: know if people say trendy anymore. 149 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:21,840 Speaker 2: There's a bit of that time. But I mean anything 150 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:26,400 Speaker 2: and everything, Katie. I mean, as we said, just one 151 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:30,200 Speaker 2: conversation can literally save someone's life, and that's what it's 152 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:33,200 Speaker 2: all about on Friday. And you know, if you can 153 00:08:33,720 --> 00:08:37,120 Speaker 2: take someone's bad day and make them smile, well, I 154 00:08:37,120 --> 00:08:39,559 Speaker 2: mean that's you might get anything else done for the day. 155 00:08:39,600 --> 00:08:41,720 Speaker 2: But I'll tell you what if you can turn someone's 156 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:44,280 Speaker 2: stay around and make them smile. Well, you've done a 157 00:08:44,280 --> 00:08:45,199 Speaker 2: pretty bloody good job. 158 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:49,240 Speaker 1: I reckon, absolutely that is so true. And you know 159 00:08:49,320 --> 00:08:51,000 Speaker 1: I always say to my kids as well, if you 160 00:08:51,160 --> 00:08:53,760 Speaker 1: if if you're some like if you don't feel strong 161 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:56,960 Speaker 1: enough to speak up, sometimes even just being there standing 162 00:08:57,040 --> 00:08:59,960 Speaker 1: next to somebody who's maybe not in a good space, 163 00:09:00,280 --> 00:09:02,720 Speaker 1: or you know, giving someone a little touching of the 164 00:09:02,800 --> 00:09:06,040 Speaker 1: hand or you know, letting them know that they're not alone, 165 00:09:06,520 --> 00:09:08,640 Speaker 1: goes a huge way as well. 166 00:09:09,520 --> 00:09:12,160 Speaker 2: Absolutely. You know, even if you're at school on Friday 167 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:15,200 Speaker 2: and there is another student that's doing a bit tough, 168 00:09:15,240 --> 00:09:16,880 Speaker 2: for a bit quiet or a bit sad, you know, 169 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:18,440 Speaker 2: just go and park up the side of them and 170 00:09:19,040 --> 00:09:21,280 Speaker 2: have a bit of a yarn or you know, share 171 00:09:21,480 --> 00:09:24,160 Speaker 2: lunch or or you know walk to the school bus 172 00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:25,960 Speaker 2: or something. You know, it could it could be the 173 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:29,560 Speaker 2: smallest little act that literally saved somebody's life. 174 00:09:29,880 --> 00:09:34,080 Speaker 1: Yeah, your spot on well tick. Thank you mate. As always, 175 00:09:34,160 --> 00:09:37,240 Speaker 1: I always love a chat with you. Please it and 176 00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:39,720 Speaker 1: a big thanks to you and Kate for all the 177 00:09:39,760 --> 00:09:42,920 Speaker 1: work that you guys do. Always love catching up with you. 178 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:44,199 Speaker 1: Thank you again for your time. 179 00:09:44,920 --> 00:09:47,439 Speaker 2: Good on you, Katie, We really appreciate your support, and 180 00:09:47,559 --> 00:09:51,199 Speaker 2: thank you to everybody else that's getting involved. It's very 181 00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:54,240 Speaker 2: very humbling and we appreciate it. So thank you, Thank you. 182 00:09:54,880 --> 00:09:57,520 Speaker 1: Tick Everett there, good on your tick. Thank you