The annual state-wide community event encourages people to wear shorts or Shorts Day merchandise to their workplace, school or sporting club, or host a fundraiser, on the shortest day of the year, June 21.

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SPEAK UP! Stay ChatTY founder Mitch McPherson said the day was a reminder to check in with ourselves and those around us.

"We want the shortest day to become widely known as the day we all stand together to brave the cold in our shorts and continue to break down the stigma surrounding mental health and suicide," he said.

"We are all are human beings and we all have mental health and our mental health is fluid, it fluctuates each and every day. So that just tells us that we've got to be ready every day to have a conversation or to speak about how we're feeling."

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SPEAK UP! Stay ChatTY chairperson Rick Marton wanted more people from the North involved this year. In 2021, in Shorts Day's first year, over 12,500 people from across the state participated.

"We want at least another 12,500 from the North of the state, and I'm pretty sure that if we go join together we can do that and make that happen," he said.

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Mr McPherson said he and his team hoped to visit as many events as they could.

"Shorts Day creates further opportunities for connection, care and positive change in our community."

"These are great reminders, but you've got to continue it. And I urge people post Shorts Day to continue every day finding ways that they can break the stigma and talk about mental health."

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Funds raised on Shorts Day help SPEAK UP! Stay ChatTY continue its work in promoting positive mental health and preventing suicide through the ongoing delivery and expansion of Stay ChatTY programs, presentations, and initiatives.

To register for Shorts Day, download the fundraising toolkit, or purchase merchandise, head to https://staychatty.com.au/

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