He may only be 15, but Jeremy Millward is wise beyond his years.
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The year 10 student at Moss Vale High School helped organise R U OK week to bring awareness to mental health with a 'wear it yellow' mufti day on Friday September 11.
"I went to Mr Vandenbergh and the principal Ms Holmes and asked if I could put together a mental health awareness week," he said.
"They said since R U OK day was coming up we could do something that ties in with that.
"So I went home and started working on ideas on how we could have different activities throughout the week.
"It all worked out from there."
Jeremy said he was inspired to raise awareness for mental health as he has always helped his friends and peers when they've needed it.
"I've always talked to people about their problems," he said.
"They'd come to me with issues and I've always been there to support them and they trust me because of that.
"I'm just a very easy person to talk to I guess."
Some of the activities throughout the week included a booklet which was completed every morning in roll call which every student did. The booklets and activities were put together by Jeremy from the R U OK website
Other activities included a conversation table where students could sit and talk about what was going on in their lives at lunch.
"We started off painting some tables yellow and they're called conversation tables," Jeremy explained.
"They were used at lunchtime for people to talk about their problems. They'd talk to me about what's going on and I'd give them advice or feedback on how I could help them and help themselves.
"Every student in roll call would participate in an activity that asked if they were ok and how to ask someone and understand.
Some of the advice Jeremy has for people struggling is to write it down but that it varies on the situation.
"We gave notebooks to every student, it's something that helps me a lot," he said.
"I always write down things. So when I can't talk to anyone or feel lost, I write it down, get it off my chest and it helps me see a bit clearer.
"Before every student got one, I used to hand them out to people. So if someone told me they were struggling I would give them a notebook and tell them to write their emotions down."
Jeremy said he had heard about the notebook idea and found that it had helped him at a time when he needed it.
"I've always been there when someone needs help," he said.
"Then I found I wasn't good at one stage and was helping people with their problems but not myself and I didn't have a good wellbeing.
"So I started writing things down, and that helped me. So I started telling people what I did to help them."
There have been times though when Jeremy has been there to listen without offering advice.
"That's what I find is the best thing to do, when I sit there and listen to people they feel like I care," he said.
"They have that reassurance that someone cares.
"I'm always checking up on them and reassuring them that they are okay. That's why I keep talking to them."
And while Jeremy is happy to listen and talk to people, he's also not afraid to reach out to school counsellors if he feels someone needs more help.
"It's happened a few times," he said.
"I talk to them and support them and half the time people just need someone to talk to, someone they trust, someone they can go to without feeling judged.
"But then there have been times when I've had to tell a school counsellor.
"There have been four times when I've had to tell someone.
"I'm not scared of calling the police or telling someone if I have to."
Jeremy said the response to R U OK was great.
"Even the conversation table was great, I had multiple students that I had never spoken opened up to me," he said.
"It's good to have a community like that who trust in each other.
"That's the whole point of this event, to have a happier wellbeing at our Moss Vale High School community.
"On Friday we had a 'wear it yellow' mufti day where we had a drone shot of everyone on the oval and in the morning we raised money."
The school raised a total of $830, with $802 from staff and students on the mufti day and $28 from student-made cupcakes that were sold.
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