Together we can!
Suicide is a global phenomenon and can occur at any time throughout a person's lifespan.
- Every 40 seconds someone dies from suicide in our world and every 41 seconds someone is left to make sense of it!
- 800,000 suicides worldwide each year with approximately 24,000,000 attempted suicides
- 455,890 people every day having serious suicidal thoughts needing a MATE to turn to.
Have you ever felt isolated or lonely to the degree that you have questioned whether life is worth living? We recognize and value your life experience as a strength to draw on. MATES Cafe welcomes people from around the world to make a difference in the lives of others undergoing life challenges.
Join MATES around the world and together let's make a difference
"Many times our obstacles seem too hard for one person to overcome
and maybe they are, so we can learn that we are stronger together"
and maybe they are, so we can learn that we are stronger together"
MATES Cafe - Become a MATE
MATES Cafe is a network of everyday people of all ages, cultures and ethnicity (including teens, elders and lgbt+) who are trained to support a person in crisis or isolation through our online and offline community, providing emotional support and encouragement.
Be in charge of your emotions and how you want to feel so you can create the best relationships outcomes and life experiences. MATES help people of all ages, cultures and ethnicity to overcome life challenges such as relationship breakdown, anxiety, loss, grief and loneliness by helping them find new direction and meaning in life.
Once you wake up and smell the coffee, it's hard to go back to sleep
Join us and help prevent family violence, depression and suicide and the associated isolation and loneliness.
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MATES Cafe will have a powerful effect on your life and the lives of those around you. It will help you to take charge of your emotions and thinking, which until now have been sabotaging your happiness.
Leading to better relationships, greater communication, enhanced leadership skills and the opportunity of being there for someone in need. It is from this place that you can best help others. Facilitators will receive ongoing support and supervision as well as being connected with other like-minded MATES through social media groups and events. |
MATES Cafe helps to facilitate people from a place of weakness to a place of strength. By progressing through our personal development program you are enhancing your own relationships, giving back to and empowering your own community and helping others to do the same.
MATES will continue to be there for these people and as a MATES Cafe member you too will one day help to save a person's life... is there anything more worthwhile? Join us now by registering to become a MATE!
MATES will continue to be there for these people and as a MATES Cafe member you too will one day help to save a person's life... is there anything more worthwhile? Join us now by registering to become a MATE!
Life is like a sandwich, you have to fill it with the best ingredients
Here's what we have in store for you.
MATES Cafe Member:
- Meet people just like you who want to be the best version of themselves and help others along the way.
- Share your stories, experiences, ideas and your wisdom and inspire and be inspired by your MATES.
- Access advanced learnings in emotional awareness, relationship empowerment and take your brain performance to a whole new level of clarity and creative potential.
- Empower your own relationships and life so you can help others from a place of strength and insight.
- Be in charge of your emotional world is the key to optimum brain performance and a life of enjoyment, excitement and fun.
- Help us manage a group on the MATES Cafe Online Community Network. There will be a number of groups that will grow in size and diversity and we will need moderators from all over the world to constantly be there for support, guidance, compliance and to engage with other members. Introducing and looking after new members is a priority, maybe even taking them on a tour.
- Share the skills and techniques to develop meaningful connections with those around you so you can create trusting and supportive environments.
- We will support you every step of the way and provide a private group on our MATES Cafe Online Community Network where you can share your experiences and receive ongoing support and encouragement and take your understanding of Mind Renaissance from a practitioner level to helping support and transform the lives of others.
- Facilitators will report directly to MATES Cafe Management when they have concerns or queries, are asked for private or group consultations with other members and in arranging facilitation of meetings in the real world at local cafes or other venues.
- Coaching embeds your learnings deep into your psyche and you reach a new level of commitment and awareness of how you live your life in alignment with the principles of cause and effect. Growth and contribution work hand in hand in that when we give to another from the heart with no expectation of return, we receive endless joy, expansion and wisdom.
MATES Cafe has been developing for over 15 years so there is much we have learnt and experienced that we would like to share with you, so you can make that domino effect in the world. We appreciate your patience and understanding as we grow, change and develop new and more effective ways of helping one another being the best version of themselves and reducing the suffering and increasing the joy in our communities and across the globe. The basic premise of MATES is to be there for others and we need your support in being there for MATES Cafe especially as numbers swell and in keeping our family safe, excited and on purpose.
Never let a stumble in the road be the end of someone's journey.
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Be a MATES Cafe Member
MATES have all been through life's journeys, the ups and downs, pulled through challenging times and know how important it is to have a MATE to lean on and be there for them in times of need, including crisis situations.
Many times, our obstacles seem too hard for one person to overcome, and just maybe they are, so we can learn that we are stronger together. |
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MATES Cafe is Being the Change
Common Unity - The MATES Organisation is simply about being the change and therefore reaching out to and helping others through being role-models and walking the talk in their community. Worldwide, MATES Cafe are looking for people who want to make a difference in the lives of others undergoing life challenges. We recognise and value your life experience as a strength to draw on.
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Relationship breakdown, loss and grief, depression, anxiety, drugs or alcohol, gambling, bullying and every other challenge you undergo all add to and develop your character.
The experience and skill sets you gain better equip you in relating to others going through similar challenging times. MATES Cafe members are the life-blood of our organization. They do not give advice yet are able to demonstrate by being the change in their own life. Together we can live in a world that is there for those in need, eliminating isolation and loneliness; the root cause of so much suffering in our community… |
MATES Cafe is a real answer to lower the horrific rates of suicide, family violence and depression and create positive role-models for our community and our children... simply by being the change.
One of the most wonderful qualities of being a MATE is that you help to eliminate isolation.