Within three months of finding his beloved 17-year-old son Mac dead in his bedroom, Wayne Holdsworth channelled his personal devastation into preventing other families from having a similar experience.
Wayne is fighting to put a stop to sexual extortion, with rates growing exponentially. Sadly, the majority targeted are those who desire meaningful connections: young and older people. He’s also campaigning to raise the age of social media access to 16 and working to end Australia’s suicide epidemic. Suicide kills more than eight Australians a day, three times the annual road toll.
Wayne created the charity SmackTalk in Mac’s name and today shares his story in a 40-minute SmackTalk presentation free of charge as a warning for others. He’s spoken at thousands of workplaces, sporting clubs and school groups and has become a media spokesperson on the core issues of sexual exploitation, social media access and suicide prevention.