R U OK? in Trucks & Sheds
For the fourth year in a row Healthy Heads in Trucks & Sheds and R U OK? have teamed up to ensure everyone working in the road transport, warehousing and logistics industries know when and how to meaningfully connect and genuinely ask, “are you ok?”
R U OK? in Trucks & Sheds National Day of Action is 6 May 2025 and this year we are again promoting “Ask R U OK? – No qualifications needed”.
Ask R U OK? – No qualifications needed aims to break through this stigma and highlight that you don’t need to be qualified counsellor to check in with a colleague or friend.
New resources are now available to download, to assist you in sharing the message and organising your own R U OK? in Trucks & Sheds activities.
Meet Eno
*This content discusses suicide. For support contact Lifeline Call 13 11 14 or text 0477 13 11 14
Eno, 48, is a local truck driver for an earthmoving company in Coffs Harbour NSW. He got his heavy vehicle licence when he was 18 and has been driving trucks ever since, spanning several industries including firefighting, retail and earthmoving. Throughout his life, Eno has experienced mental health challenges and sadly lost friends to suicide. He shares his experience and the ways we can make tough conversations easier by normalising checking in.
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Meet Sarah
Sarah is a Distribution Centre Manager with Linfox and has been at the company for five years. As a manager, Sarah prioritises earning trust and building a supportive workplace culture. She shares some of the practical ways her team check in with one another, and her own experience of how her supportive manager helped her through a challenging time, after the loss of her son.
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Meet Shane
Shane has 40 years of trade experience in trucks, trailers, earthmoving, fleets and as a workshop manager, including eight years as an EBS/RSC maintenance support specialist.
Shane shares some of the unique challenges mechanics face, and the difference regularly checking in can make.
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Meet Vikki
Vikki has worked in distribution logistics for more than 30 years. During this time, she has made it her priority to normalise conversations about mental health and create environments where checking in is a regular occurrence.
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Workplace Resources
The following free resources are designed to help you organise your own R U OK? in Trucks and Sheds activities.
Workplace Guide
An interactive PDF guide that contains everything you need to know to organise your workplace activities.
Conversation Guide
This guide contains tips on how to spot the signs that someone might not be OK, how to navigate the conversation and further support that’s available.
Videos
Download these R U OK? in Trucks & Sheds videos to play anywhere in your workplace, through your online channels or at your event.
*Some of these videos discuss suicide. For support contact Lifeline Call 13 11 14 or text 0477 13 11 14
Social Tiles
Download these tiles to share the R U OK? in Trucks & Sheds message on your own channels. There are suggested messages in the Workplace Guide too.
Email Signatures & Website Banners
Add these banners to your email signature and website to build awareness and remind your colleagues to ask ‘are you ok?’ You can link them to this website.
Posters & Flyers
These posters and flyers can be displayed in lunchrooms, in the warehouse, on the back of toilet doors or in waiting bays all year round.
Radio ads
These radio ads are free to download and play wherever you can get the message across – on radios, in warehouses or added to playlists.
Day of Action Presentation Resources
This powerpoint presentation is designed to allow anyone to share R U OK? conversation tips in their workplace. It comes with speaking notes
Connection Activity
Conversation Bingo can be printed out and used as a Connection Activity to get conversations flowing at your R U OK? in Trucks & Sheds event.
Register your Champion
Champions will support their organisation in implementing R U OK? in Trucks & Sheds by receiving updates from Healthy Heads and R U OK? and ensuring that everyone within their business is informed and has what they need for a successful event.
