LA519 is a non-profit organisation set up on the 30th of March 2021 by Barry Aughey and Deirdre Costello on what should have been their son Luke's 18th birthday. Sadly their world was turned upside down when they lost Luke to suicide on the 25th of May 2019. He had just turned 16. This organisation has evolved from the challenges that Barry and Deirdre experienced during their attempts to help Luke get the necessary support he needed. They realised that unfortunately there are still lots of barriers preventing teens and young adults from receiving help. Factors include; location, finance, lack of awareness of the support groups, ease of access, and the stigma still unfortunately attached to suicide.LA519 represents Luke's initials and the month and year he died. Barry and Deirdre want Luke's legacy to make a difference and help those that need it. That is why they also want the ‘LA' in LA519 to stand for ‘Local Area' meaning that funds raised should go directly into helping the young people living in the area by alleviating the cost of counseling or therapy and by promoting the already existing resources so that the local youth realise there are many places and people to turn to in time of crisis.
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Keywords: fund-raising