ALANNAH McGregor says the Suicide Awareness Walk is making a difference but there is still a long way to go.
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The walk was started as a way to challenge the stigma surrounding suicide and give people touched by suicide a chance to remember their loved ones.
That was three years ago.
The event attracted about 350 people in 2012 and 500 in 2013.
Mrs McGregor, one of the event's key organisers, is hopeful the numbers will be the best they have ever been on Sunday.
"It is getting a little bit less (of a taboo subject)," she said.
It is getting a little bit less (of a taboo subject).
- Alannah McGregor
"People find it difficult to talk about suicide because of the fear that it could happen to anybody and the guilt too.
"Someone who has lost someone to suicide will often feel guilty about what they could have done or should have done (to have prevented it)."
Mrs McGregor, who lost two children to suicide, said the walk provided people with a caring and safe environment to remember their loved ones.
She said the event was not only for people who had personally been affected by suicide.
"It would be lovely to see community members there to support those bereaved but to also show that you agree with getting the subject out in the open," she said.
"It needs to be talked about."
The event will leave from the Dai Gum San Chinese precinct about 11am.
There will be live entertainment at the precinct from 9.30am and participants can buy SPAN t-shirts, bandanas and hats.
At the end of the walk there will be a Butterfly Remembrance Ceremony.
Mrs McGregor said the event had again attracted a big amount of support from the community, businesses and organisations.
She said the latest business to offer support was the Driving Training Academy in Bendigo.
Mrs McGregor said the service offered to transport the equipment on the day, help set it up and return it at the end of the walk.
"We always get lots of support," she said.
If you or someone you know needs help phone Lifeline on 13 11 14, the Suicide Call Back Service on 1300 659 467 or visit beyondblue at www.beyondblue.org.au