Who We Are
Tango Kilo Mike is a New Zealand based charitable trust (CC59166).
We have been in existence since 1999 and received formal charitable status in 2021.
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Our purpose is to provide suicide prevention and ongoing peer support to serving and former members of the military and first-responder emergency services, and their immediate families within New Zealand. We do this through:
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Providing access to support through suicide prevention training, crisis management and professional therapy.
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Access to a partner network of martial arts clubs across New Zealand to enable a healthy release of energy.
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Removal of barriers to participation by members.
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The basis of our delivery mechanism is through the identification of members with a TKM badge, that is worn on their training uniform.
To qualify for a badge, members need to meet the eligibility criteria (based on their or their family members’ service) and successfully completed a TKM Crisis Identification and Suicide Prevention Training course (in development).
By wearing a badge, members indicate a minimum of two important facts:
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An ability to spark conversation. “What is this badge?” to which members can respond about the charitable trust and the training they’ve undertaken to earn the right to wear it.
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Increasing the number of trained people who can help others. This training incorporates more comprehensive training and strategies around identifying and supporting people who need help, sooner.
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