by Pippa Richards, Dom Piceno, Maddi Butler, and Ruby Chadd
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Students concerned about impact of festival despite positive reviews
A student who attended the Silverline Festival is accusing organisers of not providing enough mental health support for attendees, but Silverline say feedback from their event was overwhelmingly positive.
Last week, Critic Te Arohi reported that the event cost $26,000. The student reached out anonymously, saying that “it’s pretty shocking to see money like that being dropped alongside a shit ton of traumatic stories … and no bloody trained professionals to help.”
“One of our friends left in tears halfway through Friday night after a speaker spoke touched on sexual assault, with no one outside of the lecture theatre there to look after students who may have been triggered by a topic, and leaving to take a break. Instead she entered a crowd of studying students and caterers setting up food,” they said.