Video: World Suicide Prevention Day
This World Suicide Prevention Day on September 10, #CreatingHopeThroughAction is a reminder that we can all play a role in suicide prevention. Our actions, no matter how big or small, and reaching in to check on those around us, may provide hope to someone with thoughts of suicide. Together with LivingWorks, let’s create safer communities where people with […]
Keynote showcases training first responders at scale in suicide intervention skills
1 MARCH, 2023: The statistics are well-known: Police, paramedics and firefighters are at a higher risk of dying by suicide than the average Australian. This is a large scale problem, so what is a large scale solution? LivingWorks Australia’s lead suicide intervention skills trainer, Belinda Connell, is presenting a keynote at the Frontline Mental Health Conference […]
Minister for Indigenous Australians launches Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander suicide intervention training program
3 NOVEMBER, 2021: Federal Minister for Indigenous Australians The Hon Ken Wyatt AM MP today officially launched the world’s first Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander suicide intervention training program. Minister Wyatt said: “The fact that Indigenous people are dying by suicide at twice the rate of non-Indigenous Australians demonstrates that we need to use every […]