ASIST NL celebrates training milestones at 28th annual conference
In 1996, an award was presented to the first trainer to deliver 100 LivingWorks ASIST workshops. ASIST NL Team Leader, Gerry Dooley, was a member of the original group responsible for putting together the first ever trainer conference in St. John’s and was the recipient of this honor. Now called ASIST NL, this year’s […]
LivingWorks Start: Now available in French and Spanish
LivingWorks Start — our 90 minute online course that trains participants to recognise when someone may be thinking about suicide and how to connect them to help and support — is now available worldwide in French and Spanish!
Run for Life 2023: Team LivingWorks
Run for Life – an event put on by the Centre for Suicide Prevention (CSP) that aims to raise awareness for suicide prevention and remember loved ones lost to suicide – took place from Sept. 16-23. The LivingWorks team located in Calgary, AB were proud participants of the event, and were able to run and […]
LivingWorks headed to IASP 2023 World Congress
The LivingWorks team is headed to Piran, Slovenia for the 32nd annual International Association for Suicide Prevention World Congress. The congress – which will be held at the Grand Hotel Bernardin – kicks off on Sept. 19, and wraps up on Sept. 23. The LivingWorks team is delivering a number of workshops and presentations […]
A platform for empowerment and connection: Welcome to our new website
LivingWorks’ new website is now live! If you are new to our site, welcome! And if you’ve been here before, welcome back! Our goal is to make communities around the world safer from suicide. Now, with a website that prioritizes the connection between you and our resources, we can achieve this goal together. Why now? […]
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 […]
NSW Minister for Mental Health Rose Jackson launches LivingWorks and NSW Rugby League partnership
3 SEPTEMBER, 2023: Suicide prevention training will be provided for up to 700 Rugby League clubs across the state as part of a plan to give people essential skills to have a conversation about suicide. Minister for Mental Health, Rose Jackson said the suicide prevention skills training funded by the NSW Government will be delivered […]
LivingWorks at Gayaa Dhuwi Conference 2023
25 AUGUST, 2023: Prioritising community, collaboration, evidence and impact: These are the themes driving two presentations among the important lineup at the upcoming Gayaa Dhuwi Annual Conference. The Gayaa Dhuwi Annual Conference will take place across August 29-30 with the theme “Ways Forward”, reflecting on the progress made since the 1995 Ways Forward Report and critically examining the […]
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 […]