Supporting links

Services and supports

• Lifeline
  24-hour national telephone crisis counselling service and online counselling
  Telephone: 13 11 14 or www.lifeline.org.au

   

• Kids Helpline
  Free confidential 24 hour telephone and online counselling for young people between 5 and 25 years. 
  Telephone: 1800 55 1800 or www.kidshelpline.com.au
  For kids: www.kidshelpline.com.au/kids  
  For teenagers and young adults: www.kidshelpline.com.au/teens    

   

• Suicide Call Back Service
  24-hour national telephone counselling service to people 18 years and over and online services
  Telephone: 1300 659 467 or www.suicidecallbackservice.org.au  

   

• Mindhealthconnect
  Website aggregates mental health resources and content from the leading health organisations
  www.mindhealthconnect.org.au  

   

• beyondblue: National depression initiative
  24-hour telephone support and online chat service and links to local services
  Telephone: 1300 22 4636 or www.beyondblue.org.au  

   

• e-headspace
  Online counselling for young people 12-25 years – www.eheadspace.org.au

   

• headspace School Support
  Provides localised support to secondary schools affected by a suicide - 1800 688 248
  www.headspace.org.au/what-works/school-support

   

• National StandBy Response Service
  24-hour coordinated community response service to families, friends and communities who have been bereaved through suicide – www.unitedsynergies.com.au

   

• Support After Suicide
  Information and resources and group support for those bereaved by suicide – www.supportaftersuicide.org.au

Useful Resources

• Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement: The largest provider of grief and bereavement education in Australia – www.grief.org.au  

   

• Care and Support Pack for Family and Friends Bereaved by Suicide (NSW) – Resource www.health.nsw.gov.au/pubs/2007/care_support_pack.html

   

• Communities Matter: A toolkit for community-driven suicide prevention for small towns www.communitiesmatter.com.au 

   

• Living Is For Everyone: National suicide and self-harm prevention resource - www.livingisforeveryone.com.au  

   

• Mindframe National Media Initiative: Media reporting of suicide - www.mindframe-media.info  

   

• NSW Suicide Prevention Strategy: A whole of government strategy promoting a whole of community approach
  www.health.nsw.gov.au/mentalhealth/programs/mh/Publications/suicide-prev-strategy.pdf  

   

• Resource: Developing a community plan for preventing and responding to suicide clusters – www.livingisforeveryone.com.au/uploads/docs/Community%20Plan.pdf  

   

• RUOK? Day: encouraging all people to regularly and meaningfully ask 'are you ok? www.ruokday.com  

   

• Suicide Prevention Australia: National peak body for suicide prevention www.suicidepreventionaust.org

 

• Better Access and ATAPS programs: Low cost or free mental health services and information www.mindhealthconnect.org.au/low-cost-or-free-mental-health-services

Useful Training

• LivingWorks Australia: Targeted training for communities, caregivers and professionals - www.livingworks.com.au

 

• Mental Health First Aid: Training for those assisting adults, young people, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and Vietnamese communities with mental health problems or in a mental crisis - www.mhfa.com.au/cms/

 

• Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) Suicide Prevention Training: Free online training course for Australian residents – www.suicideprevention.salvos.org.au/training