Supporting links
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 - StandBy - Support after Suicide
24-hour coordinated community response service to families, friends and communities who have been bereaved through suicide – standbysupport.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 - mindframe.org.au
- 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?: 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