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​â¶Ä‹Many people can play a role in reducing the rate of suicide in their local community, including:
​â¶Ä‹The ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Community Collaboratives initiative is designed to enhance and strengthen community-led response to suicide prevention and postvention across the state. This initiative provides a mechanism to deliver locally tailored, whole-of-community approaches to suicide prevention by bringing key local stakeholders together.
Primary Health Networks (PHNs) in ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø have been provided with funding to support existing Community Collaboratives and establish Community Collaboratives in areas of need.
The initiative focuses on all ages and stages of life, offering a whole of community approach by:
Read about how postvention is aiming to reduce risk and accelerate recovery.​
Suicide is the fourth leading cause of death for Aboriginal people in ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø.
Building on Aboriginal Communities’ Resilience (BACR) is a suicide-prevention program designed and led by the Aboriginal community. Under the BACR initiative, 25 Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations (ACCHOs) across ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø are funded to:
The ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Aboriginal Mental Health and Wellbeing Model of Care is an Aboriginal-led initiative, providing 12 grants per year over four years to Local Health Districts (LHDs), Specialty Health Networks (SHNs), and ACCHOs.
The grants are designed to:
​This initiative is a commitment to Aboriginal leadership, community-led solutions, and long-term system change.
F​ind out more about the Suicide prevention programs for Aboriginal commun​ities​â¶Ä‹.
Men will have access to enhanced mental health and suicide prevention support with the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Government awarding funding to 34 grassroot organisations to deliver a range of community-led programs, activities and events across the state.
​The Program will provide grants from $5,000 to $50,000 to organisations to help them deliver suicide prevention initiatives for priority populations including Aboriginal men, boys and young adult men, older men, men living with a disability, men living in rural and remote areas, and GBTQ+ men.
Projects include:
These projects aim to promote mental health, wellbeing and resilience among men to reduce suicide rates in ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø. The ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Suicide Monitoring System shows that men are disproportionately impacted by suicide and account for more than three quarters of deaths by suicide in ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø each year.
Read more about the grant program.
Additionally, the Men's Mental Health Forum report, Men's Mental Health: A Focus on Suicide Prevention, presents the findings and recommended actions identified at the Forum to guide future efforts in reducing suicide among men in ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø.
Older people have a higher rate of suicide than any other age group in Australia.
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Health is committed to supporting the mental health and wellbeing of older people and to promoting targeted, inclusive and responsive suicide prevention services that meet the unique needs of older people in suicidal distress.
A number of targeted older people’s suicide prevention strategies have been developed. These strategies and programs aim to improve awareness and identification of older people experiencing suicidal distress, their pathways to care and support, and the services available to support them. Some programs include:
For more information on these programs and previous older people's suicide prevention programs, please visit Suicide prevention programs: Older people.
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Health is committed to supporting the mental health and wellbeing of people of diverse sexualities and genders (PDSG) through targeted, evidence-based suicide prevention initiatives. As part of this commitment, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Health has invested over $4.6 million in a suite of suicide prevention services delivered by ACON.
These services provide critical crisis support, aftercare, mental health promotion, and suicide prevention programs tailored to the needs of PDSG communities across ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø. The initiatives include:
Through these programs, ACON is working to reduce suicide rates, enhance protective factors against suicide, and ensure access to safe and inclusive support services. The funding also strengthens sector-wide collaboration, helping to build robust referral pathways between community-based services and ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Government mental health initiatives.
​For more information on these services, visit . ​
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Health funds the i.am program, which supports children and young people under 25 who have experienced suicidal ideation, self-harm, or a suicide attempt. The service offers support to carers and families.
i.am provides outreach psychosocial support, focusing on building resilience, mental health and wellbeing, as well as identifying and achieving individual goals.
Support may include developing coping skills, strengthening relationships, building community connections, education or work opportunities, addiction management and securing housing.
i.am services are available in Liverpool, Mt Druitt, Coffs Harbour and Tamworth catchment areas. Referrals can be made by anyone, including schools, health services, family and carers and youth services. Self-referrals are also welcome.
For more information or to make a referral, contact i.am at:
