Central Queensland Suicide Prevention Program

Central Queensland Meetings: Suicide Prevention

Central Queensland Region
  • Central Qld Rural Health’s Suicide Prevention Project Team.  For initiatives that span multiple local government areas, contact the CQRH Project Officer via Email at  helen.munn@cqrdgp.com.au.   For urgent matters, please contact the CQRH CEO Trish Lisle trish.lisle@cqrdgp.com.au
Biloela Region
  • Banana Shire Suicide Prevention Group: Meetings are on the second Tuesday of each month from 10:00 am to 11:30 am; in-person and via Microsoft Teams. Contact CQRH Project Officer, Deb, via email at Deborah.Gardumi@cqrdgp.com.au
Gladstone Region
  • Gladstone Region Awareness and Suicide Prevention (GRASP): Meetings are held every third Wednesday monthly from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm at Gladstone Mindcare; 147 Gondoon St Gladstone. Visit the website, Instagram, Facebook. Contact the GRASP secretary Dani via email to dani@gladstonemindcare.org.au
Emerald Region
  • Central Highlands Suicide Prevention Group: Meetings are held on the third Wednesday monthly from 10:00 am to 11:00 am; in-person at Youth Justice and via Microsoft Teams. Contact CQRH Project Officer, Loretta, via email to Loretta.Gaudron@cqrdgp.com.au
Yeppoon Region
  • Livingstone Living Well (Suicide Prevention Group): Meetings are on  second Thursday of each month from May 2022. Meetings are from 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm via Microsoft Teams. Contact CQRH Project Officer Helen via email at helen.munn@cqrdgp.com.au and visit the Facebook page for more updates.
Rockhampton Region
  • Central QLD Community Suicide Prevention Network: Meetings are held on the first Tuesday Visit their website or Facebook.  Contact the President of CQCSPN via  cqcspn@gmail.com.

CQ Suicide Prevention Plan Survey 2023

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The current Central Qld Suicide Prevention Plan (CQSPP) covers the Banana Shire, Central Highlands Regional Council, Gladstone Regional Council, Livingstone Shire Council, Rockhampton Regional Council and Woorabinda Shire. The CQSPP can be viewed by clicking here.

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Central Queensland Rural Health has been an advocate for collaboration and integration across health services for many years. We continue to engage with local communities across Central Queensland (CQ) to establish strategic suicide prevention partnerships. These partnerships will enable collaboration across health services and communities to develop and implement the CQ Suicide Prevention Plan (CQSPP) based on the 9 Lifespan Strategies. The CQSPP can inform local activities, plans and strategies across all CQ Local Government Areas.

 

At the end of 2017, Central Queensland Rural Health (CQRH) received funding from the Central Queensland, Wide Bay, Sunshine Coast Primary Health Network (PHN) to lead the planning of community-based suicide prevention activities.  Two hundred and seventy people were directly involved in consultation activities across six of the local government areas. Activities have included a survey, ongoing face to face and email communication, attendance at meetings and workshops and resulted in the development of the Central Qld Suicide Prevention Plan. 

From this consultation, Leadership Groups were formed in the local government areas where no suicide prevention groups existed; and where possible, existing suicide prevention groups have been supported by the CQRH Project Officers.  Action Plans have been created to support the local implementation of the CQ Suicide Prevention Plan.

The different communities are taking ownership of their suicide prevention Action Plans, and deciding what strategies works best for them in their own unique communities.

In 2023, the PHN (CQWBSC) changed their name to Country to Coast Queensland (CCQld), and still deliver the PHN Program in our region.  CCQld continue to fund CQRH to lead the planning of community-based suicide prevention activities across Central Queensland. The CQ Suicide Prevention Plan supports the CCQld in their role to commission community-based suicide prevention activities.  These activities are integrated with drug and alcohol services, mental health services, and social and emotional well-being services.

If you would like to be involved in the CQ Suicide Prevention Plan in any way, please contact our Project Team on (07) 4992 1040 .

LifeSpan aims to build a safety net for the community by connecting and coordinating new and existing interventions and programs, and building the capacity of the community to better support people facing a suicide crisis. Based on scientific modeling, LifeSpan is predicted to prevent 21% of suicide deaths, and 30% of suicide attempts. The LifeSpan Framework has also been trialed over 11 National Suicide Prevention Trial PHN regions, and the final evaluation report was published in December 2020.

For more information about LifeSpan, please go to https://www.blackdoginstitute.org.au/research/lifespan

Suicide Prevention Framework Documents 

Primary Health Network and Central Qld Rural Health:  Central Queensland Suicide Prevention Plan

For enquiries about the Suicide Prevention Action Plans, please contact the Central Queensland Rural Health’s Suicide Prevention Project Team on: Phone 07 4992 1040

  • Banana Shire:                    Banana Shire- Suicide Prevention Action Plan.
  • Central Highlands:             Central Highlands- Suicide Prevention Action Plan.
  • Livingstone Shire:              Livingstone Living Well- Suicide Prevention Action Plan

Please Email the below groups directly to enquire about their Suicide Prevention Strategies.

  • Gladstone Region:           GRASP Suicide Prevention Strategy

                                                    Email:  GRASP Secretary Dani: dani@gladstonemindcare.org.au

  • Rockhampton Region:      CQCSPN Suicide Prevention Strategy

                                                    Email: CQCSPN President cqcspn@gmail.com

 

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PO Box 368, 66 Callide St
BILOELA QLD  4715

(07) 4992 1040

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