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.

Resources

CQ Suicide Prevention Plan: CQSPP
Livingstone Living Well: Health & Wellbeing Community Directory
CQ Rural Health: Suicide Prevention Training page
Black Dog Institute: Centre of Research Excellence in Suicide Prevention
Centre of Best Practice in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention: CBPATSISP
National Mental Health Commission: National Suicide Prevention Office

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

National Federation Reform Council 2021: Vision for Australia’s future mental health and suicide prevention system
Australian Government National Mental Health Commission: National Suicide Prevention Adviser and Taskforce: Final Advice
Commonwealth of Australia: National Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Plan
Australian Government National Mental Health Commission: National Stigma and Discrimination Reduction Strategy
Commonwealth of Australia: National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention Strategy
Commonwealth of Australia: National Strategic Framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ Mental Health and Social and Emotional Wellbeing
Gayaa Dhuwi (Proud Spirit): National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Leadership in Mental Health
Australian Government Department of Veteran Affairs: Veteran Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy and National Action Plan
Australian Government Department of Health: National Suicide Prevention Trial – Final evaluation report
Australian Government Department of Health: National Suicide and Self-Harm Monitoring System
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare: Suicide and self-harm monitoring
Australian Government Department of Health: What we’re doing about suicide prevention
Australian Government Department of Health: The National Suicide Prevention Leadership and Support Program – project information for Primary Health Networks

Queensland Mental Health Commission: Shifting minds Queensland Mental Health Alcohol and Other Drugs Strategic Plan
Queensland Mental Health Commission: Every life The Queensland Suicide Prevention Plan
Griffith University: The Queensland Suicide Register

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.