Suicide Prevention
Resources, Research and Training
Resources
CHARLEE Suicide Prevention Hub
CHARLEE brings together Connection, Hope, Action, Resources and Lived Experience Education.
Developed by Switchboard Victoria, CHARLEE is a suicide prevention hub made by LGBTIQA+ people who have thought about suicide, lived through suicide attempts, supported others in distress and live with the pain of loss through suicide
LGBTIQA+ Suicide Safety Plan Card
Thinking about suicide can be distressing. It can be hard to know what to say to reach out for help or what to do to keep yourself safe. We’ve made this LGBTIQA+ safety plan card to help you identify what you can do to support your safety and stay alive.
You might like to fill in this card with a friend, counsellor or helpline worker. Keep it somewhere close by, it can help you cope through difficult times.
Let’s talk about suicide podcast
Experiencing loss through suicide is a grief like no other. It can be difficult to find others who have similar experiences and are open to talking about their loss, especially other LGBTIQA+ people. You can hear Hamish Blunck, Joe Ball (Victorian Commissioner for LGBTIQA+ Communities) and Dr Louise Flynn (Support After Suicide) and other LGBTIQA+ people talk about loss through suicide on this podcast produced by JOY 94.9fm with Switchboard and Support After Suicide.
Research
LGBTIQA+ Suicide Postvention Response Plan: Preliminary Findings
This LGBTIQA+ community and peer-led report provides general guidelines to LGBTIQA+ communities and peer organisations involved in providing postvention.
Training
LivingWorks
LGBTIQA+ ASIST and safeTALK
Switchboard delivers suicide awareness and suicide intervention skills trainings using empirically tested models developed by LivingWorks.
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For all enquiries, please contact: suicide.prevention@switchboard.org.au
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ASIST is a two-day workshop that teaches participants how to apply a model of suicide intervention. Switchboard proudly employs LGBTIQ+ trainers who are educated in an LGBTIQ+ specific ASIST model. This workshop is suitable for anyone 16+ years.
Max capacity per workshop: 26 participants -
safeTALK is a half-day workshop designed to increase community awareness about suicide in which participants are prepared to become suicide-alert helpers. This workshop is suitable for anyone 15+ including school students.
Max capacity per workshop: 32 participants