The purpose of Suicide Prevention Community Action Planning (SPCAP) is to lead the collaborative development of coordinated community plans for suicide prevention activities across the Northern Queensland region. Together, we help build connections and co-design suicide prevention activities that are trusted, effective and sustainable.
Suicide Prevention Community Action Planning includes and supports those with lived experience to help inform and guide all our plans; while bringing together other key stakeholders working in different sectors such as: Health, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Education, Family Violence, Local Government, Emergency Services, Commercial, Community and Volunteer Groups across our regions.
The region
We deliver activities and services across the wider Northern Queensland region including:
- Hinchinbrook
- Palm Island
- Townsville
- Burdekin
- Charters Towers
- Richmond
- Flinders
Carmen Delaney
Community Development Coordinator
Northern Queensland Region
“In a nutshell, it’s really sitting down and listening to the different communities, hearing the things that are happening on the ground, and thinking about how we could further strengthen those amazing initiatives.”
Northern Queensland Region Facebook Page
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Your local supports
Connect with suicide prevention services and groups in our area to keep doing what needs to be done for those who are in crisis, better support each other, and keep growing this community together.
The Oasis Townsville
Lifeline QLD
In Queensland we deliver our 13 11 14 Lifeline Crisis Support Line, available 24/7, through 10 Lifeline centres – providing confidential suicide prevention services with a non-judgmental and compassionate listening ear. We also offer text messages, and online chat services 24/7.
StandBy Support After Suicide
The StandBy program is focused on supporting anyone who has been bereaved or impacted by suicide at any stage in their life, including:
- Individuals
- Families
- Friends
- Witnesses
- First Responders
- Service Providers
Thirrili
To provide crucial and timely support to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples with the acknowledgement of shared, collective, continuous ancestral connections, by drawing on cultural ways of knowing, being, and doing. To achieve this purpose, we:
- Support communities in the aftermath of suicide or other fatal critical incidents
- Work collectively with communities to build self-determined lives free from the impacts of suicide
- Inform systems change at all levels
Our local partners
Hear what our Advisory Group members have to say about Suicide Prevention Community Action Planning in these five short videos.
This is an information sharing platform and not a crisis support service
If you or someone you know is in need of immediate help – please call:
Emergency 000, Lifeline 131114, and/or the Suicide Call Back Service 1300 659 467.
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