Events on: March 4, 2025

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Laps for Life

This March, youth mental health organisation ReachOut is encouraging everyone across Australia to jump in the pool or ocean to participate in Laps for Life - an annual swimming fundraiser supporting youth mental health. The month-long challenge encourages participants to swim to raise funds for, and awareness about youth mental health and suicide prevention. Whether you're new to the water, a competitive swimmer, or just keen to have some fun with friends, sign up now to kickstart your 2025 goals! For more information and to register, head here > https://www.lapsforlife.com.au/

Wesley LifeForce Suicide Prevention Half Day Workshop – Esk, QLD

Somerset Civic Centre 35 Esk Hampton Road, Esk

Wesley LifeForce has developed quality suicide prevention training suite. Our suicide prevention workshops are based on the latest research in suicide prevention and are designed to teach people how to identify the signs that someone may be at risk of suicide, how to engage and appropriate action to take. Effective interventions can make a real difference and save lives. These life-saving conversations offer support and a safe space for open discussions while encouraging help seeking. The outcomes understand risk and protective factors how to identify the warning signs that someone may be at risk of suicide how to ask directly about suicide intent understand what local and national support and resources are available to support a person at risk Ensuring participant safety Our workshop material is specifically designed keeping participant’s safety in mind. The course material utilises the MindFrame expert guidance regarding responsible reporting/portrayal of the issue of suicide.

Free

Mindframe training: Communicating about suicide & mental health concerns

online via Zoom

This Mindframe training session on safe and sensitive public communication around suicide and mental health concerns will include: A brief overview of the Mindframe program The Australian context, with current data The guidelines in-depth Examples of problematic communication Information about help-seeking and self-care Opportunity for a Q&A with Everymind team members about Mindframe. Learn more about Mindframe prior to this session at: Mindframe.org.au