Events List

8k per Day Challenge

NEW CHALLENGE! - Run or walk 8km per day for 30 days for the 8 Australians we lose through suicide every day. Raise awareness and much-needed funds to help save lives and deliver community-based mental health services in Australia. Together we can combat depression, anxiety, and other mental illnesses. Create or join a Team or embark on the challenge as an individual. Let's rise to the challenge, to build a mentally healthier and stronger Australia! SIGN UP TODAY! (8k per Day Challenge (grassrootz.com) #runformentalhealth #run #walk #newchallenge #mentalhealth #8kperday #community #healthybodyandmind #fitness #challenge #suicidepreventionday

Free

Wesley LifeForce Suicide Memorial Service – Brisbane

Brisbane Powerhouse - Rooftop Terrace 119 Lamington Street, New Farm QLD 4005 119 Lamington Street, New Farm, Queensland, Australia

Brisbane, we’re coming together to remember loved ones lost to suicide. Date: Friday, 17th November 2023 Time: 12-1 pm (AEST) Location: Brisbane Powerhouse – Rooftop Terrace | 119 Lamington Street, New Farm The service is an opportunity for reflection with music, a message of hope, listening to a story of lived experience and laying of sunflowers. We invite you to bring a picture of your loved one lost to suicide, to add to our memorial wall. Everyone is welcome. Counsellors will also be available.

Free

R U OK? Bay of Fires Fundraising Trek

Support R U OK? in the stunning Bay of Fires Tasmania is a trekkers dream, famed for its fresh air, spectacular scenery and unique wildlife - you will be enthralled and inspired every step of the way. This challenge will take you through diverse Tasmanian landscapes, as you trek along endless stretches of secluded beaches with fiery rocky headlands, wander through forests with hidden waterfalls and marvel at striking coastlines with pristine water. In December 2023 we will embark on the R U OK? Bay of Fires Trek, one of Australia’s greatest natural beauties. We cover 35 kilometres over 4 days. Their mission is to empower people to meaningfully connect and lend support by building the motivation, confidence and skills of help-givers to start conversations with anyone struggling with life. But we need your support. The funds you raise on the R U OK? Bay of Fires Trek 2023 will go towards funding nation-wide campaigns to help better prepare people to look out for their mates and have life-changing conversations. R U OK?’s vision is a world where we're all connected and protected from suicide.

$2680

Event Series CALM and CALM Care Train the Trainer Program

CALM and CALM Care Train the Trainer Program

Virtual , Australia

Become a CALM Trainer before the end of the year! CALM is becoming the most popular Suicide Intervention Skills program in Australia, and here is why: It's a one-day program, reducing clients costs and minimising staff absence. It's Australian researched and based. It's accredited with the peak body Suicide Prevention Australia. Many participants have attended other similar programs and stated how much they love the model and how it's so easy to remember. Underpinned by Motivational Interviewing which research is now showing positive results for suicide prevention/intervention. CALM is the only intervention program in Australia that has not just an app for the safety planning, but also for the person completing an intervention. CALM Intentionally focuses on the skills of communication, rather than providing just a theory or model. CALM is the only suicide intervention program delivered either virtually or in-person.

Suicide Prevention Training

Opening conversations around suicide is vital to increase awareness and help prevent suicide in our communities – but knowing exactly how to do that can be daunting. Over 10 million Australian adults are estimated to know someone who has died by suicide. One in two young people are impacted by suicide by the time they turn 25 and around 8-9 lives are lost by suicide every day.

Free

Trevor Waring Memorial Lecture

Hunter Medical Research Institute Lot 1 Kookaburra Circuit,, New Lambton Heights, NSW, Australia

Please join us for the Trevor Waring Memorial Lecture 2023. The event will feature a keynote address titled Paddling upstream to find what (and who) determines our mental health and wellbeing by Professor Rob Moodie, a highly respected leader, mentor and teacher in public health. Professor Moodie trained as a medical doctor, working as a clinician in rural Australia and in Africa before moving into public health, and is currently Professor of Public Health at The University of Melbourne’s School of Population and Global Health (MSPGH), Professor of Public Health at the College of Medicine, University of Malawi. The keynote address will be followed by a panel discussion featuring Professor Moodie, Professor Frances Kay-Lambkin, CEO and Institute Director of the Hunter Medical Research Institute, and Dr Jaelea Skehan, Director of Everymind. Background to the event Everymind hosts the Trevor Waring Memorial Lecture as a legacy to Professor Trevor Waring AM, the founding Director of the Institute. The event is a partnership between Everymind, Hunter Medical Research Institute, the Hunter New England Local Health District and the University of Newcastle, and recognises the significant role Professor Waring played in the community throughout his distinguished career. Emeritus Professor Trevor Waring AM was […]

Free

Prevention in Practice Summit

Rydges Newcastle Merewether St, Newcastle, NSW, Australia

The Prevention in Practice Summit is a new event being hosted by Everymind, in partnership with members of the Wellbeing and Prevention Coalition in Mental Health, HMRI Healthy Minds Research Program and the Manna Institute. The one-day event is focused on bridging the knowledge-to-practice gap in the prevention of mental ill-health and will bring together leaders in policy, research and practice from across Australia. Attendees will be provided with an opportunity to contribute to national priority setting and sharing of best-practice examples.

$117.79

Self Care and Mental Wellbeing Workshop

Online , Australia

This two-hour self-care and mental wellbeing workshop will provide the skills and resources to develop an individualised self-care and mental wellbeing plan that encompasses activities to enhance physical, mental, emotional, social and spiritual health on a daily basis. The workshop will explore the concept of self-care and mental wellbeing, how to identify personal signs of stress and simple strategies that can be used to manage individual stress levels on an everyday basis.

Free

Self Care and Mental Wellbeing Workshop

St Lukes Health 72 Elizabeth Street, HOBART, Tasmania, Australia

This two-hour self-care and mental wellbeing workshop will provide the skills and resources to develop an individualised self-care and mental wellbeing plan that encompasses activities to enhance physical, mental, emotional, social and spiritual health on a daily basis. The workshop will explore the concept of self-care and mental wellbeing, how to identify personal signs of stress and simple strategies that can be used to manage individual stress levels on an everyday basis.

Free

Mocktails and Musings – Planning Session for our Suicide Prevention Network 2024

Mission Australia Centre Coffs Harbour 9 Duke Street, COFFS HARBOUR, NSW, Australia

We invite all members of the Wesley Mission Suicide Prevention Network - Coffs Coast Suicide Prevention Initiative - to attend our informal idea  workshopping gathering where we can lock in some priority actions for 2024. We have garnered a lot of feedback during the past 12+ months and we need feedback on the specific strategic directions to take next year. Just to make sure the ideas are flowing, we are hosting Mocktails for our Musings (the event is strictly alcohol-free). Looking forward to seeing as many participants as possible. Please RSVP via email ASAP.

Free

Self Care and Mental Wellbeing Workshop

Northern Suburbs Community Centre 42 Dover St, Mowbray, Tasmania, Australia

This two-hour self-care and mental wellbeing workshop will provide the skills and resources to develop an individualised self-care and mental wellbeing plan that encompasses activities to enhance physical, mental, emotional, social and spiritual health on a daily basis. The workshop will explore the concept of self-care and mental wellbeing, how to identify personal signs of stress and simple strategies that can be used to manage individual stress levels on an everyday basis.

Free

CORES Suicide Prevention Training

Vinnies Smithton 132 Nelson St, Smithton, Tasmania, Australia

Training Aim This training is designed to provide individuals and communities with the essential skills and resources required to identify and respond to a person at risk of suicide and build on a communities capacity to eliminate suicide. Learning Outcomes On completion of this training participants will be able to: Use the language given in the National Communications Charter: Suicide Language Guide, to have safe and respectful conversations around suicide; Recognise the warning signs of suicide; Identify and develop personal self-care strategies; Promote help-seeking behaviour before a crisis occurs; Identify and promote protective factors; Identify how to support a person at risk to access appropriate services and to develop their own safety plan.

$25