As the national peak body for suicide prevention, we are committed to fostering strong, relationships with our members across all jurisdictions. After two years of travel restrictions, we’re excited to be coming to Darwin and Perth on the week of 27 March 2023.
About
Suicide Prevention Australia is travelling to the Northern Territory and Western Australia for an afternoon of information sharing, sector updates, networking, and a chance to meet the team.
Think Tank Topic: Delivering on the suicide prevention national agenda
The Think Tank is hosted by Suicide Prevention Australia in partnership with members of the Joint Committees for both WA/SA and NT/QLD.
Our Joint Committees play a key mechanism in linking local action to the national suicide prevention agenda. We thank SabrinasReach4Life and Northern Territory PHN for co-hosting with us in Darwin, and Holyoake for co-hosting with us in Perth.
The Think Tank will discuss the progress the suicide prevention sector has made at a local level, identifying key wins, ground breaking initiatives, and areas of growth. We invite guests to contribute to an open discussion that focuses on how we can strengthen the link between national and local settings when trying to achieve a world without suicide. Before a short training session to upskill members about our exclusive advocacy toolkit and how it can assist your team in its day to day operations.
After the Think Tank, all attendees are invited to join us for canapes, drinks, and the opportunity to network and build relationships with other like-minded leaders from across the sector.
Event Details
NORTHERN TERRITORY
Date: Monday 27th March 2023
Time: 2 pm till 6 pm
Location: Novotel Darwin Airport
Cost: $25 members and $50 non members
Think Tank: Delivering on the suicide prevention national agenda in the Northern Territory
Presenters:
- Toby Dawson: Director Membership & Engagement, Suicide Prevention Australia
- Simon Casey: Strategic and Planning Lead, Suicide Prevention NT PHN
- Lidia di Lembo: Chairperson & Founding Director, SabrinasReach4Life
- Anne Leslie: Policy Advisor, Suicide Prevention Australia
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Date: Wednesday 29th March 2023
Time: 2 pm till 6 pm
Location: Novotel Perth Langley
Cost: $25 members and $50 non members
Think Tank: Delivering on the suicide prevention national agenda in Western Australia
Presenters:
- Toby Dawson: Director Membership & Engagement, Suicide Prevention Australia
- Jo Drayton: Suicide Prevention Coordinator, Holyoake WCADS
- Anne Leslie: Policy Advisor, Suicide Prevention Australia
Meet Your Presenters
Director, Memberships & Engagement
Suicide Prevention Australia
(NT & WA)
Toby is passionate about tackling the wicked problems that impact individuals, families and communities. He has two decades of experience working in public health, not-for-profit and social impact settings in a range of different roles covering leadership, governance, strategy, innovation, investment and implementation. He is commercially-minded, purpose-driven and is forever striving to bring more organisations into an ecosystem that deliver positive social impact.
Joining Suicide Prevention Australia in January 2023, Toby is bringing his years of community engagement and capacity development to the Memberships and Engagement portfolio. Like too many other people in our communities he has lived experience of the impacts of suicide and is driven to make a change.
Policy Advisor
Suicide Prevention Australia
(NT & WA)
Anne is passionate about improving population health outcomes and is a Policy Advisor at Suicide Prevention Australia where she is responsible for developing advocacy and policy strategies to prevent suicide. Anne has completed a Graduate Diploma of Psychology and is currently completing a Master of Health Policy at the University of Sydney. Prior to joining Suicide Prevention Australia, Anne worked in financial public relations and investor relations with ASX-listed health and biotechnology companies.
Mental Health, Suicide Prevention and AOD Reform Manager
NT PHN
(NT only)
Dani Linossier is the Mental Health, Suicide Prevention and AOD Reform Manager at the NT PHN. Dani provides expert strategic leadership and direction for Mental Health (MH) and Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD) strategies and reform activities with alignment to national and NT policy directions, reforms, current evidence, and best practice. Dani’s leads a mental health, alcohol and other drugs team that drives strategic and collaborative action to achieve the shared vision of improving the social, emotional and cultural wellbeing of all those living in the NT, whilst ensuring those experiencing mental illness are supported by an integrated service system that is collaborative, recovery focussed, culturally safe and focused on providing support the meets the needs of individuals and communities.
Chairperson & Founding Director
SabrinasReach4Life
(NT only)
Lidia Di Lembo is the Co Founder and Chairperson of SabrinasReach4Life Incorporated and mother to daughter Sabrina Josephine who took her life in August 2017. Ms Di Lembo is also a member of the Suicide Prevention Australia QLD/NT State Committee and SPA Lived Experience Advisory Committee; and Co Chair of Postvention Australia.
Lidia is committed to pursue systemic change in suicide prevention; passionate to advocate for compassionate and accessible services for those suffering from mental distress in our community; providing emotional and practical peer led support to consumers; and bringing the sector together by forging strong collaborative partnerships to help reduce loss of life and trauma in our community.
In 2019, she established the first Suicide Bereavement Support Group in Darwin; has led the coordination of World Suicide Prevention Day events since 2019, attended by nearly 200 people. Professionally, she has over 38 years of public service experience working in leadership positions across both the Commonwealth and Northern Territory Government.
Suicide Prevention Coordinator
Holyoake WCADS
(WA only)
Jo has worked in primary mental health and suicide prevention for over two decades. Her position as Wheatbelt Suicide Prevention Coordinator is funded by the Mental Health Commission’s via the WA Suicide Prevention Framework 2021 – 2025, with her position being auspiced by Holyoake’s Wheatbelt Community Alcohol and Drug Service. Jo’s position covers the entire Wheatbelt region of Western Australia (220+ communities and 43 Local Government Area’s). Jo is an accredited Gatekeeper Suicide Prevention, Rural Minds and safeTALK (Living Works) facilitator and also delivers a suite of tailor-made workshops and presentations.
