The Community Response to Eliminating Suicide (CORES) training program was developed in the rural community of Kentish, in Tasmania, and has been operating since 2003 within Tasmania. It was developed by the community, for the community, and people with ‘Lived Experience’ were involved from the onset. Volunteer Peer Facilitators were trained to deliver the one-day course and this provided sustainability of the program.
The training provides 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.
