In this potentially life-changing training, you will explore how to recognise when someone may be at risk of suicide and how to connect with them in ways that help you understand and clarify that risk, increase their safety and link them with further help.

Two-day workshop features

• Presentations and guidance from two LivingWorks registered trainers
• A scientifically proven intervention model
• Powerful audiovisual learning aids
• Group discussions
• Skills practice and development
• A balance of challenge and safety

Who should attend?

This training is for everyone aged 16 years or older. Virtually anyone can learn the skills to intervene and save a life from suicide. If you want to be able to help someone in need, in much the same way that you might learn CPR, please consider this training to help us create a suicide-safer Sunshine Coast.

Event details

Cost: A$100 (valued at A$300)

Catering: Coffee, morning tea and lunch provided.

Parking: A map with parking instructions will be sent out 1–2 days prior to the event.

You must attend for the full two days to earn your training certificate.

Please note this is a skills training workshop, and not a therapy or support group.

About The Alliance

UniSC's Alliance for Suicide Prevention - Sunshine Coast strives to create a connected community to improve mental wellbeing and resiliency to suicidality and its precursors.

We exist because suicide rates in Australia are too high.

To address this, we're implementing the EAAD model, shown to have reduced suicide rates by 24 per cent within two years. A big part of this involves 'gatekeeper' training like this safeTALK workshop.

By attending this workshop to become suicide-alert, you're joining a growing network of Sunshine Coast residents, businesses and organisations committed to playing their part to make our community safer from suicide.

The Alliance is an initiative of UniSC's Thompson Institute, a hub for world-leading mental and brain health research and clinical services on the Sunshine Coast.

Important information

Please note that the focus of this training is on learning skills to support others. These skills are intended for persons 16 years or older. Please note that this workshop does not include youth suicidality, individualised therapy or bereavement support. It is also not appropriate for anyone who has experienced a suicide bereavement in at least the last 12 months. Please consider whether this training is right for you before attending.

For alternative support, please reach out to:

Lifeline 24/7 crisis support and suicide prevention

13 11 14

StandBy Postvention support for people impacted or bereaved by suicide

1300 727 247

Suicide Callback Service counselling support about suicide

1300 659 467

Triple Zero

Call in emergency or if life is in danger - 000