Older people, the LGBTIQ community and people living in regional NSW are among the at-risk groups who will now have improved access to mental health support thanks to the NSW Government\u2019s Suicide Prevention Fund.
\nMinister for Mental Health Bronnie Taylor said that $8 million in funding has been allocated to six organisations committed to engaging with communities known to have higher rates of suicide.
\n\u201cWe know that there are some groups of individuals who are at greater risk of suicide due to issues such as past trauma, stigma or isolation,\u201d Mrs Taylor said.
\n\u201cThese experiences not only destabilise their mental health and sense of connectedness, they also make it extremely hard to ask for support.
\n\u201cThis is all about encouraging safe conversations around suicide and suicidal behaviour so people in these priority groups know how and where to access the help that is right for them.\u201d
\nThe NSW Government is also in the final stages of identifying an Aboriginal-owned organisation to deliver targeted suicide prevention activities to First Australians.
\nThe funded services and activities are:<\/p>\n
Organisation<\/strong><\/td>\n| Priority Group<\/strong><\/td>\n | Activity \/ service funded<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ACON<\/td>\n | LGBTQ+\/ People of diverse sexualities and\/or genders<\/td>\n | Expansion of ACON\u2019s Suicide Aftercare Service to provide a statewide service for people of diverse sexualities and\/or gender who have attempted suicide. | \nACON will also deliver a Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Online Hub for this community, their families, friends and other support networks, including health professionals.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Anglican Community Services<\/td>\n | Older people<\/td>\n | Delivery of online suicide prevention training for people who work with older people across NSW (including those in aged care, allied health and mental health).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | HealthWISE – New England North West Health<\/td>\n | People who have previously attempted suicide<\/td>\n | A suicide aftercare service in the New England North West region of NSW. The service covers Mehi, Tablelands and Peel clusters of the New England North West region and provides outreach services in smaller towns.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Grand Pacific Health<\/td>\n | People who are experiencing suicidal crisis and require immediate support, and people who have previously attempted suicide<\/td>\n | A suicide aftercare service in Illawarra Shoalhaven and Southern NSW. The primary focus will be supporting people over the age of 16 years who have attempted suicide, are at significant risk of suicide or in suicidal crisis. | \nThe locations of hubs in Illawarra Shoalhaven are Wollongong and Nowra. The locations of hubs in Southern NSW are Goulburn, Queanbeyan, Bega and Moruya. \nAll hubs can provide outreach services to surrounding regions.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Suicide Prevention Australia<\/td>\n | Men<\/td>\n | An evidence-informed public health campaign to break down the stigma of help-seeking among men, as well as promote safe conversations around suicide and suicidal behavior, and improve access to existing suicide prevention services.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Wellways Australia<\/td>\n | Young people<\/td>\n | Delivery of local and state-wide social media campaigns to build awareness of support pathways available to young people in times of increased stress, suicide risk or isolation. This will include a range of culturally diverse video campaigns.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n | The $8 million investment is in addition to the $87 million Towards Zero Suicides investment. Towards Zero Suicides is a NSW Premier\u2019s Priority. Older people, the LGBTIQ community and people living in regional NSW are among the at-risk groups who will now have improved access to mental health support thanks to the NSW Government\u2019s Suicide Prevention Fund. Minister for Mental Health Bronnie Taylor said that $8 million in funding has been allocated to six organisations committed to engaging … Continue reading “$8m to prevent suicides among high risk groups”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12723\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}} |