Suicide in Australia is a silent killer with around 128,000 youths or 7.5% of young people aged 12-17 years seriously considering suicide within previous 12 months.

We as an organisation want to change the stigma surrounding Suicide and depression and strongly believe implementing a nation wide program within schools for teens so they are equipped to understand, help and thrive creating a happy and safe environment for all.

Too many children are lost each year and our government needs to take action, we are on the verge of a pandemic with the rise of bullying and a culture that fosters and creates these feelings in vulnerable ostracised teens.

A study by Dr. Ian Colman, found that 12 to 13 year olds exposed to suicide were five times more likely to be thinking about suicide or to have attempted themselves. He stated “If you’ve got 1,000 students at a school and one student dies of suicide, potentially 1000 kids could be affected by that death”.

In order to address this important issue, we  have devised a program developed for the school curriculum we are  highly passionate about. The Lifelines Comprehensive 3 Day Suicide Awareness and Responsiveness Program for Teens.

This is a whole-school program is made up of three unique components: Prevention, Intervention, and Postvention. This trilogy of programs is the only existing model of its kind available in the world for teens.

The complete Lifelines Trilogy is based on over 20 years of suicide-in-youth research that indicates an informed community can help to prevent vulnerable teens from ending their lives.

You can help save a life – support our petition and lets make all our school communities and families safer from the devastation of suicide. #saveouryouth

For a comprehensive overview of our training please visit the link below :)

http://suicideprograms.org.au/lifelines-trilogy-4-2/