Information & Support Pack for those bereaved by suicide or other sudden death

2010 Commonwealth information and support packs for those bereaved by suicide or other sudden death

2nd edition individual packs produced for the follwoing states: WA, SA, VIC, ACT, QLD, NT.

Care and support pack for families and friends bereaved by suicide (NSW)

• After a suicide death: information for families and friends
• At the time: when someone you know has died by suicide
• Coping with grief after a suicide death

Tasmanian Suicide Prevention: Sudden Loss Support Kit

Support After Suicide - Jesuit Social Services

Information and resources for those experiencing bereavement following a suicide

Living Beyond Suicide (SA)

Living Beyond Suicide offers survivor-sensitive early support for families bereaved through suicide in the Adelaide region. It helps families navigate service systems and get the assistance they need.

StandBy Response Service (Qld, WA, TAS, ACT)

The StandBy Response Service provides people bereaved by suicide with access to timely support and clear pathways to care at 9 locations across Australia. The service provides immediate response to people bereaved by suicide via its 24-hour crisis response telephone number.

ARBOR (WA)

Perth based outreach service for people bereaved by suicide. It works closely with other support services and the community to provide support services, information and resources for people bereaved by suicide.

Hope for Life – Salvation Army

The Salvation Army’s Hope for Life suicide prevention website provides advice for helping those bereaved by suicide; statistics and a list of resources; and support groups and training courses available. Includes 1300 467 354 Hope Line for suicide bereavement support.

SANE Australia

Fact sheet 34 - Is someone close to you bereaved by suicide?

Fact sheet 33 - Has someone close to you died by suicide?

Supporting children after suicide . . . information for parents and other caregivers

Helping your children after a suicide

Telling children about suicide (Canadian)

Suggestions for helping children who have been bereaved by suicide, SIEC Alert #22, Feb 1997 

Child Survivors of Suicide (Canadian)

Impact of Suicide bereavement on children, SIEC Alert #69, May 2008

Help is at Hand: a resource for people bereaved by suicide and other sudden, traumatic death (UK)

This UK guide is aimed at the wide range of people who are affected by suicide or other sudden, traumatic death. It aims firstly to help people who are unexpectedly bereaved in this way. It also provides information for healthcare and other professionals who come into contact with bereaved people, to assist them in providing help and to suggest how they themselves may find support if they need it.

American Association of Suicidology - Survivors (USA)

American Association of Suicidology website has lots of great suicide bereavement resources. The SOS Handbook is designed to be a pocket-sized, quick-reference booklet for suicide survivors. Written by fellow survivor Jeffrey Jackson, it is brief, clear, and packed with essential information covering nearly every aspect of the survivor ordeal -- from the emotional roller-coaster, to the elusive quest for "Why?", to how to locate a US support group.

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention - Surviving Suicide Loss (USA)

AFSP reaches out to survivors of suicide with two goals in mind: To offer the support that is so vital, particularly to the newly bereaved; and to provide opportunities for survivors to get involved, through a wide variety of educational, outreach, awareness, advocacy and fundraising programs.

SPAN USA

he Suicide Prevention Action Network (SPAN USA) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to preventing suicide through public education and awareness, community action and federal, state and local grassroots advocacy. Their goal was to create a way for survivors of suicide - those who have lost someone to suicide - to transform their grief into positive action to prevent future tragedies.

MTAA Readthesigns survivors of suicide page

This website has been developed for MTAA Superannuation members but available to anyone as a resource. The purpose of providing this information is to help individuals who have lost a loved one to suicide. The Survivors of Suicide booklet is particularly useful.

They Might Be Grieving Too (CANADA)

This website has been developed for Commonalities of suicide grief experience, SIEC Alert 59, Sept 2005.