Lifeline Suicide Prevention Fund

About the Lifeline Suicide Prevention Fund

The Lifeline Suicide Prevention Fund has been established by Lifeline Australia to ensure the future sustainability of our suicide prevention, awareness and education services in Australia. All money donated to this Fund will go directly to our suicide prevention programs and activities.

Even with the support of our dedicated volunteers, more funds are desperately needed to run and expand our suicide prevention programs throughout Australia.

By donating to the Lifeline Suicide Prevention Fund you will be helping Lifeline Australia to continue this essential work Quite simply, your donation will help us to save lives.

What is Lifeline’s role in Suicide Prevention?

Each day Lifeline receives over 1200 calls on our national 24-hour telephone counselling service and at least 30 of these are directly related to suicide. We have more than 4,000 trained Lifeline volunteer telephone counsellors who provide callers with non-judgemental counselling, referrals and information.

Lifeline also provides a range of suicide prevention, awareness and education activities across our 42 Centres across Australia. These services include:

· supporting people before they reach a crisis situation and encouraging help-seeking behaviour;
· providing resources and support to help those experiencing immediate risk;
· support for the 20,000 people each year impacted by the suicide of a friend or loved one; and
· training in suicide awareness and suicide first aid for over 6,000 community caregivers each year

Lifeline helps people at all stages of crisis

As well as our telephone counselling service, Lifeline operates a comprehensive range of suicide prevention services for people at all stages of crisis including:

· Lifeline Information Service: distributes printed self help materials and toolkits for issues such as depression and suicide.

· LivingWorks: ASIST - Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training: training in suicide first aid.

· Suicide Bereavement Support: a number of Lifeline Centres focus on grief and loss issues for family and friends who have lost someone to suicide.

· Life Matters Program: face-to-face counselling support for people identified as being at risk of suicide when exiting medical and psychiatric services.

· Read the Signs: a campaign in conjunction with MTAA Super Fund, producing material encouraging fund members in distress to seek help, and workshops on mental health literacy and suicide awareness.

Download a Lifeline Suicide Prevention Fund Donation Brochure (136.kb)