LIFE Communications
The role of LIFE Communications is to improve communication between suicide and self-harm prevention stakeholders in Australia. We achieve this by providing access to the latest information from National Suicide Prevention Strategy (NSPS) projects in prevention, intervention and postvention. These projects are informed by Living Is For Everyone, a framework, research document and toolkit that shapes and directs how suicide prevention activity is undertaken in Australia.
LIFE Communications builds networks in suicide prevention between key stakeholders such as academics, researchers, health professionals, service providers, community leaders and policy makers. This is achieved through a range of strategic and targeted communication activities.
The LIFE website is the primary medium of communication. It provides the latest research on suicide and developments in NSPS, as well as opportunities to discuss issues and share knowledge, resources and information. The website also provides a dynamic and accessible forum of interaction, independent of stakeholders' geography, resources and time constraints.
The project team's role is to promote and facilitate use of the LIFE Framework and its accompanying research and toolkit amongst stakeholders, making it easy for them to access relevant information and apply it to their self-harm and suicide prevention work.
LIFE Communications:
- is a National Suicide Prevention Strategy project managed by Crisis Support Services on behalf of the Department of Health and Ageing
- aims to improve access to suicide and self-harm prevention activities in Australia through the promotion of the LIFE Framework and its professional development resources
- began in September 2007
LIFE Communications goals are to ensure stakeholders:
- have access to the Living Is For Everyone resources
- have access to the latest information, activities and resources in suicide prevention
- contribute their learnings and draw on each other's expertise
Contact the LIFE Communications team via livingisforeveryone.com.au