Committed to the prevention of suicide.
This Alliance for Suicide Prevention – Sunshine Coast is a group of organisations and individuals who care about combining mental health resources with local connections to meet a real community need. Together we can use our strengths for good.
300 people trained. 100 days.
We’ve set a goal: train 300 more people to be suicide alert between World Suicide Prevention Day and the end of the year.
Ambitious? Yes. But our community is motivated to play their part in creating a suicide-safer Sunshine Coast.
Help us reach our goal and learn how to be alert to suicide-risk. You can complete 90-minute online training. Or attend in-person training: half-day and two-day options available.
Anyone who attends training before 9 December goes in the draw to win one of three $100 vouchers at Bocca, The Recovery Room and Event Cinemas. Terms and conditions apply.
Latest News
Alliance wins national award for community impact
The Alliance has won a national award for Community Engagement at the 2021 Engagement Australia Excellence Awards.
Passion for Coast community leads to award
Having dedicated her career to helping others, including addressing high suicide rates on the Sunshine Coast, Elise Jione of USC’s Thompson Institute has won a top award for her work.
Ms Jione, 32, the General Manager of the Institute, was last night named Young Business Woman of the Year at the 2021 Sunshine Coast Women’s Business Network Awards.
Research shows training helps people ‘recognise and respond’ to suicide risk
Our published research shows suicide-alertness training improves trainees’ long-term ability to recognise and respond to those in need. The Alliance offers monthly safeTALK training, developed by LivingWorks, free to the community. Many trainees helped us...
Research busts mental health coping myth
People with extreme psychological distress have exceeded the limits of their own resources, and need support from others to cope, according to new research led by The Alliance for Suicide Prevention - Sunshine Coast's Professor of...
Five things you can do for Queensland Mental Health Week
The theme for this year's Queensland Mental Health Week is take time for mental health. Here are five options for taking time for mental health, which cover taking time for yourself, your loved ones and the community. 1. Get expert advice in our free mental wellbeing...
Healing the community with the gift of a meal
Member news: At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Urban Angels Community Kitchen and their community volunteers were lovingly preparing 1200 meals daily for Sunshine Coast people in need.
Research
The Sunshine Coast Mind & Neuroscience – Thompson Institute is supporting the Alliance in a community-based suicide prevention strategy.
Training
Develop your knowledge through evidenced-based mental health capacity building programs and research.
Upcoming Events
The Alliance holds a number of events including training workshops, forums and information sessions.
