Peer CARE Companions in Community
Roses in the Ocean is delivering a peer-led community support initiative for people affected by suicide and distress. It’s being delivered in collaboration with Queensland Health.
Key activities include:
- recruiting and supporting volunteers with lived-living experience
- delivering community outreach
- strengthening local support networks
- evaluating outcomes and sustainability.
The initiative complements existing services and expands access to peer-based support.
Early Suicide Awareness and Response in Youth
The University of the Sunshine Coast's Thompson Institute Youth Mental Health Program is reviewing the Early Suicide Awareness and Response in Youth (ESARY) protocol.
Key activities include:
- implementing and evaluating the ESARY protocol
- supporting early identification of suicide risk through a real-time screening approach for young people aged 12 +
- strengthening responses for young people at risk of suicide
- improving referral pathways and access to support.
The initiative aims to improve early intervention and support for young people experiencing suicidal distress. It also aims to strengthen coordination between services supporting at-risk young people.
Tertiary Transformation Grants
Griffith University, headspace, Bond University, TAFE Queensland, The University of Queensland, Central Queensland University and the University of Southern Queensland are funded under this grants program. They are delivering projects to strengthen suicide prevention and alcohol and other drug capability across the tertiary education sector.
Key activities include:
- developing and adapting training resources
- strengthening suicide prevention and postvention approaches
- improving alcohol and other drug education and curriculum content
- embedding lived-living experience in project design and delivery.
The initiative supports improved capability in the emerging workforce, stronger suicide prevention and postvention responses, and reduced stigma and its impacts across the tertiary sector.
Learn more about the Tertiary Transformation Grants grant recipients.