Suicide Prevention
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StandBy Support After Suicide
StandBy is Australia’s leading suicide postvention program dedicated to assisting people and communities bereaved or impacted by suicide.
Suicide postvention is a crucial aspect of suicide prevention.
What we do
The StandBy program is focused on supporting anyone who has been bereaved or impacted by suicide at any stage in their life, including:
- Individuals
- Families
- Friends
- Witnesses
- First Responders
- Service Providers
StandBy is accessible seven days a week, providing free face-to face and/or telephone support at a time and place that is best for each individual.
The program offers coordinated evidence-based support and resources (including connections to local services and groups) that is individualised for each person’s unique circumstance. This support is continued for up to two years to ensure those that engage with StandBy are not alone and receive ongoing support.
StandBy is guided by local advisory groups – which includes community stakeholders as well as those with Lived Experience. StandBy National is informed by our National Lived Experience Advisory Group.
StandBy builds community preparedness and resilience through extensive training to community and professional groups to ensure effectiveness and that duplicated effort is avoided. The program is also ideally placed to offer a settings-based approach, providing group support after a suicide for schools, workplaces and community groups.
StandBy – An initiative of Youturn jointly funded by the Australian Commonwealth, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland and Victorian Governments.
Support
We offer face to face telephone support. Please select an option below to make contact:
Workshops
StandBy provides a range of locally tailored community workshops and education programs to increase awareness of suicide and suicide bereavement to help enable communities to support one another.
Resources
People often find it helpful to read about how grief may affect them, and how others have coped in similar situations.
We offer support leaflets, toolkits, books and links to useful resources.
Emergency?
If you are currently having suicidal thoughts, please seek immediate assistance by calling Lifeline on 13 11 14 Beyond Blue on 1300 22 4636 or QLife on 1800 184 527. If you or someone you are with is in need of immediate support please call 000.
