World Suicide Prevention Day 2024 Events

It’s a Wednesday morning in the school holidays. Some children are playing together in a school hall. This is Support After Suicide’s program tailored to children: Serious Fun.

“When I was bereaved by suicide, I was not just grieving the loss of a friend but grieving for all LGBTQIA+ people who face a transphobic and homophobic world each day,” says Immy Money, Project Officer at our new Support After Suicide Hub (SASH). “I was realising just how many in our community are suicide…

Support After Suicide program recently hosted our annual talk by grief and trauma expert, Dr Rob Gordon. The talk addressed the themes of guilt and responsibility, particularly in suicide bereavement. 

When musician and anthropologist Glenn McDonald’s mum passed away from suicide in 2011, music played an important part in his recovery.

This morning, Louise Flynn, General Manager of Support After Suicide spoke at the launch of South Eastern Melbourne Primary Health Network’s (SEMPHN) postvention toolkit ‘Growing Around Grief’ to support people in south east Melbourne affected by suicide and sudden loss. Louise spoke alongside Tim Richardson MP, Victoria’s Parliamentary Secretary for Mental Health & Suicide Prevention, lived…