Tailored postvention support for Aboriginal people

Partnership established with Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory (AMSANT) to deliver postvention suicide support services

StandBy and AMSANT have developed a partnership to deliver and coordinate postvention suicide support services across regions covered by AMSANT members and associate members. This collaboration aims to create a culturally safe hybrid model for postvention support, specifically tailored for Aboriginal people bereaved or impacted by suicide.

Together, StandBy and AMSANT will adapt StandBy’s educational materials to ensure they are culturally appropriate for Aboriginal people bereaved or impacted by suicide. The project will be implemented in a staged approach, prioritising members in the most impacted regions across the Northern Territory. Over the next 12 months (2024-25), this partnership will be subject to an academic evaluation led by The Batchelor Institute.

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StandBy is QIP Accredited as an organisation. Implemented by Suicide Prevention Australia and assessed by independent, not-for-profit accreditation provider, Quality Innovation Performance Limited (QIP), the Suicide Prevention Accreditation Program supports organisations to deliver safe, high-quality and effective suicide prevention and postvention programs.

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StandBy respectfully acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples as Australia’s First People and Traditional Custodians. We value their cultures, identities, continuing connection to country, waters, kin and community. We pay our respects to Elders past and present and emerging. We are committed to making a positive contribution to the wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, by providing services that are welcoming, safe, culturally appropriate, and inclusive.

StandBy acknowledges and pays respect to elders, advocates, activists, and allies of our LGBTIQA+SB communities. We affirm the support provided and acknowledge the cost involved in standing up for the rights of LGBTIQA+SB people.

StandBy recognises and honours the continued contribution of those with a lived experience of suicide bereavement. The courage, insight and wisdom of these unique experiences, strengthens the work that we do. We also acknowledge and remember the lives that have ended due to suicide and we encourage ongoing support and care for yourself and each other.

StandBy – An initiative of Youturn jointly funded by the Australian Commonwealth, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland and Victorian Governments.

For immediate crisis support call Lifeline on 13 11 14 Beyond Blue on 1300 22 4636 or QLife on 1800 184 527 or 13yarn.org.au on 13 92 76. In case of an emergency, call 000.

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