Feb 07 2022

Great Southern

StandBy Support After Suicide is delivered in Western Australia by Anglicare WA, providing practical support for people, families and communities who have lost loved ones or friends to suicide. This service is free of charge and provided at a time and place that best suits those who request support. We also provide workshops and training to enhance community understanding and skills in supporting people bereaved by suicide.

The Great Southern StandBy service is delivered from Walpole to Ravensthorpe, to Hyden, Kondinin and across Brookton including all communities within.

The service benefits from Anglicare WA’s experience in delivering community services in the Great Southern region for 20 years and its network of partnerships with local services and community groups built over this time. Anglicare WA is a leading not-for-profit organisation and provides around 80 different types of social service across Western Australia, supported by more than 600 staff and 200 volunteers.

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.

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.

StandBy Head Office
1B Maud Street,
Nambour
QLD 4560

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