Suicide Prevention Forum 2020

Suicide Prevention, It’s Everyone’s Business

Looking out for our community has never been more important than in this moment – join us online for the 2020 Suicide Prevention Forum (SPF20) to learn about suicide prevention strategies that work in rural areas.

Starting off our day, key note speaker, Ben Brooksby, will take us on his journey that culminated in the establishment of the ‘Naked Farmer’; followed by a range of guest presenters that will appeal to practitioners and community members alike, providing strategies that you will be able to put to immediate use in your service and/or community.

https://www.thenakedfarmerco.com.au/about-us

Check out the range of presenters:

• Rob Gargano - Carer Support Services https://www.bendigohealth.org.au/CarerSupportService/
• Ro Allen - Commissioner for LGBTIQ+ Communities https://www.vic.gov.au/lgbtiq-equality
• Harry McAnulty - Harry McAnulty Consulting https://harrymcanulty.com.au/
• Maree Dixon - Headspace https://headspace.org.au/
• Paul Lacey - Northern District Community Health https://www.ndch.org.au/tactics-for-tough-times.html
• Alison Kennedy - The Ripple Effect https://therippleeffect.com.au/about-us/
• David Baker - Mood Mission https://moodmission.com/
• Lauren Zappa - The Royal Flying Doctos Mental Health Service https://www.flyingdoctor.org.au/what-we-do/mental-health/
• Glenn Canning - Standby Murray https://apmha.com.au/standby-murray/
• Rod Flavell & Alannah McGregor - SPAN Central Victoria https://www.spancv.org.au/16-about
• Gus Worland - Gotcha4Life Foundation https://www.gotcha4life.org/about-gotcha4life
• Jo Rasmussen - Murray PHN https://www.murrayphn.org.au/about/
• Marie Piu - Tandem https://www.tandemcarers.org.au/about-us.php
• Peta Phelan - Indigenous Health https://pochehealth.edu.au/about/
• Cindy Gould, Dallas Coghill & Carole Payton- Inglewood District Health Service https://idhs.vic.gov.au/community-service/
• Amelia Arnold - Thorne Harbour Health https://thorneharbour.org/
• Jeremy Forbes - HALT https://thehaltbrekky.com/what-is-halt/
• Andrea Smith  - Loddon Mallee Mental Health Carers Network https://www.lmmhcn.org.au/
• Stephanie Freemantle - Healthy Heart Victoria https://www.bendigo.vic.gov.au/Services/Community-and-Care/Healthy-Heart-of-Victoria
• John Clark - RAWTAS https://www.rawtas.com.au/

Program information including links to participate in the forum will be provided as we move closer to the forum date.

FREE Registration for SPF20 is available thanks to the wonderful support from

Carer Support Services

  https://www.bendigohealth.org.au/CarerSupportService/

Victorian Department Health and Human Services

  https://www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/

We would also like to thank the Mental Health Foundation Australia for supporting this forum as part of Mental Health Week

 www.mhfa.org.au