LIVING Beyond Suicide
For support
in the days and hours after a suicide, phone 1300 76 11
93 (call costs 27.5 cents) between
10am–10pm any day. Trained
Family Support Volunteers are on call to stand by
you and guide you through the maze of things to do
facing the bereaved.
Download
more info here
Do you have
the heart to standby a family bereaved by suicide?
Download a
brochure here for
Volunteers
Survivor-sensitive
volunteers are now being recruited.
Application Forms:
1. Is volunteering with Living Beyond
Suicide for me?
Click here to download some more
information.
2. Click here to download the application form to be a
volunteer
3.
Click here to download the application form for a police
check
(and please forward on to your network so as many
people as possible hear of this opportunity to receive
free training to stand by families in the hours and days
after bereavement by suicide).
For more
information, click here to download the brochure.
download the October newsletter here, or
download
the September newsletter
Contact:
Living Beyond Suicide Coordinator: Michael Hawke, email
lbs@anglicare-sa.org.au
Telephone 8301 4222
Mob 0448 664 864
COBBerS
Companions
Of Bereaved
By…er…Suicide
People do find it hard to actually say ‘that word’
suicide.
Research shows that the more sudden, unexpected and
unnatural the death, the harder it is for those around
the bereaved to express appropriate support. Living
Beyond Suicide has been funded by the Department of
Health and Ageing to raise the awareness in the
community of the needs of the bereaved and to promote a
greater sensitivity within service agencies in their
responses to the bereaved.
One day COBBerS Loss and Grief training workshops are now being offered
by LIVING Beyond Suicide. It is also the first day of
training for Living Beyond Suicide Volunteers.
It is
intended that COBBerS participants will be better
prepared to:
§
Understand the unique issues and experiences associated
with any significant loss, including suicide
§
Sensitively respond to those who are bereaved instead of feeling like
‘avoiding’ them
§
Access relevant resources and networks.
This
unique postvention training is recommended for:
professionals & service agencies ($60), the general
public and survivors (employed fulltime $50, part time
$20 and no cost if unemployed).
If
you are interested in applying for COBBerS training,
download an application form here, or if you are
interested in becoming a Living Beyond Suicide
Ambassador in your region for COBBerS
download this form, or contact Ali Laslett on 8301
4222 for more information.
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Do
you want to talk to someone about your suicide grief
journey?
Do you want to talk to someone who
themselves have been bereaved by suicide?
1.
Call the
Bereaved Through
Suicide telephone support line on
8332 8240:
www.bts.org.au
2. Request
FREE TELEPHONE COUNSELLING (six
fifty-minute professional counselling sessions) from the
Suicide Call Back Service: a free nation-wide telephone
support service for those at risk of suicide, anyone
concerned about a loved one at risk and those bereaved
by suicide: Phone 1300 659 467 seven
days a week, 10am - 8:30pm
3.
Phone numbers for use throughout Australia
·
Lifeline, 13 11 14
www.lifeline.org.au
·
Kids Help Line, 1800 55 1800
Kids Help Line is Australia's only
free, confidential and anonymous, telephone and online
counselling service specifically for young people aged
between 5 and 25.
www.kidshelpline.com.au
Living Beyond Suicide
is a service of Anglicare's Loss and Grief
Centre.
Living Beyond Suicide offers survivor-sensitive
early support for families bereaved through suicide.
Emotional and practical support is provided by
appropriately skilled and trained volunteers to help
families navigate service systems and access the
assistance they need. The service will engender a
survivor sensitivity and responsiveness within services,
public authorities and the wider community through
community-based education and capacity building.
Unique Attributes
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Metropolitan and state-wide service
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Highly trained, professionally
supervised, survivor sensitive volunteer base
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No cost
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Anyone can refer
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Quick flexible
response to suicide, 10am–10pm, any day
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Practical and sensitive support
offered to families – when and where it’s needed
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Assistance provided with navigating
the maze of post-suicide systems and services –
information provision and linkage to relevant
services
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Responsive to individual, family and
community needs
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Community capacity building, with a
strong commitment to regional areas
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Awareness-raising and education focus
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Working in close collaboration with
other services
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Informed by, and informing, leading
research in the field.
Living Beyond Suicide has been
accepting referrals and supporting families since
January 2008.
For more information and support, visit GriefLink at
www.grieflink.asn.au
How can I help
a person who is suicidal?
http://www.mcsp.org.au/suicide/help
Some helpful material:
Where to go for help
NEW!
Coping with anniversary dates
Kids and funerals
Useful prayers from the Salvos website
Talking to children
I didn't stop loving you
Suicide and Grief
After the suicide: things to think about
Some dos and
don'ts
Helping a man who is grieving
where to go
for help
Organisations and other people you need to notify
The club no-one wants to belong to
Different elements of grief, and beyond surviving
Tips for coping after a loved one has taken their life
Aboriginal people
and suicide
Suicide
and Christianity
Helping an employee return to work after a suicide in
their family
When children learn about trauma
Some other links you may
find helpful
Information Support Pack
The Care & Support Pack for Families & Friends bereaved
by Suicide: NSW government publication freely
downloaded from web
Aboriginal
Support Page: Grieving
Aboriginal Way
ASPiRE Australian Suicide Prevention
Information and Research Exchange
RD4U:
RD4U is a website designed for young people by young
people.
What about? —
Common questions
After A Suicide: Recommendations for Religious
Services and Other Public Memorial Observations A 13
page booklet
Winston’s Wish: Help for grieving children and their
families
Mensline Australia Family and Relationship matters
Sibling
Survivors for brothers and sisters
If you are thinking about suicide, read this first:
A helpful website if contemplating suicide
Depressionet Australian support and fact
sheets on depression
Depnet
Australia: An everyday support about depression with
chat rooms and downloads
Supporting children after a suicide: A 23 page
booklet
“SOS Handbook” (Survivors of Suicide): An excellent
36-page booklet for survivors
American Association of Suicidology: Resources for
people bereaved by suicide, including fact sheets and
bibliography.
NSW support pack: Care and support pack for families
bereaved through suicide
Compassionate Friends UK: A wide range of helpful
brochures
Cruse bereavement care Leaflets to download
Suicide Awareness Voices of Education: Coping with
Loss
Professional clean up services
www.angelfire.com/ga4/ffos/Suicide_Discussion_Board.html.
Survivor discussion board.
www.griefnet.org.
Internet community of people dealing with death, and
loss. Sponsors 47 email support groups, organized by
type of loss (including suicide) and relationship.
www.grohol.com/helpme.htm.
Email support groups based on relationship
(including groups for children, which are moderated
by adults) and special interest. Also has links to
other online resources.
www.groww.org/Branches/sos.htm.
Email support group.
'Parents of Suicides' email
support group exclusively for parents who've lost a
child to suicide. For information, visit
www.pos-ffos.com,
This website is a gateway to many other useful
links.
www.pbs.org/weblab/living
Created by a survivor to provide a space for
survivors to share their stories.
www.compassionatefriends.org.
Sponsors on-line chat groups for those who've lost a
child or sibling (not specific to suicide). Also has
links to other online resources.
Other web sites of
interest:
www.beforetheirtime.org.
Before Their Time is a three-volume, six-CD
compilation of memorial songs for survivors. From
Joan Baez to Cheryl Wheeler, 80 artists contributed
songs they wrote after the death of someone they
love. A perfect condolence gift that provides
comfort through all the stages of grief that
survivors encounter. All sales benefit AFSP.
www.thegiftofkeith.org/info/main_navigation.html.
Created by a survivor family that contains
information and resources about surviving suicide
loss.
www.siblingsurvivors.com.
Created by a survivor after she lost her sister to
suicide.
www.suicidememorialwall.com.
Created to remember some of the names of those who
died by suicide and to encourage survivors to better
understand the causes of suicide.
www.survivorsofsuicide.com.
Comprehensive web site for suicide survivors.
Spiritual and Cultural Well-Being After a
Suicide - for Indigenous Communities
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