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The Living Is For Everyone (LIFE) website is a world-class suicide and self-harm prevention resource. Dedicated to providing the best available evidence and resources to guide activities aimed at reducing the rate at which people take their lives in Australia, the LIFE website is designed for people across the community who are involved in suicide and self-harm prevention activities.

What's New

New reportage.

A profile page for the Farm Link suicide prevention project is now online.

The I Need Help Now page has been updated.

The SANE Mental Illness and Bereavement Project profile has been updated.

Free LIFE evaluation workshops are arriving in every Australian capital city throughout March and April. Read more about them here.

A transcript of LIFE's live chat session with Professor Ian Webster AO is now online. The theme was 'men and suicide prevention.'  

Featured Project

SANE Mental Illness Bereavement Project

The SANE Mental Illness Bereavement Project aims to improve services and support for family and friends of people with mental illness who have died by suicide or are missing.

LIFE News

LIFE News issue 8, which focuses on bereavement and suicide prevention, is now available online.

LIFE News is the online newsletter of the National Suicide Prevention Strategy in Australia. Published bi-monthly, LIFE News features comment, project updates, national and international research, and much more.

Previous editions of LIFE News can be located in the LIFE News archive.

LIFE Framework

 

View the LIFE Framework online here.

LIFE professional development evaluation workshops
LIFE in conjunction with the Australian Psychological Society is hosting free professional development evaluation workshops around Australia in March and April 2010. These day long workshops will introduce and explain the key concepts of evaluation and leave participants with a take-home plan. Read more about them here.

Current threads on the LIFE discussions forums include 'The Compassionate Friends,' 'The Hope for Life Lifekeeper Memory Quilt' and 'Promoting social and emotional wellbeing in young people.' Login to join the discussion or register here.

LIFE's Indigenous webpage provides statistics, policy resources and more about suicide prevention in Indigenous communities.