Cairns and Hinterland Suicide Prevention Community Action Plan Newsfeed

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Purpose of this page

This page will act as a newsfeed for the Cairns and Hinterland Suicide Prevention Community Action Plan Project. It will be regularly updated with upcoming activities, insights, resources and ongoing outcomes as we undertake project activities.

We have designed this page to inform people who are interested in this project and its relevant subject matter. We highly encourage anyone who wants to remain informed regarding this project to join the email list below so you can be the first to know about upcoming project activities and receive exclusive access to project outcomes.

Check out posts related to this project below!

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Drafting the Suicide Prevention Community Action Plan for the Cairns and Hinterland Region
Drafting the Suicide Prevention Community Action Plan for the Cairns and Hinterland Region

The development of the Cairns and Hinterland SPCAP has been quite the journey. Although experiencing a number of temporary disruptions, the end result has been more than worth it. The process so far has been a rewarding one with many highlights to report…

Cairns and Hinterland Suicide Prevention Community Action Plan Community Advisory Group Meeting - May
Cairns and Hinterland Suicide Prevention Community Action Plan Community Advisory Group Meeting - May

The purpose of this meeting was to present all consultation findings that have been collected so far and present a list of activities that could potentially make it into the final Cairns and Hinterland Suicide Prevention Community Action Plan.

Lived experience & LGBTIQAP+ engagement summary
Lived experience & LGBTIQAP+ engagement summary

Through a series of face-to-face co-design sessions, we gained many insights from a range of community members’ perspectives. These insights will directly inform the development of the Suicide Prevention Community Action Plan (SP-CAP) for the Cairns and Hinterland region.

Cairns and Hinterland Suicide Prevention Community Action Plan Community Advisory Group Meeting - April
Cairns and Hinterland Suicide Prevention Community Action Plan Community Advisory Group Meeting - April

Find out what we have achieved in the Community Advisory Group meetings for this project so far and the approach and outcomes of the April meeting, discussing the vision, purpose, implementation and governance of the Cairns and Hinterland region Suicide Prevention Community Action Plan.

Cairns and Hinterland Suicide Prevention Community Action Plan Community Advisory Group Meeting - March
Cairns and Hinterland Suicide Prevention Community Action Plan Community Advisory Group Meeting - March

Wondering what the SPCAP CAG meetings look like? This blog explores our Community Advisory Group meeting: co-design session 1. Within this meeting, we identified issues and ideas surrounding suicide in the Cairns and Hinterland region communities. The outcomes of this meeting have detailed in this blog so be sure to check it out.

Why use a survey to drive targeted engagement for the Cairns and Hinterland Suicide Prevention Community Action Plan?
Why use a survey to drive targeted engagement for the Cairns and Hinterland Suicide Prevention Community Action Plan?

As a part of our ongoing engagement with Northern Queensland PHN to develop a Suicide Prevention Community Action Plan, we have distributed a survey that aims to engage a broader community to contribute to the development of this plan. Read this blog to find out how you can be involved.

Lived Experience and LGBTQIAP+ Engagement Opportunity!
Lived Experience and LGBTQIAP+ Engagement Opportunity!

We are inviting stakeholders from these communities to offer their thoughts and insights into the current state of suicide prevention in the Cairns and Hinterland region, and how it should look in the future to achieve better outcomes for the community. Read this blog to find out more about how to register and engage in these sessions!

Cairns and Hinterland Suicide Prevention Community Action Plan Newsfeed
Cairns and Hinterland Suicide Prevention Community Action Plan Newsfeed

This page will act as a newsfeed for the Cairns and Hinterland Suicide Prevention Community Action Plan Project. It will be regularly updated with upcoming activities, insights, resources and ongoing outcomes as we undertake project activities. We have designed this page to inform people who are interested in this project and its relevant subject matter.

Cairns Suicide Prevention Community Action Plan - Trip 2
Cairns Suicide Prevention Community Action Plan - Trip 2

As part of the Cairns and Hinterland Suicide Prevention Community Action Plan (SP-CAP), the Beacon Strategies team are engaging local stakeholders throughout its development. To begin the local engagements, Elliot and Sarah made a trip to Cairns at the end of 2020 to meet with key stakeholders to develop this locally specific SP-CAP.

Refreshing our project approach post-COVID-19
Refreshing our project approach post-COVID-19

Given the serious nature of the pandemic itself and also due to the project requiring extensive stakeholder and community engagement, the decision was made to put a hold on this project for 6 months in April 2020. The recommencement of the project was then reviewed in September of 2020 where the decision was made that it was appropriate to re-engage the project and its relevant stakeholders.

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What the project is

The purpose of the project is to lead the collaborative refinement of the Cairns and Hinterland SPCAP, resulting in a community and sector endorsed path forward for coordinated suicide prevention activities across the region.

Project objectives include:

  1. Consolidate and understand the draft Cairns and Hinterland SPCAP, policy reports and current research to further inform the development of the plan.

  2. Engage with a broad range of community members and professionals to identify issues, gaps and opportunities to strengthen localised responses to suicide.

  3. Understand local suicide data and trends to target localised responses to meet the needs of people likely experiencing suicidal thoughts.

  4. Review and document existing suicide prevention activities within the Cairns and Hinterland region to leverage existing activity and avoid duplication.

  5. Collaborate intensively with key stakeholders within the Cairns and Hinterland region to reach an agreement and endorsement on a set of suicide prevention activities.

  6. Support the establishment of sub-regional implementation teams to ensure an effective platform for steering local activity.

  7. Produce a whole-of-region Cairns and Hinterland Suicide Prevention Community Action Plan to enable the consistent delivery of activities across the region.

Who is involved

This project has been funded by Northern QLD PHN and will see Beacon Strategies work alongside teams from Black Dog Institute and Roses in the Ocean.

Within this project, we have a Community Action Group made up of 27 individuals who represent a variety of perspectives, including:

  • First Nations

  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health services

  • Lived Experience

  • LGBTI

  • Youth

  • PHNs

  • HHSs

  • Service providers

  • Regional perspective

  • Suicide prevention

  • Subject matter experts

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