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Wesley LifeForce

Wesley LifeForce Suicide Prevention Networks

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    Be part of a community-led movement to prevent suicide

     

    Wesley LifeForce Suicide Prevention Networks (Wesley LifeForce Networks) is a national suicide prevention service supporting communities and saving lives.

    Wesley LifeForce Networks help communities better understand suicide and use proven strategies to support people at risk. This grassroots approach is enhanced through Wesley LifeForce Suicide Prevention Training workshops for community members and healthcare professionals.

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    The University of Melbourne identified the introduction of Wesley LifeForce Networks initially reduced community suicide rates by 17 per cent, with a long-term average of seven per cent.

      Become a Wesley LifeForce Member Network

      As a Wesley LifeForce Member Network, you’ll join a national movement that aims to reduce suicide and build community resilience.

      You’ll receive seed funding, set-up support and training to deliver suicide prevention projects in your local community. As well as access to dedicated community development coordinators, research and resources.

      Wesley LifeForce Networks are identified through Wesley Mission’s Network Selection and Establishment Process, endorsed by Griffith University and informed by Australian Bureau of Statistics and Australian Institute of Health and Welfare suicide and self-harm monitoring data.

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        Wesley LifeForce Affiliate Networks

        Already part of a local group or organisation working to prevent suicide in your community?

         

        Become an affiliate network and benefit from our extensive support, research and resources.

        To establish or join a Wesley LifeForce Network

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        Wesley LifeForce Member Network Locations

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        Victoria
        State Town/City Network Email
        VIC Ararat Ararat Suicide Prevention Awareness Group araratspag@gmail.com
        VIC Avoca Pyrenees Mental Health & Wellbeing Network pmhwnet@gmail.com
        VIC Bairnsdale East Gippsland Suicide Intervention Network rossforward@gmail.com
        VIC Ballarat Ballarat Suicide Awareness Network enquiries@suicidepreventionballarat.com.au
        VIC Bentleigh East South Eastern Suicide Prevention Network sesuicideprevention@gmail.com
        VIC Dandenong South East Melbourne Aboriginal Suicide Prevention and Healing Network debbiec@vacca.org
        VIC Edenhope LifeForce Edenhope lifeforceedenhope@gmail.com
        VIC Greater Dandenong City of Greater Dandenong, Casey and Cardinia Shire lifeforcenetworks@wesleymission.org.au
        VIC Greater Melbourne Greater Melbourne Suicide Prevention Network - CALD AS Communities dankhas@foundationhouse.org.au
        VIC Horsham Wimmera Lives Matter - Horsham ruth.e1971@yahoo.com.au
        VIC Kilmore Mitchell Suicide Prevention Network mitchellspn@gmail.com
        VIC Leongatha Leongatha Suicide Prevention Network mdebenham@wellways.org
        VIC Mildura Sunraysia Mallee Suicide Prevention Network sunraysiamallee@gmail.com
        VIC Mornington Chasing Change - Mornington Peninsula Suicide Prevention Network info@chasingchange.com.au
        VIC Robinvale Robinvale Euston Suicide Prevention Network resprevention@gmail.com
        VIC Rutherglen Rutherglen Suicide Prevention Network lifeforcenetworks@wesleymission.org.au
        VIC Shepparton Shepparton Suicide Prevention Network eknapp@wellways.org
        VIC Wangaratta Wangaratta Area Suicide Prevention Network (WASP) wasp@waspwangartta.com.au
        New South Wales
        State Town/City Network Email
        NSW Armidale New England Region Suicide Prevention Network andrew.daley@health.nsw.gov.au
        NSW Bathurst Wambuul Life Connection Network (Bathurst) vanessa.kendall@health.nsw.gov.au
        NSW Bourke Bourke Suicide Prevention Network adam@maranguka.org.au
        NSW Brewarrina Wallan Bulla Suicide Prevention Network lifeforcenetworks@wesleymission.org.au
        NSW Broken Hill Broken Hill Suicide Prevention Network lifeforcenetworks@wesleymission.org.au
        NSW Coffs Harbour Coffs Coast Suicide Prevention Initiative coffscoastspinitiative@gmail.com
        NSW Condobolin Galari Bili Life Promotion Network lifeforcenetworks@wesleymission.org.au
        NSW Coonabarabran Yarn, Support, Connect - Coona Suicide Prevention yarnsupportconnect@coonabarabran.org
        NSW Dareton Murray Darling Suicide Prevention Network lifeforcenetworks@wesleymission.org.au
        NSW Dubbo Winya Wula-win Suicide Prevention Network winyawulawinspn@gmail.com
        NSW Forster Great Lakes Suicide Prevention Network greatlakesspn2428@gmail.com
        NSW Goulburn Goulburn & District Suicide Prevention Network goulburnspnetwork@gmail.com
        NSW Lake Macquarie Lake Macquarie Suicide Prevention & Support Network ceo@lmnspn.org.au
        NSW Lismore Lismore Suicide Prevention Network catherine.bird@lifeline.org.au
        NSW Maitland Maitland Region Suicide Prevention Network mrspn100@gmail.com
        NSW Manly Northern Beaches CARES northernbeachescares@gmail.com
        NSW Menindee Menindee Suicide Prevention Network lifeforcenetworks@wesleymission.org.au
        NSW Nowra Shoalhaven Suicide Prevention & Awareness Team Inc. sspaninc@gmail.com
        NSW Orange Orange Region Suicide Prevention Network orspn2800@gmail.com
        NSW Parkes Lachlan Area Suicide Prevention Network lifeforcenetworks@wesleymission.org.au
        NSW Penrith Western Sydney Churches Suicide Prevention Network paul@resilientminds.au
        NSW Penrith Western Sydney Suicide Prevention & Support Network admin@supportaftersuicide.com.au
        NSW Port Stephens Port Stephens Suicide Prevention Network Inc. mm@mmurray.com.au
        NSW Queanbeyan Queanbeyan Suicide Prevention Network queanbeyanspn@gmail.com
        NSW Redfern Redfern Suicide Prevention Network lifeforcenetworks@wesleymission.org.au
        NSW Sutherland Shire Sutherland Shire Suicide Prevention Network lifeforcenetworks@wesleymission.org.au
        NSW Taree Manning Suicide Prevention Network manningSPN@gmail.com
        NSW Tenterfield TenterLIFE Suicide Prevention Network tenterlife@gmail.com
        NSW Wagga Wagga Wagga Wagga & Region Suicide Prevention Network wwrspn@gmail.com
        NSW Walgett Two Rivers Suicide Prevention Network andrew.carroll@health.nsw.gov.au
        NSW Wilcannia Barkindji Suicide Prevention Network brendona@redie.org.au
        NSW Wollongong Illawarra Suicide Prevention & Awareness Network ispanetwork@gmail.com
        NSW Yass Yass Valley Suicide Prevention Network yassvalleyspn@gmail.com
        NSW Young Hilltops Suicide Prevention Network Inc. hankjayhome@gmail.com
        Queensland
        State Town/City Network Email
        QLD Boonah Fassifern Suicide Prevention Network ken.meldrum@yahoo.com
        QLD Bowen Whitsunday Suicide Prevention Network Bowen info@wspn.org.au
        QLD Bundaberg Brave Brothers Bundaberg Region Suicide Prevention Network info@bravebrothers.org
        QLD Cannonvale Whitsunday Suicide Prevention Network info@wspn.org.au
        QLD Cherbourg Reaching Out 4 Help - Cherbourg Suicide Prevention Action Network cherbourg.span19@gmail.com
        QLD Chinchilla Western Downs Suicide Prevention Network Connecting Communities westerndownsspn@gmail.com
        QLD Cleveland Redlands Suicide Prevention Network redlandsspn@gmail.com
        QLD Gladstone Gladstone Suicide Prevention Network info@gladstonemindcare.org.au
        QLD Gympie Gympie Regional Suicide Prevention Network gympiesuicideprevention@gmail.com
        QLD Hervey Bay Fraser Coast Suicide Prevention Network frasercoastspn@outlook.com.au
        QLD Ipswich Connections for Life Ipswich Suicide Prevention and Awareness Network ipswichsuicideprevention@gmail.com
        QLD Kenmore Power of Us Network powerofusspn@gmail.com
        QLD Kingaroy South Burnett Suicide Prevention Working Group Inc. sb.suicideprevention1@gmail.com
        QLD Logan Logan Community Suicide Prevention Network logan.spn@gmail.com
        QLD Logan Logan First Nations Suicide Prevention Network - Gunya Meta fgreen@gunyameta.org
        QLD Longreach Central West Suicide Prevention Network centralwestspn@outlook.com
        QLD Mount Isa Mount Isa Suicide Prevention Network mountisasuicideprevention@gmail.com
        QLD Mundubbera North Burnett Suicide Prevention Network - Stepping Up northburnettspn@gmail.com
        QLD Rockhampton Central Queensland Community Suicide Prevention Network cqcspn@gmail.com
        QLD St George Balonne Community Suicide Prevention Network cdo@carebalonne.com
        QLD Sunshine Coast and Hinterland Suicide Prevention in Communities. Hinterland and Sunshine Coast ben@calcomm.org.au
        QLD Toowoomba Toowoomba Suicide Prevention Network treasurer.tspn@gmail.com
        QLD Townsville Townsville Suicide Prevention Network jeremy.audas@outlook.com
        QLD Warwick Southern Downs Suicide Prevention Network suicideprevention@sdspn.org
        QLD Weipa Western Cape Suicide Prevention Network westerncapespn@gmail.com
        QLD Yeppoon Livingstone Living Well Suicide Prevention Group llw-spg@outlook.com
        Western Australia
        State Town/City Network Email
        WA Banksia Grove Wanneroo & Communities Suicide Prevention Network wac.suicideprevention@gmail.com
        WA Bridgetown Bridgetown-Greenbushes Suicide Prevention Network sarah.youngson@westnet.com.au
        WA Broome Alive and Kicking Goals Suicide Prevention Network kevin@aliveandkicking.org.au
        WA Bunbury Bunbury Aboriginal Suicide Prevention Network ernie.hill@goomburrup.org.au
        WA Carnarvon Choose Life - Carnarvon Suicide Prevention Network carnarvonspn@gmail.com
        WA Collie Collie Suicide Prevention Network colliespn@gmail.com
        WA Derby Derby Suicide Prevention Network trent.emamanguda@bigpond.com
        WA Esperance LifeSPAN Suicide Prevention Network ccassam@bigpond.com
        WA Geraldton Geraldton Suicide Prevention Action Group dane@h-c-r.org
        WA Halls Creek Halls Creek Suicide Prevention Network govcoord.hcht@gmail.com
        WA Karratha Karratha Suicide Prevention Network lifeforcenetworks@wesleymission.org.au
        WA Kojonup Kojonup Suicide Prevention Network sparkkojonup@gmail.com
        WA Leonora Leonora Lives Matter - Suicide Prevention Team leonoralivesmatters@gmail.com
        WA Merredin Merredin Suicide Prevention Network lifeforcenetworks@wesleymission.org.au
        WA Moora Moora Suicide Prevention Network lifeforcenetworks@wesleymission.org.au
        WA Narrogin Narrogin Suicide Prevention Network jdrayton@holyoake.org.au
        WA Nollamara Organisation of African Community (OAC) info@oacwa.com.au
        WA Norseman Norseman Suicide Prevention Network lifeforcenetworks@wesleymission.org.au
        WA Northcliffe Southern Forest Lifespan info@northcliffefamily.org
        WA Perth Curtin African Student Association (Mental Well-being) curtinafricanstudents@gmail.com
        WA Perth Murdoch University Suicide Prevention Network clare.nicholls@murdoch.edu.au
        WA Perth Women of World Stage Inc. admin@wows.org.au
        WA Pinjarra Murray Suicide Awareness Network g.chandler@ecu.edu.au
        WA South East Perth South East Suicide Prevention Alliance david.frost@anglicarewa.org.au
        WA Warmun Warmun Community warmunceo@warmun.org.au
        WA Wyndham Five Rivers Suicide Prevention Network lifeforcenetworks@wesleymission.org.au
        South Australia
        State Town/City Network Email
        SA APY Lands APY Lands Suicide Prevention Network lifeforcenetworks@wesleymission.org.au
        SA Ceduna Ceduna Community Wellbeing Group (Far West SPN) cedunawellbeing@gmail.com
        SA Coober Pedy Coober Pedy Suicide Prevention Network cooberpedyspn@gmail.com
        SA Kangaroo Island - Kingscote Kangaroo Island Suicide Prevention Group kisuicideprevention@gmail.com
        SA Marion Walk Beside Suicide Prevention Network Adelaide walkbesidemspn@gmail.com
        SA Port Adelaide Port Adelaide Suicide Prevention Network portadelaidespn@gmail.com
        SA Port Augusta Suicide Intervention & Life Promotion Action Group silpagnetwork@gmail.com
        SA Strathalbyn Strathalbyn & Communities Wellbeing Network scspn.zero@gmail.com
        SA Victor Harbor South Coast Suicide Prevention Network sthcoastsuicidepreventionteam@gmail.com
        SA West Adelaide Western Adelaide Suicide Prevention Network westadelaidespn@gmail.com
        Northern Territory
        State Town/City Network Email
        NT Alice Springs Life Promotion Network nicole.pietsch@mhaca.org.au
        NT Borroloola Borroloola Suicide Prevention Network mona.roberts@amsant.org.au
        NT Canteen Creek Canteen Creek Suicide Prevention Network ceo@canteencreek.com.au
        NT Darwin Darwin Region Indigenous Suicide Prevention Network drispndwn@gmail.com
        NT Darwin NT Cattlemen’s Association lifeforcenetworks@wesleymission.org.au
        NT Darwin Sabrinas Reach 4Life info@sabrinasreach4life.com.au
        NT Groote Eylandt Anindilyakwa Suicide Prevention Network lifeforcenetworks@wesleymission.org.au
        NT Jilkminggan Jilkminggan Suicide Prevention Network jilkmingganSPN@outlook.com
        NT Katherine Katherine Suicide Prevention Network (Mental Mates) info@mentalmates.org
        NT Ski Beach Galupa Marngarr Suicide Prevention Group dhayirra_sharon@bigpond.com
        NT Wadeye Wadeye Suicide Prevention Network peter.zambellakis@thamarrurr.org.au
        NT Yirrkala Yirrkala Suicide Prevention Network lifeforcenetworks@wesleymission.org.au
        NT Yuendumu WYDAC johanna.ward@wydac.org.au
        Tasmania
        State Town/City Network Email
        TAS Cygnet Cygnet Cares Suicide Prevention Network cygnetcares.spn@gmail.com
        TAS Greater Glenorchy Greater Glenorchy Suicide Prevention Network ron.petterson@gcc.tas.gov.au
        TAS Queenstown West Coast Suicide Prevention Network ogradyzee@gmail.com
        TAS Scottsdale Dorset Suicide Prevention Network cheryl.mccartie@bigpond.com
        TAS Spring Bay Spring Bay Suicide Prevention Network springbayspnetwork@gmail.com

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        Phone 1300 086 906