Helplines: Suicide Call Back Service - 1300 659 467 A national and free telephone counselling service. This number is not a crisis line and is only staffed between 10am and 8.30pm (seven days a week) The service provides support to: People who are suicidal; People caring for someone who is suicidal; People bereaved by suicide. Lifeline - 131114 http://www.lifeline.org.au Mensline - 1300 78 9978 http://www.menslineaus.org.au Kid's Help Line - 1800 55 1800 http://www.kidshelp.com.au
Government: Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing http://www.health.gov.au http://www.communities.qld.gov.au/
Web based information and support: Reach Out - a web based information and support service for young people that are going through tough times. www.reachout.com.au Online Bereavement Kit Download a copy of the National Suicide Prevention Strategies' Information and support pack for those bereaved by suicide and other sudden death. Read The Signs - promotes help seeking and suicide prevention among members of MTAA Super and employers in the retail motor trades and allied industries http://www.readthesigns.com.au AUSEINET – Australian Network for Promotion and Early Intervention for Mental Health http://www.auseinet.com/ Salvation Army, "Hope for Life" - suicide prevention information and support www.suicideprevention.salvos.org.au Living is for Everyone - A framework for prevention of suicide in Australia 
http://www.livingisforeveryone.com.au Sane - a national organisation working for a better life for people affected by mental illness. www.sane.org
Services: Frontier Services: Community support services specifically for outback Australia. www.frontierservices.org LivingWorks: Training and education programs in suicide prevention and intervention http://www.livingworks.org.au
Advocacy Suicide Prevention Australia Suicide Prevention Australia is a non-profit, non-government organisation working as a public health advocate in suicide prevention. SPA is the only national umbrella body active in suicide prevention throughout Australia, providing:- - Community Awareness and Advocacy
- Information
- Training and Conferences
http://www.suicidepreventionaust.org/ World Health Organization Please type "suicide prevention" in the search box. http://www.who.int/en/ CAPS Book Review Local author, Damian Mason, publishes a self help book from a personal perspective - click here for a CAPS review. Damian now has his own website
http://www.emotionalsos.com.au
Two community sites about community respite care facitlities for suicidal people In Tasmania http://parakaleo.org.au In London, UK http://maytree.org.uk
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