Background
Every life was released in 2019 and was designed to be implemented in three phases over ten years. The plan acknowledges that effective suicide prevention requires responses beyond health services and must incorporate the voices of people with lived experience.
Phase One concluded in 2022, and Phase Two will conclude in 2026.
Every life provides a plan of action for preventing suicide through a comprehensive set of initiatives, including:
- building resilience to prevent suicide
- intervening early in distress and vulnerability
- providing intensive responses at crisis points, and
- whole-of-system supports during key life stages and pivotal life events.
Initiatives driving reform under Phase Two include:
the development of a Suicide Prevention Research Agenda in collaboration with academics and people with lived experience of suicide
- providing over $630,000 in research grants to four Queensland universities to better understand suicide and enhance suicide prevention
- piloting a community-led suicide prevention initiative in four rural and remote Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander communities
- developing and releasing the whole-of-government Trauma Strategy, and
- improving the way suicide data, evidence and evaluation is collected, used and shared to drive and improve suicide prevention in Queensland.
In total, 52 activities are being progressed across the four action areas and progress is being led by 11 government agencies.
Implementation is driven across the government, non-government and community sectors, in partnership with people who have lived experience of suicide, their families, friends and loved ones, as well as with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Phase Two of Every life will conclude next year.
