Queensland lived experience development workshops

If you live in any of the above areas and would like to develop your capacity, confidence, and expertise to integrate and partner in your chosen area within suicide prevention, we invite you to be involved. We are looking for people who are interested and available to participate in all of the five workshops below across the next 12 months.

Roses in the Ocean will facilitate opportunities to harness your diverse skill sets and expertise with the below range of capacity-building workshops.

Voices of In-sight: Voices of In-Sight is a unique opportunity to reflect on your lived experience and learn how to share your personal story for greatest impact and influence.

Critical Lens: Critical Lens is a highly interactive workshop for anyone involved in communications, marketing or presentation of suicide prevention content and those providing services to people in community.

Our Voice in Action: Our Voice in Action is a two-day workshop designed to develop specific skills for impactful engagement in suicide prevention activities. It provides a framework to explore your lived experience and discover how it can be combined with other skills to have the greatest influence and meaning.

Collaborating to Create Change: Collaborating to Create Change has been designed for lived experience of suicide advocates and representatives wanting to further develop the knowledge and skills required to effectively contribute to suicide prevention reform across the full spectrum of opportunities to create change.

Lived Experience in the Media: Lived Experience in the Media provides you with the knowledge, confidence and skills to engage positively with media. The development of these skills is vital, as sharing your lived experience story through any form of media requires careful consideration and planning.