We’re proud to deliver the Targeted Regional Initiatives for Suicide Prevention Program, generously funded by Healthy North Coast through the North Coast PHN Program.
Throughout 2025 and 2026, we’ll be offering 68 free workshops designed to educate, empower, and help create more resilient, suicide-safer communities.
These workshops are open to anyone living or working across Northern NSW and the Mid North Coast, including Kyogle, Tweed, Byron, Lismore, Ballina, Richmond Valley, Clarence Valley, Coffs Harbour, Bellingen, Nambucca, Kempsey, and Port Macquarie Hastings.
Explore the list of courses below to find dates and locations that work for you.
Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)
Learn to recognise when someone may be at risk of suicide, to then respond in ways that will help increase immediate safety, and to link to appropriate help.
- 2 Day Workshops
- Face To Face
Accidental Counsellor Foundations
This workshop is an abbreviated version of our telephone crisis support training and covers active listening skills, communication techniques and so much more.
- 1 Day Workshops
- Face To Face
LivingWorks safeTALK
A half-day suicide aware module to heighten suicide awareness and the signs that someone is considering ending his or her life.
- 1/2 Day Workshops
- Face To Face
Mental Health First Aid: Conversations about Non-Suicidal Self-Injury
In this workshop you will learn how to assist a person who is engaging in self-injury.
- 1/2 Day Workshops
- Face To Face
Mental Health First Aid
This course teaches adults how to assist other adults who are experiencing a mental health crisis or a mental health problem with appropriate first-aid strategies and treatments available.
- 2 Day Workshops
- Face To Face
Blended Mental Health First Aid Online
This course will teach you the signs and symptoms of someone dealing with a mental health problem or crisis and how to assist them until appropriate help is available.
- 2-Part Workshops
- Online & E-learning
This training is funded by Healthy North Coast
Healthy North Coast delivers the North Coast Primary Health Network (PHN) program, working to improve access to quality primary health care across the region. Their focus is on better health outcomes, especially for those at risk, by enhancing care coordination, supporting innovation, and building a stronger health workforce. With priority areas including mental health, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, aged care, and digital health, Healthy North Coast is committed to ensuring people receive the right care, in the right place, at the right time.
