Your guide to planning a safe suicide prevention event

Further information • Contact your DHB for local Suicide Prevention Coordinator details. • Search www.mentalhealth.org.nz for information on: › local/national support groups › media guidelines and how to talk to media after a suicide (Comment or No Comment) › other helpful suicide prevention resources. Helplines • Need to talk? Free call or text 1737 any time for support from a trained counsellor. • Lifeline 0800 543 354 (0800 LIFELINE), free text 4357 . • Youthline 0800 376 633, free text 234 or email talk@youthline.co.nz or online chat at youthline.co.nz . • Samaritans 0 800 726 666 . • Asian Family Services helpline 0 800 862 342 (Mon-Fri 9am - 8pm).

• Vaka Tautua - free national Pacific helpline 0800 Ola lelei/0800 652 535 (Mon - Fri 8.30am - 5pm).

For more information on organising and speaking at a suicide prevention event visit: www.leva.co.nz www.beyou.edu.au www.mindframe.org.au www.sprc.org Support for organising an online event visit: www.orygen.org.au/chatsafe www.mentalhealth.org.nz/resources for tools to support online suicide prevention events.

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Your guide to planning a safe suicide prevention event

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