Community Broadcasting Suicide Prevention Project - May 2016

Welcome to the May 2016 content of the CBAA's national suicide prevention and mental health awareness project, developed with the support of the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing.

Each month, our project team develops a series of 20 short radio segments designed to promote help-seeking behaviour and positive lifestyle choices, using interviews with service providers, as well as profiles of people who have successfully dealt with tough times in their lives.

What's in this month's segments?

This month we:

• hear about a revamped beyondblue campaign which is seeking to raise awareness of anxiety, with new research showing many Australians still have misconceptions about anxiety, or are unaware of the condition, its symptoms and treatment.
• speak with Deepak Vinayak, an inspirational man who has spent much of his time in Australia reaching out to those around him who need help and offering them practical help and support.
• profile the headspace Fathers campaign, which aims to open up the conversation between fathers and sons and raise awareness about important support services.

How to access the segments

Starting in 2016, the CBAA host these radio segments on Soundcloud. 

You can listen to each segment in the playlist below: 

To download the segments for use at your station, simply:

1. Click the track
2. Click 'View Track' when it appears next to the track name. A new window will open with a Soundcloud page. 
3. Click the download icon directly under the track (a down arrow and line).

Alternatively, click here to view the whole playlist on Soundcloud, and you can click the download icon next each one to quickly access multiple tracks.

Track information is available to download below.