Community Broadcasting Suicide Prevention Project - September 2018

Welcome to the September 2018 content of our 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?

• We find out about the #YouCanTalk campaign, which aims to empower and increase confidence when it comes to talking about suicide.
• We speak with MATES in Construction CEO Jorgen Gullestrup.
• We catch up with Glen Poole from the Australian Men’s Health Forum.
• We look at the support beyondblue’s free NewAccess mental health coaching program can provide for people affected by the drought.
• And we speak with SANE Australia about recent research which shows people living with complex mental illness are 13-45 times more likely to take their own life than those living without mental illness.

How to access the segments

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 to each one to quickly access multiple tracks.

Track information is available to download below.

Community Broadcasting Suicide Prevention Project - September 2018.pdf