Each year, more than 703,000 people take their own lives, according to the World Health Organisation. Behind each number is a person, and every suicide is a tragedy that impacts families, communities, workplaces, school and organisations.
Suicide is a significant public health issue, and individuals’ reasons for thinking about suicide are as complex and varied as those individuals themselves.
Most importantly, with the right knowledge and skills, everyone can intervene and help a person with thoughts of suicide.
LivingWorks training has the most robust evidence base in the industry.
LivingWorks ASIST, safeTALK, and Start Training Programs are built on four decades of research and knowledge translation with safety by design. We know that in order to keep communities safer from suicide, we must deliver best-practice solutions. It is through this belief that LivingWorks Training has accrued the most robust evidence base in the industry. Backed by more than 43 peer-reviewed studies and dozens of research evaluations, LivingWorks Training is a universal but flexible approach that translates between countries, cultures, and communities.
LivingWorks suicide prevention skills training is the only training of its kind to be endorsed by the World Health Organisation. Our training is accredited by several organisations and associations across the globe, as well as listed within multiple best practice directories. This list is growing year on year.
Most peak bodies recognise LivingWorks programs as effective professional development and will allow you to self-identify for CPD points.
Our society places a heavy onus on people in distress to seek help themselves and, of course, this is important. But what about the rest of us? What about offering help? Seeing signs of suicide as invitations to help was something LivingWorks pioneered in the early 1980s. We can’t have a clinician on every corner, we need to involve our whole community in meeting this public health need. LivingWorks training is designed to empower a community-based approach to suicide prevention enabling everyone to play a role. With this approach, we are creating powerful networks of safety for people where they learn, work, rest and play.
