Funding Available to Improve Safety at Suicide 'Hotspots'
Minister for Mental Health and Ageing Mark Butler today invited organisations to apply for funding under the Improving safety at ‘hotspots’ measure which will allow them to undertake capital works to reduce the risk of suicide at hotspot locations.
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5 April 2012
Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, Mark Butler, today invited organisations to apply for funding under the Improving safety at ‘hotspots’ measure which will allow them to undertake capital works to reduce the risk of suicide at hotspot locations
Certain places provide greater access to means or opportunities for suicide. These places can attract people attempting to take their own lives.
“Things can be done to deter people from attempting suicide at these locations. That’s why the Government is seeking proposals from organisations for capital works that restrict physical access to known hotspots,” Mr Butler said.
“Funding can go towards improvements such as fencing barriers, night lighting, and closed circuit television monitors at known hotspots.”
The Gillard Government has committed $12 million over four years for this important measure as part of its $2.2 billion national mental health reform package.
The Gillard Labor Government is determined to continue working with the community to tackle suicide.
Funding for hotspots is on top of the funding being provided to Lifeline to establish dedicated phone counselling lines from already identified hotspots.
The Government also today released two new government funded resources aimed at preventing and managing suicide, prepared under the auspices of the Australian Suicide Prevention Advisory Council and developed by the University of Melbourne:
- Preventing suicide at suicide hotspots, which provides guidance to agencies involved in the management of suicide hotspots or the development of infrastructure to prevent a location becoming a suicide hotspot.
- Developing a community plan for preventing and responding to suicide clusters, which assists Australian communities to manage or contain an actual or potential suicide cluster.
The Invitation to Apply for the Improving safety at ‘hotspots’ measure, which closes at 2.00 pm 30 April 2012, is available at:
http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/Listing+of+Tenders+and+Grants-1
The program guidelines can be found at: http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/mental-hotspots-guide
For all media enquiries, please contact the Minister’s office on (02) 6277 7280
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