East Gippsland Suicide Intervention (EGSI) is a community and volunteer based local response to promoting life and preventing suicide.
It is dedicated to increasing the awareness and capacity of grass roots individuals to respond to mental health needs in the community.
Promoting life, preventing suicide: Suicide is a community health issue. Promoting life and preventing suicide, needs community involvement. It doesn’t require any special training or expertise – just the courage to ask if someone is OK.
What EGSI does: Meets monthly to discuss how to encourage and empower members of the community to identify, engage with and respond to individuals at risk of self – harming, including prevention and supporting to find they help they need.
What you can do: on Saturday July, 13, EGSI is having a morning tea in Bairnsdale to explore how it can best support vulnerable people in the community. Whether you’re a caring community member, a dedicated healthcare professional or someone with personal experience, your voice is valuable.
On Saturday, June 29, in Bairnsdale, EGSI is having a free Suicide Prevention Training session. This will be a robust and evidence-based program focusing on challenging attitudes, educating people about suicide prevention and introducing basic engagement and suicide intervention skills. This will be delivered by a Wesley Lifeforce fully qualified trainer.
Register online.
IMAGE: East Gippsland Suicide Intervention has two events coming this month which would be of interest to the local community. (PS)