Livingstone Living Well: Capricorn Coast Qld
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Building a Stronger Community Together
Join Us in Making a Difference.
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Our Vision, Mission & Scope
Our Vision
Livingstone Living Well is dedicated to empowering the community in united action through connections, hope and care. ​
Our Mission
Reducing the risk of suicide and mental health concerns through:
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Strengthening community connections.
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Building capacity and awareness through training, community events and campaigns.
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Challenging stigma.
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Encouraging hope, help-seeking and help-offering.
Our Scope
Geographic scope is the Livingstone Local Government Area.
Functional scope is community development (not personal, individual or crisis support):
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Building the community’s capacity and connections to challenge stigma, inspire hope, encourage help-seeking, and support people in crisis.
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Develop and distribute resources to assist residents navigate the local, regional, and other emergency and crisis supports.
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Promoting non-profit, government funded, and evidence-informed suicide prevention and mental health initiatives and training,
Our Activities
Training
We support the delivery of quality mental health and suicide prevention training at no cost to attendees. These programs help build the resilience of families, workplaces, and community and sporting groups.
Resources
Assisting people locate the right help-seeking service at the right time is important to us.
We distribute crisis care packs throughout the community and develop resources to link people to services. We generally do not promote for-profit services or resources.
Where possible, we attend local events to share free, Australian evidence-based mental health and suicide prevention resources.
Networks
Community connections are important to us.
Our members include community members, and also professionals working in the mental health, wellbeing and suicide prevention spaces.
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Our activities are underpinned by the Australian suicide prevention best practice resources; and we are proud to be a Wesley LifeForce Suicide Prevention Network.
