Introducing SPLEWDI and the online hub
About SPLEWDI
Beacon Strategies, with support from Central and Eastern Sydney Primary Health Network (CESPHN) is leading the imlementation of a regional approach to supporting and developing the suicide prevention Lived Experience (SP LE) workforce across Central and Eastern Sydney.
This project involves bringing together people working in the SP LE workforce across the region and using the best available evidence and local knowledge to create an action plan that builds on ‘what works’ while aiming to address current gaps in workforce development and support activities.
All 31 Primary Health Networks (PHNs) across Australia have received funding from the Australian Government as part of the Targeted Regional Initiatives for Suicide Prevention (TRISP) measure. This funding aims to support community-based suicide prevention activities that respond to local needs.
In 2023, CESPHN undertook a consultation process with local stakeholders, including service providers, Aboriginal community members and people with lived experience, to explore how to use this funding to strengthen the support available for people at risk of suicide in the region.
The Suicide Prevention Lived Experience Workforce Development Initiative (or SPLEWDI) was one of the priorities that emerged from this consultation.
SPLEWDI is a time-limited program of activities that commenced in April 2024 and is being delivered until June 2025. Key activities include:
establishing a guiding coalition of SP LE workforce representatives
hosting a regional forum to understand what is needed
developing an agreed ‘action plan’ of activities to develop and support the workforce
making resources, activities and connections available to the workforce as we implement the action plan
reflecting on what has been achieved, what we’ve learnt and what future opportunities exist following the implementation of SPLEWDI.
About this online hub
An online hub was identified as an important mechanism for communciating updates, sharing resources and forming connections with the suicide prevention Lived Experience workforce in Central and Eastern Sydney.
This site aims to provide a central point of information, communication and sharing to support the implementation of SPLEWDI. Throughout the hub you will find:
information and opportunities to support SP LE workforce in practice, collaboration and professional development.
calendar of events and learning activities
updates from the SPLEWDI team and the guiding Coalition
We are looking forward to sharing updates and making resources available to people working in the SP LE workforce across the region.
We encourage you to share your details with us using the form at the bottom of this page, so you can stay in the loop about what’s happening in SPLEWDI.
We also invite you to share information, updates or resources of your own that could benefit others in the region — please reach out to our team via email to info@beaconstrategies.com.au if you have content you’d like to contribute.
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