NL Construction Industry Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Task Force: Implementing Networks of Safety throughout the construction industry
The Newfoundland and Labrador Construction Safety Association is leading a task force that is making strides toward creating suicide safer construction communities by implementing Networks of Safety across the industry. Tammy McCabe, the Manager of Communications and Industry Relations for the Newfoundland and Labrador Construction Safety Association says there have been many individuals trained in […]
LivingWorks trains Bechtel Mobile Launcher 2 project staff in LivingWorks safeTALK
On May 20, LivingWorks’ Suicide Prevention Manager of the Southeast region of the United States, Alan Mednick, arrived at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to discuss building Networks of Safety through LivingWorks suicide prevention skills training programs with around 120 team members. A month later, a group of 19 team members that work for […]
2024 VA/DOD Suicide Prevention Conference: How LivingWorks training programs support national suicide prevention strategies
LivingWorks is heading to Portland, Oregon for the 2024 VA/DOD Suicide Prevention Conference from July 16-18. Chris Allen, LivingWorks’ Air Force, Space Force, Navy and National Guard Suicide Prevention Manager says this conference is about building relationships – fostering the ones we have built and reconnecting, as well as finding new ways to work […]
Lucia Lee receives Gold Trainer Award after 350+ LivingWorks ASIST workshops
In the 1980’s, the founders of LivingWorks were delivering Training for Trainers (T4T) courses across Canada, building the LivingWorks Trainer network and furthering the goal of helping to keep communities around the world safer from suicide. LivingWorks founders Bill Lang and Roger Tierney were a part of these T4T teams in 1988. 36 years later, […]
LivingWorks collaborates with The Mission to Seafarers on specialized suicide prevention training for the maritime industry
LivingWorks is proud to be partnering with The Mission to Seafarers – who provide a range of help and support to millions of crew members who work at sea, including mental health and wellbeing resources – to ensure that the global maritime community has access to relevant and best practice suicide prevention skills training. Wanting […]
The Martin Gallier Project: Providing a trifecta of support to the UK community
After losing her father, Martin, to suicide in 2017, Jessica Gallier set out to create a charity that could help keep everyone in the United Kingdom safer from suicide. Today, the all-encompassing Martin Gallier Project provides suicide intervention, prevention and postvention training and assistance to those who need it most and is the only service […]
‘What we say to ourselves and to each other, matters.’: A Q&A with Badge of Life Canada’s Laura Kloosterman
As the Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention (CASP) Annual Conference comes to a close, the CASP team is gearing up for yet another big event. Their Suicide Prevention Coordinators Network is hosting a teleconference with former Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) constable and current Executive Director of Badge of Life Canada, Laura Kloosterman. The teleconference – […]
LivingWorks and AAS 24
Come join us at AAS and experience a pre-conference LivingWorks safeTALK workshop, learn about our initiatives with the US Coast Guard and the Métis Nation British Columbia, and come meet our staff to talk about our evidence-based suicide prevention skills training courses.
Suicide prevention in the workplace: LivingWorks heading to The Watercooler 2024
When a person is having thoughts of suicide, it is often the people they see regularly – like their work colleagues – who first notice a change and are best positioned to reach in and connect their workmate to supports. Upskilling staff in workplaces across the UK with world leading suicide first aid skills is […]
LivingWorks headed to NASPA Annual Conference: Suicide prevention in education communities.
The 2024 NASPA Annual Conference begins this weekend, taking place from March 9-13 in Seattle. LivingWorks trains school communities across the globe in suicide first aid to help keep students safe, which is especially important as youth face higher rates of suicide than the general population. Grant Merrell, LivingWorks’ Suicide Prevention Manager of the Northeast USA […]