FNQ Suicide Prevention Week
FNQ Suicide Prevention Week, hosted by the Dr Edward Koch Foundation, is from Friday 4 September to Thursday 11 September 2020 in Cairns.
Register Your Event
RUOK Day and World Suicide Prevention Day are during our FNQ Suicide Prevention Week 2020 - 4-11 September. Please hold an event and register it on our calendar of events. For more information, click here.
Register your event here
Calendar of Events
School Chalk Art Competition - Register here for Chalk Art Competition
Company, Cards, Craft & a Cuppa - a QCWA Freshwater Branch event
Suicide Awareness & Prevention Sticker Project - a FNQ Suicide Prevention Taskforce initiative
Launch of the Backyard Makeover Program - a FNQ Suicide Prevention Taskforce initiative
Lighting up of Munro Martin Parklands - by Cairns Regional Council in solidarity with FNQ Suicide Prevention Week 2020
Yellow Fellows Staff Bar-B-Que - an in-house Lives Lived Well Event for RUOK Day
Race Day Garden Party (cancelled due to COVID restrictions)
The Dr Edward Koch Foundation’s FNQ Suicide Prevention Taskforce held the inaugural FNQ Suicide Prevention Week in 2018. It was a highly successful initiative which raised widespread awareness of the issues of suicide and garnered support from corporations and community organisations to aid in reducing the stigma attached to mental illness and suicide in the Cairns region. Following on from its success, this year's FNQ Suicide Prevention Week 2020 will be held in September. Included in this week, are the World Suicide Prevention Day and RUOK Day. World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD) is specifically observed, every year since 2003, on 10 September to provide worldwide awareness, commitment and action to prevent suicides. RUOK Day, which encourages people to stay connected and have meaningful conversations, is always on the second Thursday of the month, therefore this year’s date is 10 September.
Aims of the Project
The project aims to provide a week of targeted events to raise awareness, provide education, disseminate information and reduce stigma around suicide and poor mental health.
Many events are being organised for the week. Each has been selected to cover a wide demographic of people. However, because of COVID-19, FNQ Suicide Prevention Week 2020 is in a very different format. This year our campaign will have much more visual impact and without the need to connect physically.
Purpose
There are not many people whose lives haven’t been touched in some way by the loss of suicide: a friend, son, daughter, cousin, work colleague, acquaintance. Depression and anxiety leading to suicide are common – around one in seven Australians will experience depression in their lifetime – yet there continues to be significant stigma and discrimination associated with having a mental health condition.
Social change is needed to eliminate this stigma and discrimination. A week of activities during FNQ Suicide Prevention Week from September 4-11 will raise awareness of these issues with the aim of reducing stigma and discrimination.
Sponsorship
Your sponsorship can demonstrate to customers, media and employees that your organisation cares about wider social issues and is interested in the mental health and wellbeing of the community. This simultaneously creates awareness of your brand and the issues surrounding suicide and mental health. A full sponsorship outline is attached including package deals to help make it easy for your business or organisation to sponsor.
CLICK HERE FOR SPONSORSHIP INFORMATION
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER AS A SPONSOR
We welcome any queries and sincerely hope you can support us and join us for what is sure to be a fantastic week.
