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HAVE YOU LOST A LOVED ONE TO SUICIDE?

WE CAN HELP - PLEASE CALL

THE NATIONAL HOPE LINE

1300 467 354 or 1300 HOPE LINE

Hope Saves Lives

As people involved in caring for others at crucial times, we share in the experience of grief and loss. Salvation Army Officers, counsellors and Chaplains provide words of comfort on a daily basis, support and encouragement to people whose lives have been devastated by the loss of a loved one.

But we can all do more.

Suicide claims the lives of over 2000 Australians each year and for every person who dies there are another 8 people who are directly affected, this means that suicide impacts the lives of over 16,000 Australian each year. The loneliness, confusion and anguish that comes from losing someone you love, a family member, a friend, a colleague is devastating.

The Salvation Army has been providing support to people in crisis for over 100 years. In 1907, The Salvation Army ran Suicide Prevention Bureaus in every Capital city in Australia. Counsellors and chaplains provided practical support, advice and encouragement to people who felt they had nothing to live for. They gave them Hope for Life.

2007 is the centenary of The Salvation Army’s work in suicide prevention and support for people bereaved through suicide. This work is just as vital in 2007 as at any other time in history. The information and training programs which will be available through Hope for Life are designed to help you to know how to respond to people who may be at risk of suicide and those who have been bereaved by suicide.

People need a listening ear, they need support, they need hope.

Hope saves lives.


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