“Suicide prevention is everybody’s business” is a phrase often repeated, but what does it look like in reality? And how can it truly become everybody’s mission? Grand Pacific Health (GPH), a health organisation based in NSW, took up this challenge and set out to make suicide prevention a shared responsibility across its entire workforce.
In this presentation, delegates will hear GPH’s story first-hand, explore the outcomes achieved, and gain practical insights into how a single program can unite staff around a shared mission for suicide prevention in Australia.
More than 380 staff members participated in the program, which was co-designed in collaboration with individuals who have lived experience. Lived experience was central to the design and delivery, ensuring authentic learning through video teaching, guiding principles, and real-world scenarios that emphasised empathy, hope, and collaboration.
Interactive, video-guided workshops engaged staff with frameworks, practical demonstrations, and structured reflection. Evaluation used pre- and post-training surveys to measure changes in knowledge, confidence, learning transfer, and system-wide perspectives.
The transformation was measurable and striking. Agreement that “everyone in our organisation has a role to play in preventing suicide” reached 97% - but the changes ran deeper than attitudes.
Findings demonstrated measurable workforce change. Post-workshop data revealed:
Qualitative feedback reinforced the program’s impact, with staff noting it provided “a structured approach,” “confidence to have open conversations,” and highlighted that “connection and authenticity are key to my role.”
GPH’s experience demonstrates how an organisation can move from mantra to action by embedding a single, lived-experience-informed framework across every role. This directly reflects the NSPC26 theme United Voices, Brighter Futures by showing how authentic collaboration, courageous conversations, and a culture of shared responsibility can deliver lasting change.