Partnerships

The NSPO provides strategic advice to all parts and levels of government on the actions required to enhance protective factors, address the social determinants of suicide, intervene early in distress, provide coordinated and compassionate care, and improve continuous long-term support. 

The Office is dedicated to ensuring work is guided and informed by partnerships with people with lived experience of suicide and draws on the diverse insights and rich combined knowledge and expertise of individuals, communities, service providers, advocates, researchers and government agencies. 

Lived Experience Partnership Group

In order to achieve lasting reform, the NSPO is dedicated to ensuring that people with a lived experience of suicide are partners in the work of the organisation. The LEPG provides value to the NSPO through the contribution of diverse views and expertise.

The overall purpose of the Lived Experience Partnership Group is to:

• Ensure lived experience insights and knowledge are incorporated into the operations and work of the National Suicide Prevention Office, including the development of the National Suicide Prevention Strategy and National Suicide Prevention Outcomes Framework
• Provide subject matter expertise to the NSPO on current and emerging issues
• Advise on current and emerging policy based on the expertise of members
• Advise the NSPO on effective and inclusive ways of meaningfully partnering with people with lived experience of suicide in the performance of its duties
• Provide advice on engagement activities, such as targeted advisory groups, to ensure inclusive and equitable opportunities for influence
• Identify any potential barriers to the success of the work of the NSPO and opportunities to address these.

Click here to access a summary of the diversity of lived experience leadership and cultural representation within this group.