LIFE Awards
Nominations are now open for the 2011 Tasmanian LIFE Awards.
The Tasmanian LIFE Awards recognise life affirming work in suicide prevention. This includes a broad range of activities, such as general community education and promotion, resilience building, programs for groups at risk, suicide prevention education and training, support for individuals at risk and post-suicide support.
These awards are based on the Australian LIFE Awards, which recognise that suicide prevention requires a whole of government / whole of community responsibility and are designed to recognise the great work being done in Tasmania in suicide prevention.
Nominations for these awards will close on 4 November 2011.
In 2011, the Awards will be judged in two categories. Winners will receive a cheque for $1 000 and a plaque in recognition of their contribution. This will be presented at an awards presentation ceremony which will be held in December.
The Red Herring Surf Light Up Life Award
A growing number of Tasmanians are taking action to promote the mental health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.
This action takes place in everyday situations such as sports clubs, the natural environment, workplaces, schools and businesses alike.
Our mental health and wellbeing leaders are not only active in health care settings.
They may be working in our community to strengthen access to services for newly arrived Tasmanians or singing regularly at a residential care home for older people or building an understanding of mental health and wellbeing in the corporate sector or running a regular exercise or craft group in a rural area or mentoring young people disengaged from school or designing better use of green spaces for outdoor activity for local communities.
There are many dimensions to mental health and wellbeing.
This award acknowledges the importance of positive mental health and wellbeing to overall health and values the commitment of individual Tasmanians who often under estimate the value of the work that they do.
Do you know someone who is a ‘leading light’ in the promotion of mental health and wellbeing?
Then nominate them for the first Light Up Life Award.
The Tasplan communities in action on Suicide Prevention Life Awards
Communities are about people.
People connected by a shared interest, vision, location, culture or belief.
Tasmania’s Suicide Prevention Strategy acknowledges that suicide prevention in Tasmania requires action within ‘ready’ communities.
The Tasplan Communities in Action on Suicide Prevention Award recognises the critical role that communities play in identifying and taking action in suicide prevention.
This action may involve collective lobbying for change at a government or corporate level or direct action on the ground through awareness raising and through suicide prevention programs and service provision. It may involve collaborate research efforts or the delivery of suicide prevention training.
Are you part of a community that is working to prevent suicide? Then nominate now!!
Download nomination guidelines here.
Download the nomination form here.