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Director & co-founder Lidia Di Lembo of SabrinasReach4Life was invited to do an interview on the ABC Radio Darwin's Jo Laverty morning session. Lidia also spoke of SabrinasReach4Life receiving a $20,000 grant from the Foundation for Rural Regional Renewal (FRRR) to help local communities recognise what a developing mental health problem looks like, and how to help stop a mental health crisis leading to suicide.

Thankyou from SabrinasReach4Life to everyone that attended the WSPD 22 Forum. Your support gives a louder voice for systematic change to all those that are impacted by suicide in our community
“keeping health in mind, it’s everyone’s business” 🌹🦋

SabrinasReach4Life is pleased to announce that we have been successful in receiving a grant from the Foundation for Rural Regional Renewal FRRR , Supporting Mental Health in rural communities.
The In a Good Place program gives small remote, rural and regional communities across Australia the opportunity to access funds for a broad range of community-driven projects, services, activities or initiatives, which clearly and directly focus on strengthening mental health and wellbeing of vulnerable community members who are at risk of, or are experiencing, mental health issues and aims to support a range of approaches that are preventative or responsive in nature, reduce social isolation by increasing social participation and connectedness, and reduce stigma surrounding mental health by encouraging open discussion and supporting self-help-seeking.

On the 24th of August Happy Days Stickers on behalf of SabrinasReach4life and Mates in Construction were invited to be presented with a cheque of $1300 from the Australian Institute of Architects at the Charles Darwin Centre in Darwin. The money raised was from a trivia night that was held in support of suicide awareness in our community. We thankyou for your donation and support.

UPDATE!!! September Group Session BBSSGNT 

BBSSGNT will hold our support group for the 7th September in Palmerston at The Flourish Collective space. For further information and details please ~ phone 0491 311 211 or email [email protected] Our aim is to create a safe, supporting space for all those that would like to come along who have lost a loved one, friend, colleague to suicide. 🦋🌹

SR4L were one of the 2 charities chosen by the Happy Days Stickers team to fundraise this year in the Gran Fondo annual cycle event. SR4L committee members and family also participated in this great community event. Our involvement together with Mates in Construction helped shine a light on suicide, suicide prevention and mental illness. So far a total of $5286 has been raised.
We thank all donors and sponsors and in particular Michelle and Gareth from the Happy Days team for selecting our charity this year.

Lidia Di Lembo

SR4L Founding Director Lidia Di Lembo visited Darwin High School to speak with students about a project to support NT youth to be able to speak about their mental health & wellbeing that SR4L would like to see come to fruition. It is about storytelling to help reduce stigma of suicide and mental unwellness, kindness, compassion, empowerment for those who suffer or have suffered from some form of adversity and recognition of others who help those struggling.
The purpose is to encourage young people to share their story of their struggles or a distressful situation in their life, and how they coped or who helped them, including mental illness or situational crisis, as a way of giving hope to other young people who might be experiencing similar behaviours or situations.

Men's Health Week is on. A run / walk will be held on Sat 2nd July at East Point Reserve Fannie Bay ...read more

We did it!!!!!,
A group of us finished our Mental Health Training with Principal Master Instructor Pauline Neil from MH Training. The course was a 12-hour course which ran over two days, it not only informed us about mental health but also the why and how as to what can happen to us mentally and physically…..read more

Sabrinasreach4life was invited to the NT Youth Round Table on the 5th of June 22 to talk about the “Young Healthy Minds Award” that SR4L aims to come to fruition. This award represents our youth of the NT.....who better to talk to. The ideas, and positivity from this group was inspirational. SR4L will continue on this journey with NT Youth Round Table and advocate with our Youth for their voice to be heard in what it is they need to be better supported in their mental health wellbeing.

The Happy Days concept began as a sticker designed by Gareth Roberts in 2015, which encapsulate the words “Happy Days”, of a great and dear friend, Kyle who died by suicide. Seven years later the ‘Happy Days Stickers’, mental health and suicide awareness movement continues through stickers, t-shirts and conversation and a team in the annual Top End Gran Fondo........read more

Imagine this…….you are standing in a group of 5 people some may even be friends, colleagues, family. You are all happily talking away and everybody seems to be enjoying the conversation. What you may not know is that one of the people in this group is struggling. Mental health issues affect one in five people, and unfortunately many who do not have these issues miss to spot the signs in those that are struggling. Something to think about?....read more

Expressions of Interest are being sought as a Bereaved By Suicide Support Group Facilitator, you will draw upon your personal lived experience, to support and inspire hope, empowerment, and recovery for others.

On Wednesday 13th April 2022 SabrinasReach4Life hosted the Darwin Suicide Prevention Alliance Inaugural Meeting to discuss the scope to establish an Alliance in Darwin of likeminded organisations to present a unified and clearer voice to achieve this outcome.....read more

Expanding support for people impacted by suicide in the Northern Territory is part of a $43 million funding investment into mental health announced by the federal and NT governments this week.

ABC News Darwin interview with Lidia Di Lembo. Ms Di Lembo wants people with a lived experience of mental illness involved in determining how it's spent, and to improve how services reach those in need.

"We don't have the model right when it comes to young people", she said.
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Northern Territory to Receive $43 million to expand mental health services including the postvention services. Our chairperson Lidia Di Lembo was invited by Katie Woolf from Mix 104.9 for an interview. You can read more and listen to interview …………

Update position close extended to 11th April 2022

Expression of Interest
Casual/Part time Project Officer ~ Position Description

Are you looking for a challenge and interested in working for a small non for profit?
Do you have skills and experience in project delivery?
Are you keen to make a difference in a health related area?

UPDATE: voting extended to Wednesday 2nd February closes at 5pm.
We are proud to announce that Lidia Di Lembo our Founding Director has been nominated for Pro Bono Australia’s 2022 Impact 25.
Please show your support for SabrinasReach4Life in Suicide Awareness in the Northern Territory by casting a vote for Lidia.

On the 10th September 2021 SabrinasReach4Life hosted the World Suicide Prevention Day Breakfast Forum "Creating Hope Through action". A report was created from the feedback of the participants that attended. You can view report from the PDF download.

This week the Commission was joined by Assistant Minister Coleman for the launch of the National Lived Experience (Peer) Workforce Development Guidelines. We were encouraged by the response to these documents with over 1,000 attendees at the launch webinar , including representatives from across the sector, many of whom have a lived experience.
The Australian Government has a long-standing commitment to supporting the development of the Lived Experience workforce.
A thriving mental health Lived Experience workforce is considered a vital component of quality, recovery-focused mental health services.