The 3rd National Indigenous Suicide Prevention Forum was held in Naarm – Melbourne, 5th to 7th March 2024.

The Forum was a collaboration between AIPA and Adventedge, supported by the Centre of Best Practice in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention (CBPATSISP) at UWA and Culture is Life. A wide range of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and organisations across the nation, including international Indigenous speakers, came together to connect and share in addressing Indigenous suicide prevention, and engaged with other service providers to discuss working collectively towards the healing and empowerment of our peoples and youth.

A Healing Hub was also a major component of the Forum where attendees could retreat for cultural healing sessions and access counsellors if required.

The wealth of knowledge shared at the Forum was of great value and provided opportunities to celebrate programs and work underway. It was also of benefit to aid further development of programs that are being established and being delivered within our communities but also enable growth within the suicide prevention space.

To highlight the importance of the Forum, the CBPATSISP filmed a series of interviews portraying individual perspectives and insights. These came from a diversity of people and organisations.