Mount Isa Suicide Prevention Network

22/06/2026

Not sure what to say to someone bereaved by su***de?

StandBy's free online What Do I Say? What Do I Do? workshop explores su***de bereavement, grief, practical support skills and self-care.

📅 Wednesday 15 July (1pm to 3pm) or Thursday 16 July (10am to 12pm)
💻 Online via Teams
🎟 Free to attend

Choose your preferred session and scan the QR code on the corresponding flyer to register. Please feel free to share through your networks.

10/06/2026

Thanks ABC North West Queensland, the Network appreciates your support🙏🥰

💙 A free Community Healing Event will be held in Mount Isa this weekend, aimed at strengthening connection, wellbeing and support across the city.

Mount Isa Su***de Prevention Network President Candy Blackwell said connection is especially important in remote communities, where people may have fewer services close by and longer distances to travel for help.

"It doesn't necessarily have to be professionals that you reach out for help. Your friends and family are great choices to talk to if you're having difficult times." 🗣️

The event will include creative activities like rock painting and lantern making, drumming circles, yarning and connection spaces, and pop-up blue trees where people can leave photos, memorial tributes or messages of hope.

There'll also be a free BBQ with steak burgers.

📍 Outback at Isa, Mount Isa
📅 Saturday, June 13
⏰ 10am to 2pm

Candy said the event was shaped by people with lived experience, including those bereaved by su***de.

"People who have that experience of su***de loss heal with one another," she said. "They don't heal in isolation."

The event is funded through the Western Queensland Primary Health Network

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05/06/2026

🕯 NEW TO THIS YEAR'S EVENT – COMMUNITY MEMORIAL SPACE 🕯

As part of our Community Healing Event, we will be creating a dedicated Memorial Space to honour and remember loved ones lost to su***de.

We invite community members to bring along a small photo of their loved one to be respectfully displayed during the event. This space has been created with care to acknowledge those we have lost, share memories, and remind one another that they will never be forgotten 💛

🌿 COMMUNITY HEALING EVENT 🌿

Join us for a day of connection, creativity, conversation and healing in a welcoming and supportive environment.

✨ Prizes and giveaways
✨ Yarning & conversations
✨ Lantern making
✨ Art activities
✨ Drumming circle
✨ Memorial Space
🍔 FREE BBQ for everyone

📅 Saturday 13th June
🕙 10:00am – 2:00pm
📍 Outback at Isa Carpark

Whether you stay for the whole day or just drop in for a short time, everyone is welcome.

A special thank you to Western QLD PHN and Outback at Isa for their ongoing support of the Mount Isa Su***de Prevention Network and for helping make this important community event possible.

Together we remember. Together we connect. Together we heal. 💛

27/05/2026

Love seeing things like this happening in our community 💛 It really lines up with what we’re working towards with the Mount Isa Su***de Prevention Network, especially around connection, awareness, and people supporting each other in real ways. It’s so important to keep creating spaces where people feel seen and supported. This is how we strengthen our community together.

🌿 Culture Care Connect Event 🌿

Our Culture Care Connect team is excited to be hosting two upcoming events for both stakeholders and community!

✨ Stakeholder Event
📅 Thursday 4th June
🕚 11:00am – 4:00pm
Join us for a day of connection and collaboration, including a working lunch, workshops, guest speakers, industry specialists and more.

✨ Community Event
📅 Friday 5th June
🕑 2:00pm – 5:00pm
Come along and enjoy food, giveaways, guest speakers and more!

This is a great opportunity to come together, learn, and celebrate the work being done in our community.

We encourage everyone to spread the word and share with family, friends and community members.

We look forward to seeing you there!

19/05/2026

🌿 COMMUNITY HEALING EVENT 🌿

The Mount Isa Su***de Prevention Network warmly invites the community to come together for a day of connection, healing, creativity and conversation. 💛

Join us for a FREE community event filled with meaningful activities including:
✨ Yarning & conversations
✨ Lantern making
✨ Art activities
✨ Drumming circle
✨ FREE BBQ for everyone

📅 Saturday 13th June
🕙 10:00am – 2:00pm
📍 Carpark at Outback at Isa

This event is about creating a safe and welcoming space for our community to connect, reflect and support one another. Everyone is welcome.

A huge thank you to Western Queensland PHN Outback at Isa for their generous support of the Mount Isa Su***de Prevention Network and for helping make this important community event possible. 🙏💛

19/05/2026

🚨 Don’t miss out – Mount Isa training coming!

Dr Tracy Westerman’s Indigenous Mental Health Training is coming to Mount Isa (7–9 July).

Designed for frontline workers, this is a highly regarded, practical training focused on culturally informed approaches you can use straight away.

✅ Real case studies
✅ Practical tools & strategies
✅ Culturally informed practice

🎟️ Limited places available

👉 Register: https://lnkd.in/gxbnphvT
👉 Virtual option: https://lnkd.in/g6ERgQPR

BROOME & ADELAIDE— Almost sold out- Don’t miss out!.
Join Dr Westerman a multi award winning psychologist and Nyamal woman for arguably the most attended Indigenous mental health with over 50,000+ practitioners across Australia attending to date — its designed specifically for front line workers

🔥 Broome: ONLY 6 spots left
📅 27–29 May

🔥 Adelaide: ONLY 20 spots left for in person -
📅 17–19 June*Virtual attendance also available

Across three days, you’ll:
✔️ Strengthen culturally informed assessment and intervention skills
✔️ Work through complex, real case studies
✔️ Learn how to engage Aboriginal clients in ways that are culturally compatible and clinically effective
✔️ Build practical strategies for addressing trauma, attachment, grief and high-risk presentations
✔️ Gain accreditation in the only clinically & culturally validated screening tools for at risk Aboriginal people-now available in digital form (the WASC-Y and WASC-A)

Walk away with a clear framework you can apply immediately — from first contact through to treatment planning — grounded in both psychological theory and cultural knowledge.

Register here for in person: https://lnkd.in/gxbnphvT

Register here for virtual: https://lnkd.in/g6ERgQPR

👥 5% group discount available
🎟️ Places are very limited

27/03/2026

📣This session has been cancelled due to low registration numbers, we will release the May date soon.📣

🌿 FREE Stay Strong Digital Mental Health Training 🌿

We’re hosting a free Stay Strong Digital Mental Health Training in Mount Isa this April, delivered in partnership with the North West Queensland Mental Health Network.

👉 Registration is required and spaces are limited.

This interactive session introduces the AIMhi Stay Strong and AIMhi-Y apps and supports participants to build confidence using culturally adapted digital mental health tools developed for and with First Nations people.

📲 Register via the QR code on the tile.

This training is funded through the Western Queensland PHN.

Please feel free to share with colleagues and services who may be interested.

20/03/2026

💙 Blue Tree Project – Mount Isa Update

Thank you to everyone in the Mount Isa community who shared ideas and support for the Blue Tree Project. A tree has now been identified and we’re moving into the next stage of preparing the site.

A special thank you to Mark Van Ryt and Anne Li for identifying the tree and providing photos.

The Blue Tree Project is a national initiative that encourages conversations about mental health and reminds people they’re not alone.

We’re currently seeking in-kind support from local businesses to help bring the project to life, including:
🔹 Arborist / tree lopping
🔹 Pest control
🔹 Painters

Supporting businesses will be acknowledged and invited to the Blue Tree launch event.

If you’d like to be involved, please get in touch via Messenger or email at mountisasu***[email protected]

16/02/2026

Mount Isa, we need your help finding a tree 🪾

The Mount Isa Su***de Prevention Network is working towards creating a Blue Tree in Central Mount Isa as a visible symbol for mental health and su***de prevention.

You might have seen Blue Trees in other towns. They are dead trees 🪾 painted blue 💙 to start conversations about mental health and remind people they are not alone.

Mount Isa already has two Blue Trees, but they are not in highly visible central locations, which is where they can have the most impact.

We are looking for a dead tree somewhere in Central Mount Isa that could be suitable. Somewhere safe, visible, and part of everyday life in town.

Do you know of one?
Feel free to comment below or send us a message with the location. A photo would be even better 📷.

This is a community project, and we would love the town’s help to find the right spot 💙