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• Delivering suicide prevention in Victorian communities

  http://prevention.health.vic.gov.au/blog/posts/delivering-suicide-prevention-in-victorian-communities
  In 2014 alone, over 600 Victorian lives were lost to suicide. For each of these lives lost, many more people were deeply affected

• Improving mental health

  http://prevention.health.vic.gov.au/blog/posts/improving-mental-health
  All Victorians need to have the opportunity to experience their best mental health and achieve their full potential. To support mental health and wellbeing, Victoria is undertaking a range of actions.

• Supporting happy, healthy and resilient kids

  http://prevention.health.vic.gov.au/blog/posts/supporting-happy-healthy-and-resilient-kids
  The Education State is building an education system that produces excellence and reduces the impact of disadvantage. It covers the whole life cycle of education, from early childhood, through to schools and into adulthood to improve academic, health and wellbeing outcomes for every student.

• Creating mentally healthy workplaces

  https://prevention.health.vic.gov.au/blog/posts/creating-mentally-healthy-workplaces
  One in five Australians will experience a mental health condition in any given year. The WorkWell Toolkit is a resource for employers to support them in building a mentally healthy workplace.

• Seat at the Table - everyone deserves a seat at the table

  https://prevention.health.vic.gov.au/blog/posts/seat-at-the-table-everyone-deserves-a-seat-at-the-table
  Seat at the Table uses a co-design approach to improve engagement around mental health of young people from refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds in Melbournes western suburbs.

• Gippsland dairy farmers share mental health journeys

  https://prevention.health.vic.gov.au/blog/posts/gippsland-dairy-farmers-share-mental-health-journeys
  Gippsland Dairy Farmers are leading the way in reducing stigma, sharing their personal stories in a calendar promoting help seeking and suicide prevention, being distributed throughout the Gippsland region.

• Merbein community comes out in force to learn suicide bereavement support skills

  https://prevention.health.vic.gov.au/blog/posts/merbein-community-comes-out-in-force-to-learn-suicide-bereavement-support-skills
  The first event of the Murray Primary Health Network-led Mildura Suicide Prevention trial was held in the small community of Merbein Victoria on 5 March 2018.

• Rowan View Preschool turns over a new leaf for mental health

  https://prevention.health.vic.gov.au/blog/posts/rowan-view-preschool-turns-over-a-new-leaf-for-mental-health
  Rowan View Preschool's creative approach to wellbeing has changed the way kids and families talk about mental health in their preschool.

• Live4Life - youth suicide prevention in Rural Victoria

  https://prevention.health.vic.gov.au/blog/posts/live4life-youth-suicide-prevention-in-rural-victoria
  The Live4Life initiative commenced in 2009 in response to a reported increase in anxiety, depression, self-harm and suicide amongst young people in the rural communities of the Macedon Ranges Shire.

• Meeting the health needs of older adults in public housing

  https://prevention.health.vic.gov.au/blog/posts/meeting-the-health-needs-of-older-adults-in-public-housing
  Isolated older adults have limited access to health resources and services. Merri Outreach Support Service is working alongside isolated older adults in public housing to meet their health and wellbeing needs.