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Workshops & Retreats

Specialised, culturally-safe workshops and retreats focused on suicide prevention with young people, and on walking alongside adults and community members who have lost someone to suicide.

Every gathering is shaped with Elders, trauma-informed facilitators and cultural protocols at the centre. We come to your community, or hold space on Country.

For young people

Youth Suicide Prevention

For young people, and for the adults around them. Strengths-based workshops and retreats that build connection, identity and reasons for living — with cultural safety at the heart.

Workshop

Strong Young Spirits — Youth Suicide Prevention

A culturally-safe workshop for young people exploring identity, connection and reasons for living. Strengths-based and trauma-informed, held in yarning circle format with Elders present.

Duration:
Half day · 3 hours (can extend to full day)
Where:
Schools, youth services or on Country
Who:
Young people 12–24. Groups up to 20.
Workshop

Walking Beside Our Young Ones

For parents, carers, teachers and youth workers. Practical, culturally-grounded skills for recognising distress, having safe conversations and knowing how to respond when a young person is at risk.

Duration:
Full day · 6 hours
Where:
On-site or online
Who:
Adults working with or caring for young people
Retreat

Youth On Country Healing Retreat

A weekend on Country for young people who have been struggling — held with Elders, cultural practice, storytelling and quiet time. A chance to feel held by community and reconnect with strength.

Duration:
3 days · 2 nights
Where:
By referral — location shared on booking
Who:
Young people 15–24. Limited to 12 participants.
For those left behind

Postvention — Bereaved by Suicide

For adults, families and community members carrying grief after losing someone to suicide. Held in deep listening — dadirri — with cultural care, clinical support and time to simply be.

Workshop

Yarning Through Grief — Postvention Circle

A gentle, facilitated yarning circle for adults and community members who have lost someone to suicide. Space to share, to be witnessed, and to remember together in cultural safety.

Duration:
Half day · 3 hours
Where:
In person or online
Who:
Adults bereaved by suicide. Small groups of up to 12.
Workshop

Community Response After a Suicide

For communities and organisations supporting people in the aftermath of a suicide. Cultural protocols, sorry business, safe messaging, and how to walk alongside grieving families and young people.

Duration:
Full day · 6 hours
Where:
On-site at your community or workplace
Who:
Community leaders, frontline workers, teams up to 25
Retreat

Bereaved by Suicide — Healing Retreat

A retreat for adults carrying the weight of losing someone to suicide. Time on Country, with Elders, weaving, walking, ceremony and rest. Held with deep care and clinical support on hand.

Duration:
3 days · 2 nights
Where:
By application — location shared on booking
Who:
Adults 18+ bereaved by suicide. Limited to 12 participants.

Enquire about a workshop or retreat

Tell us a little about your community, school or organisation and which offering you're interested in. We'll respond personally and yarn about what's possible.

If you or someone you love is in crisis, please call 13YARN (13 92 76) or Lifeline 13 11 14.