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ABOUT US
Our Purpose
Thrive is a community group focused on suicide prevention, and supporting people to live full, contributing lives in the Upper Murray. We recognise that multiple strategies save more lives (2021, Black Dog Institute - LifeSpan model).
Our Community
Thrive is focussed on improving people's lives within the Upper Murray region, which is nestled in north-east Victoria, and the snowy mountains of southern New South Wales. The township of Corryong acts as the main meeting place for Thrive, but community members live far and wide, in the neighbouring hills and valleys.
Lifespan framework
The Black Dog Institute
Thrive uses the Black Dog Institute's Lifespan model as a foundation for all that we do. It's nine pillars work together to establish better mental health for communities as a whole.
statistics
People in rural populations are 2 times more likely to take their life by suicide
75% of those who take their own life are male
Suicide is the leading cause of death for Australians between the ages of 15 and 44
Every day, at least six Australians die from suicide and a further thirty people will attempt to take their own life
LGBTIQ+ community members report having attempted suicide in the past 12 months at a rate 10 times higher than the general Australian population
The suicide rate in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples is twice that of their non-Indigenous counterparts
there was 65,000 suicide attempts each year (est.)
It is estimated that more than 500,000 Australians have attempted suicide at some time in their life.