Stronger Together
This resource kit gives advice to families and friends about how to support someone who is struggling. It includes:
– Video stories
– Written stories
– A guide to having a conversation with someone in distress
Source: RUOK
Conversations Matter: Podcasts
A series of conversations about promoting social and emotional wellbeing and preventing suicides in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, recorded by Luke Pearson from Indigenous X and featuring:
Dr Jackie Huggins AM, Co-chair of the National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples, Birri-Gubba Juru and Bidjara woman from Queensland
Aunty Lorraine Peeters, Managing Director and Facilitator of Winangali-Marumali from the Gamilaroi and Wailwun Nations
Richard Weston, former CEO of the Healing Foundation, descendant from Meriam People of Torres Strait
Source: Everymind
Yarning about suicide prevention in our community
This short resource gives advice about how to start an inclusive conversation in a community about preventing suicide.
Source: Everymind
The Surface
The Break It Down video project, with youth in North Queensland, includes original music and stories of cultural connection from five communities. All the videos are also available through the Hitnet kiosk and wifi service for remote communities which may not have regular internet access.
Break It Down is a project of North Queensland Primary Health Network, with Desert Pea Media.
Short film about the experiences of a young man, finding strength in the transition to fatherhood.
Aka (Grandmother)
The Break It Down video project, with youth in North Queensland, includes original music and stories of cultural connection from five communities. All the videos are also available through the Hitnet kiosk and wifi service for remote communities which may not have regular internet access.
Break It Down is a project of North Queensland Primary Health Network, with Desert Pea Media.
Short film featuring a grandmother teaching her granddaughter her traditional language.
Time Waits for No One
The Break It Down video project, with youth in North Queensland, includes original music and stories of cultural connection from five communities. All the videos are also available through the Hitnet kiosk and wifi service for remote communities which may not have regular internet access.
Break It Down is a project of North Queensland Primary Health Network, with Desert Pea Media.
Music video from the Ilan Styles group of young people from Thursday Island in the Torres Strait.
The Island
The Break It Down video project, with youth in North Queensland, includes original music and stories of cultural connection from five communities. All the videos are also available through the Hitnet kiosk and wifi service for remote communities which may not have regular internet access.
Break It Down is a project of North Queensland Primary Health Network, with Desert Pea Media.
Short film about the 2004 death in custody of Mulrunji Doomadgee, narrated by his family and Bwgcolman community members, describing the impact on the community and their strength, connection and healing.
Salty Plum
The Break It Down video project, with youth in North Queensland, includes original music and stories of cultural connection from five communities. All the videos are also available through the Hitnet kiosk and wifi service for remote communities which may not have regular internet access.
Break It Down is a project of North Queensland Primary Health Network, with Desert Pea Media.
High-energy humorous tour of Palm Island and its culture and history, hosted by a local Bwgcolman teenager.
Time Will Tell
The Break It Down video project, with youth in North Queensland, includes original music and stories of cultural connection from five communities. All the videos are also available through the Hitnet kiosk and wifi service for remote communities which may not have regular internet access.
Break It Down is a project of North Queensland Primary Health Network, with Desert Pea Media.
Music video from the Bwgcolman Mob of young people from Palm Island.
Malkarri
The Break It Down video project, with youth in North Queensland, includes original music and stories of cultural connection from five communities. All the videos are also available through the Hitnet kiosk and wifi service for remote communities which may not have regular internet access.
Break It Down is a project of North Queensland Primary Health Network, with Desert Pea Media.
Short film about the importance of traditional dance, music, arts and corroboree.