The First Nations Collaborative continues to strengthen its role as a culturally grounded, community led space for connection, reflection and collective life promotion and suicide prevention action.

Across Far North Queensland, we continue to see strong collaboration and growing momentum in suicide prevention, with opportunities to connect, learn, and share across our communities.

Read on to learn more about what is coming up, and what we’ve been working on……

February was a full month for the Life Promotion and Suicide Prevention FNQ Collaborative, with partners from across the region coming together to learn, reflect and strengthen the ways we work together to prevent suicide and promote life. From discussions exploring how the National Suicide Prevention Strategy shows up in local practice, to community-led intervention training, participatory community development learning, and powerful lived-experience conversations — the month reinforced what we know to be true: connection, collaboration and shared learning are at the heart of effective suicide prevention.

Life Promotion and Suicide Prevention FNQ is strengthening place-based, community-led suicide prevention across Far North Queensland. Discover upcoming training and events aligned with the National Suicide Prevention Strategy, updates from across Cairns, the Hinterland, and Torres and Cape, and upcoming Coordinator roles focused on prevention, early intervention, and local collaboration in line with NQPHN’s Joint Regional Plan.

In December 2025, Beacon Strategies partnered with Strategic Indigenous Solutions to convene Session 2 of the First Nations Collaborative in Cairns. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders, Elders, practitioners, and sector partners from Cairns, Cape York, and the Torres Strait came together to share lived experience and collective insights on strengthening suicide prevention and life promotion across the region.