The Common Agenda

The Common Agenda Evolution

The Life Promotion and Suicide Prevention FNQ Collaborative is designed to provide opportunities for creative thinkers, leaders, decision-makers and community members with a passion for suicide prevention, to come together to uncover creative solutions.

Adopting a Collective Impact-style approach to create a movement for change, we held workshops to build a Common Agenda* and identify Critical Shifts that needed to occur. A design workshop was then facilitated to create and pitch new ideas.

The one-page, easy-to-read sheets below, are the evolution of those ideas and were drafted to inspire action.

*Common Agenda: A vision for change shared by all participants that includes a common understanding of the problem and a joint approach to solving the problem through agreed-upon actions.

What to think about

  • What does this Critical Shift mean to you? 

  • Does it inspire ideas for action that you might want to take or get involved in?

  • Do you have anything to add to the idea?

What to do next

  • Read the rich notes behind the One-Pagers

  • Share with your friends and colleagues

  • Get together and try something 

  • Contact the Life Promotion and Suicide Prevention FNQ team

Critical Shifts One-Pagers

  • Access

    From a lack of services in regional and remote areas and inequitable resources…

    To equity in resources and the basic human rights to access health and social services are met.

  • Education

    From the current state of suspension and exclusion of students from school…

    To the future state of no suspension and exclusion of students and a greater understanding of students.

  • Stigma & Language

    From the current state of stigma around suicidal ideation…

    To the ideal state where, if people express suicidal thoughts, they are accepted and not judged.

  • Systems

    From the current state of power-over and top-down bureaucracy…

    To a future state, characterised by power with, grassroots, people-led, and person-centred approaches.

  • Racism

    From the current state of systemic racism…

    To a future state where racism is eradicated from the operations of health and social services, as well as government policies and procedures.

Get in touch

If you found these resources helpful or would like to chat about life promotion in your community, please contact us!