Tasmanian LiFE Awards – 2025 Nominee
Innovative Practice and Research LiFE Award
The Innovative Practice and Research LiFE Award recognises outstanding contributions in the field of suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention through innovative practices and/or research. This award aims to acknowledge research that strengthens our understanding of effective suicide prevention strategies, including those addressing recent events that threaten mental health. It also aims to recognise individuals or groups who have adopted novel and unique approaches to suicide prevention.
Proudly sponsored by Newport and Wildman
A Tasmanian Lifeline
A Tasmanian Lifeline (ATL) is a vital telephone service that provides ongoing emotional and social support to Tasmanians of all ages. By addressing feelings of loneliness, isolation and interpersonal stress, ATL helps callers build resilience and coping skills to proactively manage their mental health.
Started to support older Tasmanians through the COVID-19 pandemic, ATL has grown to become an innovative phone service that connects with its callers in ways few other phone lines can. Staffed by local people who understand the barriers and issues of concern Tasmanians face, ATL creates strong connections between callers and the highly trained support workers. The service also offers a callback service, which allows callers to access follow-up support. A scheduled call from ATL is something for people to look forward to.
While the service creates ongoing, personal connections, callers are still able to stay anonymous. As the service runs from 8am to 8pm every day of the year, it can bridge the gap in support, particularly during times when people tend to struggle and many other services are unavailable.
Through these innovative practices, ATL has responded to complex mental health challenges in a way that has deeply resonated with the community. Sometimes all you need is someone to talk to, and when people need to talk to someone, they call A Tasmanian Lifeline.
