Wow! We did it!! THANK YOU for making sure that more people have Help @ Hand when they need it most.
We are truly blown away by the support of our community. On our Help @ Hand Giving Day, you helped us raise $600,000 - and we are so grateful.
Initial target: $500,000
Dream round: $600,000
You can still donate to our Help @ Hand Giving Day, but donations are no longer matched.
Tragically, 9 Australians die by suicide each day. And sometimes, knowing where and how to access help isn’t easy. But our goal is to make it easier.
When you donate to Help @ Hand, it means more people can access support through Lifeline’s digital suicide prevention services – through text and chat crisis support, the Support Toolkit, and BeyondNow app.
All, of course, with the device they have at hand.
We did it!
Our Help @ Hand Giving Day target has been smashed!
All donations doubled*, thanks to our generous partner
Hear from Yasmin, one of Lifeline's volunteer crisis supporters
Each year, more and more people are turning to Lifeline for support.
Increasingly, Australians are reaching out to Lifeline digitally. In the past year, our digital crisis supporters answered:
📱 76,864 text conversations
🖥 127,909 web chat conversations
There were also:
🛠 1.4 million visits to our website, to access resources like our Support Toolkit – offering people clinically informed and trustworthy information about mental health, on their own terms.
💙 24,917 downloads of our BeyondNow app – supporting people in crisis to create their own safety plan, to help them cope when they’re feeling unsafe or suicidal.
All these services give people agency in their mental health and wellbeing journey, by helping them identify ways to manage what they’re going through. It could be some practical advice. Or some words of kindness, to help someone find connection and build hope.
“When I texted Lifeline, I felt seen and heard. I was in a pit of anxiety, but the crisis supporter was able to navigate me through it.”
HELP SEEKER
“She wrote the most beautiful words that I needed to hear. I’ve screenshot the conversation and keep it with me for when I get into a dark place again.”
HELP SEEKER
Help more people access Lifeline’s digital crisis and online self-led supports
Provide Australians with access to 24 hour crisis support and suicide prevention services.
Help more people access safe, clinically informed online support tools and resources.
Give help seekers access to evidence based safety planning tools and resources.
Support Lifeline's research and advocacy programs for vital suicide prevention efforts.
Thank you to everyone who is ensuring that help is at hand, always.
Nathan Roberts
Anonymous
Anonymous
Keep up the excellent and essential work.
Anonymous
Anonymous
Kaye Caulfield
BillB
Great Effort to all involved
Chris Jerram
Bradley Dunscombe
Anonymous
Diane Dodgson
Louise Kendall
Miranda Manifold
Always thank you
Anonymous
Zena Jokubaitis
Liza Peapell
Thank you for your work
Jeanne Abelson
Will pay by cheque or bank transfer if you send me bank account details. Thanks
Anonymous
Natalie Harlond
About Lifeline
Every day, nine Australians take their own life, a heartbreaking reality that affects countless lives. While each loss is deeply felt, there is hope in our collective efforts to prevent suicide.
Suicide prevention looks different for everyone. By combining our tools, resources, services, and support, we can work together to make a difference and support those at risk.
From crisis support to counselling to self-led support; Lifeline’s many services help to ensure that the diverse needs of all Australians are met and that everyone has support available to them, when they need it, in a way that best suits them.
We’re here for you
Self-led Support
Crisis Support
Counselling
*The Buildcorp Foundation will match donations up to a total of $300,000. Donations made after matched funds are exhausted will contribute to the appeal total and be used for the same purpose - to strengthen Lifeline's digital crisis support and suicide prevention services.
