We are strengthening suicide prevention support for men and boys in Queensland, as suicide remains one of the leading causes of premature death for men.
About the program
The Men and Boys Suicide Prevention Grant Program has been established to strengthen suicide prevention support for men and boys by reducing suicide risk factors, improving suicide prevention literacy, and building stronger community and system responses to male suicidality.
The funded initiatives focus on one or more of the following priority areas:
- reducing risk factors
- enhancing suicide prevention literacy and coping capacity
- supporting key life transitions
- strengthening gender-responsive and culturally safe systems
- building community-led partnerships and reducing stigma.
A total funding pool of up to $3 million was available, with grants between $300,000 to $600,000 per initiative.
Successful recipients and initiatives
Five organisations have received funding to deliver innovative suicide prevention initiatives across Queensland.
- Council on the Aging (COTA) Queensland
Reaching Older Men Earlier (ROME)
Strengthening community seniors' services to better engage older men at risk of isolation, distress and suicide through workforce training, lived experience leadership, and improved service capability.
- Deadly Inspiring Youth Doing Good (DIYDG) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporation
Scaling up the Kunjur Kit
Expanding a First Nations men-led suicide prevention and social and emotional wellbeing initiative across rural and remote North Queensland through culturally safe yarning circles and community leadership.
- Primary Care Gold Coast Limited
Men, Mates & Mentors
Delivering a year-round, community-led program that promotes healthy masculinities, social connection and help-seeking through events, peer support, lived experience storytelling, and digital resources.
- SANE Australia
SMS-based Suicide Prevention Support for New Dads
Enhancing SMS4Dads with tailored suicide prevention messaging, evidence-based resources, safety planning tools, and moderated peer support to help fathers navigate the challenges of early parenthood.
- yourtown
Full Circle: Connecting Young Men to Strength, Support, and Opportunity
Supporting young male jobseekers in the Wide Bay and Metro South regions through co-designed workshops, online peer support, and evidence-based mental health resources that promote positive masculinities and ongoing wellbeing.
Why this matters
Suicide remains one of the leading causes of premature death for men in Queensland, Australia and globally. In Australia, men account for most deaths by suicide.
Men and boys often experience a range of pressures that increase vulnerability, including school and study pressure, identity anxiety, bullying, childhood adversity, financial stress, relationship breakdown, loneliness, employment instability, alcohol and other drug (AOD) and gambling related harm, and other life transitions.
This grant program responds by strengthening early support, building meaningful connections, and promoting healthier masculinities to reduce risk and improve wellbeing.
How this supports reform
The Men and Boys Grants Program delivers on key actions under:
and supports the broader reform agenda to promote healthier masculinities and support DFV reforms by encouraging safe, respectful, and evidence-based approaches to men's wellbeing.
