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Male suicide rates are two-thirds higher than that of women in the city of Ballarat. The Men’s Health and Wellbeing project is important to the Ballarat Suicide Prevention Place-Based Trial.
The leadership group prioritized men as a target group for the Ballarat trial. A working group was established to scope meaningful activities to reduce male suicides in Ballarat. The working group was comprised of community members to scope the development of the activities.
This activity aims to establish better insight into the current level of understanding about important factors that relate to mental health and suicide including lifestyle factors and stigma.
Outside the Locker Room (OTLR) have been contracted for this project to deliver their program to 30 clubs, groups and/or employers in Ballarat. Their program includes a mental health education session and 12 months of welfare support to participants that complete their program.
OTLR supports sporting clubs, community groups and employers by providing education and welfare support on mental health and other social topics.
Positive mental health and group culture is a feature of success. This project aims to help community groups identify signs of vulnerability or risks within the group and provide contemporary information to help support the mental health and wellbeing of members each group. OTLR offer:
1 x mental health education session to build the confidence and capacity of group members to help improve local understanding about the impact of declining mental health and the risk of suicide. OTLR have developed a software application that includes relevant questionnaires and helpful resources for people that participate. The information collected in the questionnaire helps target local needs towards relevant information to better support men at risk of suicide in the community. (for more information on the collection of data, please read the information listed in the project updates and information tab below)
Direct support for participants through the OTLR welfare support program for 12 month’s.
To express your interest in participating in this program, please complete the form via the following link and you will be contacted by OTLR when possible: –
Male suicide rates are two-thirds higher than that of women in the city of Ballarat. The Men’s Health and Wellbeing project is important to the Ballarat Suicide Prevention Place-Based Trial.
The leadership group prioritized men as a target group for the Ballarat trial. A working group was established to scope meaningful activities to reduce male suicides in Ballarat. The working group was comprised of community members to scope the development of the activities.
This activity aims to establish better insight into the current level of understanding about important factors that relate to mental health and suicide including lifestyle factors and stigma.
Outside the Locker Room (OTLR) have been contracted for this project to deliver their program to 30 clubs, groups and/or employers in Ballarat. Their program includes a mental health education session and 12 months of welfare support to participants that complete their program.
OTLR supports sporting clubs, community groups and employers by providing education and welfare support on mental health and other social topics.
Positive mental health and group culture is a feature of success. This project aims to help community groups identify signs of vulnerability or risks within the group and provide contemporary information to help support the mental health and wellbeing of members each group. OTLR offer:
1 x mental health education session to build the confidence and capacity of group members to help improve local understanding about the impact of declining mental health and the risk of suicide. OTLR have developed a software application that includes relevant questionnaires and helpful resources for people that participate. The information collected in the questionnaire helps target local needs towards relevant information to better support men at risk of suicide in the community. (for more information on the collection of data, please read the information listed in the project updates and information tab below)
Direct support for participants through the OTLR welfare support program for 12 month’s.
To express your interest in participating in this program, please complete the form via the following link and you will be contacted by OTLR when possible: –
Please refer to OLTR privacy and consent information firstly. This article has been provided because we wanted to make sure you understood that the information collected from the questionnaire is extremely valuable to this project.
Those who take part in sessions funded by the Ballarat Suicide Prevention Place Based Trial and complete the questionnaire will have the questionnaire responses provided to WVPHN. We want to ensure you that all responses provided to WVPHN are deidentified.
If you do not want your questionnaire responses shared with WVPHN, please contact OTLR; contact details available in project contacts section.
Page published: 12 May 2021, 03:47 PM
Needing immediate support?
If you, or someone you are helping, are at risk of suicide and need immediate crisis support please phone:
Lifeline on 13 11 14
Suicide Call Back Service on 1300 659 467
Emergency Services on 000
The Western Victoria Primary Health Network & the Ballarat Place Based Trial Team do not provide crisis support or treatment services.
This page is not monitored and is for the purpose of Trail Project information sharing only.
Men's Health and Wellbeing Ballarat has finished this stage
The trial leadership Group where tasks to review relevant data and information to determine key areas of focus that encourage the most effective way to support suicide prevention activities in the Ballarat Local Government Area. Men's Health and Wellbeing was one of those topics.
Working group development
Men's Health and Wellbeing Ballarat has finished this stage
Each key identified area of focus had a community driven working group. These working groups were chaired by 1 member of the trial leadership group and key community members were offered an opportunity to be a part of the working. The working group members were tasked to develop a detailed project and present this to the leadership group for endorsement to Western Victoria Primary Health Network (WVPHN).
Project endorsement
Men's Health and Wellbeing Ballarat has finished this stage
The developed project was submitted to the leadership group who endorsed this for the WVPHN to commission a supplier to undertake the project work.
Project commenced
Men's Health and Wellbeing Ballarat has finished this stage
Project work officially commenced and is underway
Welfare Program open and being delivered
Men's Health and Wellbeing Ballarat is currently at this stage
OTLR program is currently scheduled and open to book. Keep up to date with the limited positions available in the news feed.
Project evaluation
this is an upcoming stage for Men's Health and Wellbeing Ballarat
Feedback from those who attended the training and those who assisted with its organisation and delivery will be collected and analysed. Findings on the outcomes, impact and processes of the project and its activities will be presented in an evaluation report.
Project close
this is an upcoming stage for Men's Health and Wellbeing Ballarat
Unfortunately, this project does have an end date, this project will run up to August 2021.
