{"id":1888,"date":"2024-09-19T13:47:12","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T03:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/annualreport.tas.relationships.org.au\/2023-24\/?page_id=1888"},"modified":"2024-10-18T13:53:02","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T02:53:02","slug":"community-action-plans","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/annualreport.tas.relationships.org.au\/2023-24\/in-it-together\/suicide-prevention\/community-action-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Action Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A Community Action Plan (CAP) is a practical strategy co-designed with a community (workplace, school, club, organisation) to support positive wellbeing, good mental health, and to prevent and reduce suicide. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our team of project officers support the development of the CAP by holding meetings, assisting with community consultations, developing actions based on identified needs, and writing the plan. Communities then lead and implement the actions. Small grants of $1500 are available to CAP endorsed communities to assist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the past financial year, seven CAPs were endorsed, with ongoing consultations taking place in twenty community groups across the state. Care Forward and the Retired Police Association were some of the groups that we worked with to create a tailored CAP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our team of project officers support the development of the CAP by holding meetings, assisting with community consultations, developing actions based on identified needs, and writing the plan.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

A CAP was created with the Retired Police Association of Tasmania (RPAT), in consultation with its 151 members. The RPAT offers members a space for camaraderie, peer support, and mutual benefit. They host various social events, provide access to training, maintain regular email contact, and support struggling members through outreach and a dedicated hotline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The RPAT consultation highlighted three main actions for them over the next 12 months:<\/p>\n\n\n\n