Tasmanian

Communications

Charter

A state-based approach to mental health and

suicide prevention

Organisational Signatory Declaration

Name of your organisation is prepared to support the core principles of the Tasmanian Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Communications Charter:

1. Make mental health, wellbeing and suicide prevention a priority issue

2. Use appropriate, person-centred and respectful language in all communication

3. Share nationally consistent information and messages

4. Work together to maximize our efforts and resources

5. Use the Charter as a guide for strategic communications, advocacy and awareness raising

6. Acknowledge those with lived experience of mental ill-health or suicide

7. Respect the diversity of experience of those affected by mental ill-health or suicide

8. Promote crisis services and help-seeking information

Name of your organisation is committed to training staff in the ‘Tasmanian Charter Introduction’ module available via tascharter.org:

Staff Training	% of staff to be trained	By specified date
e.g Senior staff	90%	31st October 2018
Paid staff
Volunteer staff

Declared by: Click or tap here to enter text. Date: Click or tap here to enter text.

Position: Click or tap here to enter text.

Email: Click or tap here to enter text.

Please return this declaration to:

Bree Klerck - Project Officer, Mental Health Council Tasmania

e. bklerck@mhct.org.au