In 2016–2017, a new National Suicide Prevention Strategy established the National Suicide Prevention Trial.
The North Coast Primary Health Network established the Tweed-Byron Local Suicide Prevention Steering Committee, seeking to initiate and support local integrated approaches, strong engagement, and funding from multiple local stakeholders, to design and implement strategies, to reduce the prevalence of suicide in these communities.
Following on from initial work by the committee in 2016–2017, The Family Centre was contracted by NCPHN in June 2018 to lead the implementation of the Tweed-Byron Suicide Prevention Strategy.
Community consultation and collaboration has identified 5 priority areas that are informing and shaping a range of activities that will occur in the Tweed and Byron shires.