ABOUT US
Lake Macquarie Safe Space is about a peer-led community-based service to support people who are experiencing emotional or suicidal distress.
Lake Mac Safe Space is a ‘drop in’ style place that offers a non-clinical alternative to acute, clinical services such as emergency departments for people experiencing emotional or suicidal distress.
Our Lake Mac Safe Space provides a warm, welcoming environment in which to reduce distress, it will be staffed by our Peer CARE Companions (PCC) who have either had their own lived experience of suicide, have supported someone else in crisis, or who have been bereaved by suicide.
This means they are better able to connect with others through the mutual understanding that comes with meaningful shared experience.
We are:
A trauma-informed ‘no wrong’ door approach
A warm welcoming environment
Non-clinical support that meets the holistic needs of our peers
A compassionate and capable peer-led lived experience workforce providing peer support
Warm connections to other appropriate and reliable supports
People with Lived Experience who are actively involved in all aspects of the Community-led Safe Space
The Community-led safe space model has been co-designed by Roses in the Ocean and Healing Path to Wellness. We are part of Roses in the Ocean’s national Community-led safe space project, leveraging their expertise, guidance, and operational support.
We have over 10 volunteers in our Safe Space. All our volunteers are provided with two key trainings: TouchPoints Training and Roses in the Ocean Peer CARE Companion Training.