Together, our team of dedicated staff and more than 300 volunteers share a common vision: A resilient Tasmania free of suicide.
We work throughout the entire state of Tasmania delivering suicide prevention and programs, including:
Our story
Lifeline has been operating in Tasmania since 1973, commencing as two chapters (Lifeline North West and Lifeline Hobart), which merged in 2012 to form Lifeline Tasmania; a single organisation with state-wide reach and community connections.
Lifeline Australia was founded by Dr Rev. Sir Alan Walker in 1963 when he took a call from a distressed man who later took his own life. Determined not to let isolation and lack of support be the cause of more deaths, Sir Alan launched a 24-hour crisis support line, staffed by trained volunteers ready to help people in their moment of crisis.
