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Calls to Lifeline’s Rockhampton Crisis Supporters have increased 76 per cent since this time last year.
Nationally, Lifeline receives about 3000 calls a day, and the Queensland average increased to more than 12,000 calls each month during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rockhampton currently has 23 Lifeline Crisis Supporters, compared to 16 in March 2020.
They took 1,385 calls from help-seekers this month and contributed 496 hours of service on the phones – 66 per cent more than last year.
Lifeline Queensland general manager Luke Lindsay said the service had fundraising efforts and Lifeline retail store income to thank for its crisis support and suicide prevention across 10 centres in Queensland.
Brendy Lindsay and Luke Lindsay, 2, sled down a hill at Butte Park in Hermiston on Monday, Jan. 25, 2021. According to the National Weather Service, Hermiston accumulated roughly 1