MOSH Australia (Minimisation of Suicide Harm) is a not for profit organisation founded by Jill Chapman and Sandra Lockwood to honour the lives and memories of their sons Mark Quick and Michael Chapman.
The main aim of MOSH is to cater for the needs of those at risk of self-harm and suicide and those bereaved through suicide.
MOSH will administer and provide a range of activities which will cater for those at risk of and bereaved by suicide. More than 2000 people take their own lives in Australia each year and there are many who believe this figure may well be higher if the truth of many 'accidental' deaths could be found beyond doubt. The figure is greater than that of Australians killed each year in motor vehicle accidents. In fact, some fatalities in single vehicle accidents may well be suicides, but death by suicide is not recorded as no proof exists. This anomaly would make the discrepancies between the two figures even greater.
There are many risk factors associated with self-harm and suicide and these are often exaggerated if the person at risk is bereaved by suicide themselves. When coupled by a lack of protective factors the risk factors can be fatal for those vulnerable members of our community.
MOSH aims to develop and promote both existing and new programs that will minimise the risk factors and maximise protective factors for those at risk of self-harm and suicide and those bereaved by suicide.