Lifeline Australia

It was Buildcorp’s people who first directed us to support mental health and suicide prevention in 2014.

Statistics tell us that suicide is the leading cause of death for Australians aged 15 – 44, and young men working on construction sites aged 15-24 are twice as likely to make the decision to end their life.

The Buildcorp Foundation is Lifeline Australia’s longest serving National Partner, supporting mental health for 10 years, and the construction industry’s leading supporter of Lifeline Australia, nationally.

Since 2014, the Buildcorp Foundation has supported the crisis support services of Lifeline Australia, and we have donated over $2.3 million to date.

In 2024, the Buildcorp Foundation signed on as the Naming Rights Partner of Lifeline Australia Help @ Hand Giving Day for a 3-year term. The Giving Day is a 24-hour event where the public donate to Lifeline Australia and have their donation matched by the Buildcorp Foundation.

Giving Day raises funds and awareness for Lifeline Australia’s 24/7 digital support channels, including text and online chat, to make sure that anyone in Australia has access to help using their mobile, their computer, or whatever device they have at hand. 

This has been a great platform to maximise the Buildcorp Foundation’s annual contribution to mental health, which will increase awareness of our longstanding work with Lifeline Australia, and shine a spotlight on the disproportionate number of young male construction workers who die by suicide every year. 

Buildcorp’s site teams get behind this important initiative by putting their ‘tools down’ over the day and connecting with their teammates and project partners over a site BBQ to raise funds and spread awareness. 

To date, this event has raised over $1.39 million over the past two years, with $650,000 dollar-matched by the Buildcorp Foundation, which includes over $407,000 raised by Buildcorp staff BBQs alone!

These funds raised will make a tremendous difference in ensuring Lifeline Australia can keep pace with our increasingly digital world and that their support services are as accessible as possible.

Thanks to the generous support of our people and our partners, we have now donated $2.3million to Lifeline Australia since 2015. This equates to assisting:

• 600,000 calls for help
• 90,500 texts and web chats from people in their darkest moments
• Thousands of safety plans created, positively impacting hundreds of lives per week
• 4000+ volunteer Crisis Supporters with training and support

“Mental health support and suicide prevention are very close to the hearts of Buildcorp’s people. The construction industry is significantly impacted by suicide, as young men working on site aged 15-24 are twice as likely to make the decision to end their life. For this reason, we are proud that our people have chosen to put the collective giving power of the Buildcorp Foundation behind Lifeline Australia.

Lifeline Australia’s work is more important now than ever before. Every life that is taken leaves a devastating impact on our communities and families. However, there is hope for those in need as Lifeline’s services are helping to save hundreds of lives every week. The Buildcorp Foundation is very grateful that our contributions, and those of our generous partners, will have a long lasting positive impact on the lives of those who rely on Lifeline Australia’s vital services.”

Josephine & Tony Sukkar
Buildcorp Foundation