Northern Territory (NT)

Department of People, Sport and Culture, opens in a new tab support the delivery of sport and active recreation services to the community through a suite of grant programs aimed at increasing the number of Territorians who participate in sport and active recreation, and in turn receive physical health, wellbeing, social and community benefits.

Programs, resources and reports

• Gone Too Soon: A Report into Youth Suicide in the Northern Territory, opens in a new tab. NT Select Committee on Youth Suicides in the NT, (March 2012). This report highlights a broad range of issues and factors that influence the high rate of suicide in the Northern Territory. The report demonstrates that sport in conjunction with a number of other interventions can be utilised as an effective tool in reducing the number of youth suicides.