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  • Jorgen Gullestrup

    Jorgen Gullestrup is a plumber and suicidologist. In 2008, he was the founding CEO of MATES in Construction, a suicide prevention charity working for the construction industry. MATES in Construction is one of the most awarded and best-evaluated workplace suicide prevention programs globally. Jorgen received a 2017 Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Fellowship award to investigate approaches and programs aimed at reducing suicide amongst workers in male-dominated industries – particularly construction workers. This article is in part built on this work. He is the recipient of Suicide Prevention Australia’s 2018 LIFE Award for his leadership in the Australian suicide prevention sector.

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    MATES in Construction
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