Project Air is a centre of excellence for research, education and treatment of personality disorders and related complex challenges including self-harm, suicide and comorbid conditions and is the only university-based personality disorders centre with a national and international focus that has the capacity and expertise to provide a national focus of work. Project Air has developed and evaluated a range of interventions for health services, schools and clinicians. We build capacity to help health services, schools and communities identify and respond more effectively to suicide risk, self-harm and complex mental health presentations.