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We Are Finalists In The UK Mental Health Awards 2024

Our charity is one of two finalists in the “Support During The Pandemic” category in the UK Mental Health Awards 2024. This reflects the work of our Suicide Crisis Centre. The other finalist is South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation... Read More

Our Suicide Prevention Training For The British Transport Police

We have been asked by the British Transport Police to provide a further suicide prevention awareness training session. This is for their police officers in England, Wales and Scotland. It will take place in September.... Read More

Our Suicide Prevention Training For Paramedic Students

We were very pleased to provide suicide prevention training for paramedic students in south east England last month. They are our ambulance staff of the future and they will of course be going out to people who are at imminent... Read More

Our CEO speaks at national healthcare conference: Supporting People To Be Safe After Suicide Attempts

This week our CEO gave a talk at a national conference about self-harm. The conference was for NHS professionals and other professionals working in healthcare settings. Our CEO’s talk focused specifically on how to support people to be safe after... Read More

Our Oral Evidence To A Parliamentary Select Committee

On 5th December our CEO was invited to give oral evidence about men’s mental health and suicide risk to a Parliamentary Select Committee. She drew on the experiences of male clients at our Suicide Crisis Centre over the past decade.... Read More

Sending suicide prevention books to Ukrainian libraries

We are pleased to have been able to donate copies of The Suicide Prevention Pocket Guidebook to Ukrainian libraries. We donated the books through Book Aid International in partnership with PEN Ukraine. Book Aid International explains: “The libraries PEN Ukraine... Read More

Our participation in All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) meeting on preventing opioid-related deaths

The focus of the APPG meeting was preventing opioid-related deaths. A significant percentage of clients at our Suicide Crisis Centre have a history of drug use and we are concerned to do all we can to reduce the risk of... Read More

Our CEO’s recent contributions to national newspaper articles about suicide

Our CEO was asked to comment in recent articles in The Telegraph and The Daily Mail. In The Telegraph, she was asked about the latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) suicide figures. She was asked to comment on reasons for... Read More

We are invited to speak in the House of Lords about our charity and our Suicide Crisis Centre

We were invited to speak in the House of Lords this week about the work of our charity and our Suicide Crisis Centre. We spoke about the reasons why our crisis service is needed, and how we work differently from... Read More

“It’s a place full of hope”: article in The Metro newspaper about our Suicide Crisis Centre

A article in the Metro newspaper this weekend highlights the increased need for our suicide crisis service in December and January, and explains some of our clients’ experiences of accessing our services. “It’s a place that’s full of hope, because... Read More