This week our CEO was a speaker at a national conference on suicide prevention for healthcare professionals. The title of her presentation was “Responding Effectively To The Needs Of Individuals In Crisis After Traumatic Events.” In March 2023, she will... Read More

We were recently approached by NHS Health Education England asking us to give a presentation about our methods, ethos and approach (and the way we work at our Suicide Crisis Centre) for the NHS Health Education England Mental Health Crisis... Read More

Our CEO attended the All Party Parliamentary Group on Suicide and Self Harm Prevention. She spoke about open-access psychiatric crisis services, the training of psychiatric crisis teams, the waiting times for psychological therapy under secondary mental health services and issues... Read More

Suicide Crisis won “Most Innovative Mental Health Intervention” at the UK Mental Health and Wellbeing Awards 2021. The award was for our innovative suicide crisis services. The judging panel included directors from Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust and from... Read More

We’re very pleased that “The Suicide Prevention Pocket Guidebook: How To Support Someone Who Is Having Suicidal Feelings” is the number 1 bestseller in suicide and psychology on Amazon Kindle. We hope that the book continues to reach people who... Read More

Our founder and CEO has written a new book which is available from most booksellers (including Waterstones and WH Smith) from 2nd September. Links to buy the book are below. The Suicide Prevention Pocket Guidebook: How To Support Someone Who Is... Read More

It is very important that we go out to see clients at home, when they are at immediate risk of suicide: a mental health emergency. We have always provided a combination of Suicide Crisis Centres (a safe place for clients... Read More

We are continuing to provide suicide crisis services during the COVID-19 lockdown. We are documenting the impact on our clients of the national crisis. In March we were approached by The Express newspaper, asking our opinion about who is most... Read More

In June we were contacted by a senior project manager from the Ministry of Health in New Zealand. She is leading on their new national suicide prevention strategy. She explained that she had read Joy’s book about our work, had... Read More

We are delighted to announce that Hilary Rawles, one of our most experienced team members, has been named “most inspiring woman in the charitable sector” in the south west for 2019 by regional newspapers. She won the award for her... Read More