Joy, our CEO, is a guest on the BBC Radio 2 Jeremy Vine show

Joy, our CEO, was a guest on the BBC Radio 2 Jeremy Vine show on Wednesday 10th October, talking about trauma, suicide and the work of our Suicide Crisis Centre. Her interview is right at the beginning of the programme,... Read More

Our CEO is a guest on BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour programme

Joy, our CEO, and Katharine, CEO of Agenda, were guests on the BBC Radio 4 programme “Woman’s Hour” on 22nd August, talking about the new CQC figures which show that more women than men are dying by suicide while detained... Read More

24 Hours At A Suicide Crisis Centre: “The Independent” article

This article, published in The Independent this weekend, explains how we respond to emergencies during a 24 hour period at our Suicide Crisis Centre, at a time when a heatwave brings increased numbers of clients, and staff shortages within mental... Read More

Public Policy Exchange symposium

We will be speaking alongside Madeleine Moon MP, the Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on suicide and self-harm, at a Public Policy Exchange symposium in London on the 22nd May. The focus of the event is “strengthening the... Read More

Our CEO named in “most influential women” lists

Joy, the founder and CEO of Suicide Crisis, has been named as one of the “fifty greatest Gloucestershire women of all time” by our local newspapers in the county. Dame Janet Trotter, the Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire, worked with our... Read More

“The Guardian” article about our Suicide Crisis Centre

Thank you to “The Guardian” for publishing a second article about our Suicide Crisis Centre. In this article, Joy (our CEO) looks at the power imbalance that exists between psychiatrist and patient within mental health services. She describes how her... Read More

Our Oxford Conference: a focus on men and suicide

At our recent Oxford conference we talked about our work and how we have achieved zero suicide. There was a particular focus on men and suicide, and we are extremely grateful to our male clients who spoke at the event.... Read More

Letter From 10 Downing Street: The Government Gives Its Opinion On Our Work

We have received a letter from 10 Downing Street which states: “The Government appreciates the excellent work that the Suicide Crisis Centre does.” “The Department of Health is always keen to learn from best practice and often uses this to... Read More

The Guardian article about our Suicide Crisis Centre

“We never set out to achieve zero suicide. We simply set out to do everything that we could for each individual to help them survive”. Thank you very much to The Guardian for publishing this article about our Suicide Crisis... Read More

Joy’s Contributions To Parliamentary Groups And Inquiries

Joy was invited to a meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on suicide and self-harm in the House of Lords in December. This month she has been invited to provide a further submission for the Health Select Committee inquiry into... Read More