Our Presentation To Zero Suicide South West Steering Committee

We have been asked to give a presentation of our work to the steering committee of the South West Zero Suicide initiative next month. We will be able to explain how we work and what we do that’s different. There... Read More

Media Coverage 23rd December

Thank you very much to the Gloucestershire Echo and the Gloucester Citizen (our local newspapers) for their coverage on 23rd December which let everyone in Gloucestershire know that our Suicide Crisis Centre would be open on Christmas Day. We have... Read More

Meeting With Norman Lamb

We were pleased to be invited to meet Norman Lamb at Whitehall last week to talk about the work of Suicide Crisis.  Norman is Minister of State at the Department of Health, and his portfolio includes mental health services. We... Read More

Radio Interview

Thank you very much to Anna King and her team at BBC Radio Gloucestershire for interviewing us this morning about the number of clients that we have been seeing in the weeks leading up to Christmas. The link to the... Read More

Our Suicide Crisis Centre Sees Huge Increase In Number Of Clients At Christmas

Last Christmas we had a marked increase in the number of clients that we were seeing, but we have seen even more clients this December. We explain some of the reasons why this is happening. The link to the online... Read More

Urgent Need For Personality Disorders Service

The two links below are to the articles that appeared in Saturday’s local newspapers about the number of clients with Borderline Personality Disorder who are accessing our services, because they are in crisis. We believe that this is because this... Read More

BPD Group

One of our clients, who has Borderline Personality Disorder, is planning to set up a support group for people with BPD.  She is keen to hear from other people with BPD who would like be part of the group. The... Read More

Meeting With Norman Lamb

Joy will be meeting Norman Lamb, Minister for Care and Support, in mid-December, to talk about the work of Suicide Crisis. Norman Lamb’s responsibilities, within his ministerial role, include mental health.... Read More

Suicide Crisis : Crisis Care Concordat

Suicide Crisis is featured on the national Mental Health Crisis Care Concordat website under “Quality Of Care And Treatment In A Crisis” (“Suicide Crisis: Innovative Crisis Care”). You can click on the link “Get Inspired” to find us on their... Read More

All Party Parliamentary Group (Suicide)

Joy was invited to a meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Suicide and Self Harm Prevention in Parliament on Tuesday. She raised the issue of the importance of mental health teams being prepared to liaise with, and listen... Read More