Suicide Prevention: Resources

Are you looking for resources or training for your organisation or practice?

Below are some useful links to tools and resources, and training programmes: 

Support after suicide

• Support after suicide

• North Central London Support After Suicide Service run by Rethink

  One to one service, offering practical and emotional support
  Email: [email protected]
  Tel: 07483 368 700

  Post: Charlie Ratchford Centre, Belmont Road, London NW1 8HF

• Guide to providing local services
• Help is at Hand
• Developing and delivering local bereavement support services
• Evaluating local bereavement and support services
• Samaritans media guidelines for reporting a suicide

Training 

• Connecting with People – Bite-size suicide awareness and response courses for a range of sectors including health care and social care. Additional courses also available for young people 
• Grief Encounter – child bereavement support – Training Services
• JAMI – offers a variety of workshops and seminars for young people and adults
• MAYTREE – training programme in suicide awareness
• Mind in Haringey – Mental Health First Aid Training
• Suicide – Let’s Talk (See, Say, Signpost – Training Tool – Zero Suicide Alliance)

Suicide Prevention

• NSPA resources for local suicide prevention planning
• Suicide prevention profiling tool
• Healthier lives – suicide rates and risk factors for each local authority area
• Staying Safe – How to make a safety plan
• Identifying and responding to suicide clusters and contagion
• Preventing suicide in public place
• PHE local suicide prevention planning practice resource

Author: Camilla Bonnar
Posted on: 9th June 2020