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A Friend's Place - National Centre for Childhood Grief
A Friend's Place - National Centre for Childhood Grief
National Centre for Childhood Grief (A Friend's Place) is a not-for-profit charity in which volunteer their time and clinical services to support bereaved children and their families. The National Centre for Childhood Grief (NCCG) provides free individual counselling and group support for children under 18 as well as education and training for individuals, schools and other organisations handling the grief. Beginning in 1994, A Friend's Place has grown from just a hand full of volunteers supporting bereaved children to now having approximately 40 volunteers as support staff and 10 professional counsellors all trained in bereavement.
- Kids and Grief
- Counselling: the provision of a safe placewhere bereaved children and their families can be encouraged to share their experiences.
- Education: a variety of courses in Bereavement counselling, including a three day option, a post graduate diploma and support workers training for health professionals, social workers, school counsellors, psychologists, counsellors, chaplains, teachers, pastoral care workers, or anyone who works with or supports dying or bereaved adults and children.
- Testimonials: stories from some of the families who have come to the National Centre of Childhood Grief for support.
Organisation
Address: 14 Hollis Avenue Denistone East NSW Australia (2112)
Country: Australia
Postal Address: P.O. Box 327 EPPING NSW
Email: info@childhoodgrief.org.au
Alternatives to Suicide Support Groups
Alternatives to Suicide Support Groups
Alternatives to Suicide support groups are run by and for people who have had past suicide attempts or who have thoughts about suicide. During groups, people share their successes and their challenges, provide support for one another and strategize and share ideas for coping with difficult life circumstances. The Western Mass RLC developed the 'Alternatives to Suicide' approach because the opportunity to talk openly about suicide and feelings of deep emotional distress with others who have or are experiencing similar struggles can be a powerful way to support people to move through those darkest places. During groups, people share their successes and their challenges, provide support for one another and strategize and share ideas for coping with difficult life circumstances. People are encouraged to come both in times of strength and challenge. Individuals need not identify as being in 'crisis' in order to attend.
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Country: United States of America
Befrienders Worldwide
Befrienders Worldwide
Befrienders Worldwide is an independent charity with a dynamic and expanding global network of emotional support centres in 32 countries. These centres are staffed by volunteers who provide vital support to an estimated 7 million service users each year. Befrienders Worldwide centres provide an open space for those in distress to talk and be heard. This is via telephone helplines, SMS messaging, face to face, internet chat, outreach and local partnerships. By embracing new technologies, sharing expertise and experiences, Befrienders Worldwide is committed to the vision of a world in which despair can be relieved and there are fewer deaths by suicide. To achieve this, we aim to:
- Improve access to information about suicide and emotional support services worldwide.
- Provide innovative support and services to the Befrienders Worldwide member centres.
- Sustain and expand the Befrienders Worldwide global network of emotional support centres.
Befrienders Worldwide believes in giving a person the opportunity to explore feelings which can cause distress, the importance of being listened to, in confidence, anonymously, and without prejudice. They value that a person has the fundamental decision about their own life.
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Email: info@befrienders.org
Beraeavement Care Centre
Beraeavement Care Centre
The Bereavement Care Centre provides counselling and support services for the terminally ill and their families, as well as those recently bereaved. The Bereavement Care Centre offers complete bereavement care services including bereavement counselling, educational courses, educational books & DVDs and information for bereaved adults and children.
- Adult Services
- Child Services
- Bearing Up Club is a website for kids where they can see animated characters and play games.
- Dedications: a place where bereaved people can leave a public dedication to someone who has died.
- Online shop
- Gallery
Organisation
Address: 14 Hollis Avenue Eastwood NSW 2122 Australia
Postal Address: PO Box 835 Wyong NSW 2259 Australia
Email: info@bereavementcare.com.au
Bereavement Counselling Courses The National Centre of Childhood Grief
Bereavement Counselling Courses The National Centre of Childhood Grief
The National Centre for Childhood Grief (NCCG) offers a variety of courses in Bereavement counselling for health professionals, social workers, school counsellors, psychologists, counsellors, chaplains, teachers, pastoral care workers, or anyone who works with or supports dying or bereaved adults and children.
- The Core Course in Bereavement Counselling
- The Post-Graduate Diploma Course: a course on counceling bereaved children offered to suitably qualified, experienced counsellors who wish to specialise in bereavement counselling.
- Support Workers Training
- The Working with Children Course
- Working With Bereaves / Dying Adults
- Working With Bereaved Children
The National Centre for Childhood Grief (NCCG) also offer the possibility of tailored courses and/or workshops for your organisation to run at your premises. All Courses are accredited with AASW, ACA.
Organisation
Email:  info@childhoodgrief.org.au
Communities Matter
Communities Matter
Communities Matter is a toolkit to support small towns and local communities to turn conversations and interest in suicide prevention into activities that reflect local need. The toolkit outlines in plain English evidence-informed suicide prevention strategies to support communities to undertake suicide prevention activities and combat stigma. The Communities Matter toolkit was informed by a writing group of key suicide prevention experts.
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Conversations Matter
Conversations Matter
Conversations Matter is a suite of online resources developed to support community discussion about suicide. The resources provide practical information for communities and people working with communities to guide conversations about suicide. The resources have been developed with the support of academics, service providers, people with lived experience and community members. Conversations Matter was originally developed with funding from the NSW Ministry of Health and the NSW Mental Health Commission. The resources have been enhanced and further developed by Everymind using their own funds
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Country: Australia
Postal Address: PO Box 833, Newcastle NSW 2300
Email: everymind@health.nsw.gov.au
Cross-Sector Collaboration Suicide Prevention Australia
Cross-Sector Collaboration Suicide Prevention Australia
Suicide Prevention Australia (SPA) key role is to build and facilitate partnerships to reduce suicide, bringing together Not-for-Profits, Governments, Primary Health Networks, business, community and lived experience to make a collective impact. Suicide cross sector collaboration initiatives include:
- Collaborating on a Strategic framework for Suicide Prevention in Australia to contribute to the strategic framework for suicide prevention to inform Government development of a national strategy.
- The National Coalition for Suicide Prevention: Suicide Prevention Australia is the lead agency for the National Coalition for Suicide Prevention with members from across the suicide prevention and mental health sectors.
- Zero Suicides in Healthcare International Declaration: working with local and international colleagues to look at what 'zero suicides' could mean in practice for our healthcare system.
- Standardised Reporting on Suicide Committee: bringing together key suicide data stakeholders to work together on achieving more timely, consistent and accurate information about suicide deaths and attempts.
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FLO: Pasifika for Life
FLO: Pasifika for Life
The FLO Pasifika for Life programme equips Pasifika families and communities to prevent suicide and respond effectively if a suicide occurs. Funded by Health New Zealand – Te Whatu Ora, FLO is Aotearoa New Zealand’s first Pasifika national suicide prevention programme. FLO aims to engage and empower Pasifika families and communities in a sustainable way to ensure they know how to prevent suicide and to respond safely and effectively if a suicide occurs. FLO refers to ‘For Life’ and the ‘O’ symbolises our ‘flow’. Flow is the reciprocal interaction that we have in our relationships with friends, family, community and environment. Flow happens in the va – the relational space between people. Smooth flow happens when we:
- communicate well
- have strong cultural identity
- connect with others
- strengthen family
- find hope and courage through spirituality.
These are our top five tactics for life that help our Pasifika families and communities to flourish.
Organisation
Country: New Zealand
HUGG
HUGG
HUGG is a national suicide bereavement charity. Through their unique support groups, telephone support line, informative website, vital research, advocacy and educational work, HUGG is an essential lifeline for people who have been bereaved by suicide.
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Country: Ireland
Email: info@hugg.ie
International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP)
International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP)
IASP is a Non-Governmental Organization in official relationship with the World Health Organization (WHO) concerned with suicide prevention.The International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) is dedicated to preventing suicidal behaviour, alleviating its effects and providing a forum for academics, mental health professionals, crisis workers, volunteers and suicide survivors. IASP includes professionals and volunteers from more than fifty different countries.
Organisation
Address: C/o AAS 5221 Wisconsin Avenue NW Washington DC 20015 USA
Irish Association of Suicidology (IAS)
Irish Association of Suicidology (IAS)
The IAS disseminates information about suicide and suicide prevention so that public opinion can respond to the issue in an informed manner. It is a forum where all organisations can come together and exchange knowledge regarding any aspect of Suicidology from differing perspectives and experiences. It aims to:
- Assure that suicide is not ignored by the statutory authorities dealing with health, education and the environment.
- Provide concerted coordinated action by all parts of society.
The IAS highlights various aspects of suicide and attempts to influence public policy and ensure that positive action is taken to provide adequate strategies to combat suicidolgy in our society.
Organisation
Postal Address: P.O. Box 11634 Ballsbridge, Ireland
Email: info@ias.ie
Le Va Suicide Prevention Programs
Le Va Suicide Prevention Programs
Le Va offers two national suicide prevention training programmes – FLO: Pasifika for Life and LifeKeepers – which are both evidence informed, community focused, and culturally and clinically safe.
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FLO: Pasifika for Life: Aotearoa’s first national Pasifika suicide prevention programme.
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LifeKeepers: The national suicide prevention training programme designed for all New Zealanders.
Organisation
Country: New Zealand
Email: admin@leva.co.nz
Life is for Everyone (LIFE)
Life is for Everyone (LIFE)
Living Is For Everyone (LIFE) is a suicide and self-harm prevention resource dedicated to providing the best available evidence and resources to guide activities aimed at reducing the rate at which people take their lives in Australia.
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LIFE Communications: is a national suicide prevention strategy project managed by On the Line on behalf of the Department of Health. The project aims to improve access to suicide and self-harm prevention activities in Australia through the promotion of the LIFE resources and website; and improve communication between suicide prevention stakeholders in Australia.
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The LIFE library is an extensive catalogue of materials relating to suicide and self-harm prevention.
Organisation
Postal Address: LIFE Communications c/o On the Line PO Box 2335 FOOTSCRAY VIC 3011
Email: life@ontheline.org.au
Lifekeepers
Lifekeepers
Lifekeepers is New Zealand's National Suicide Prevention Training. LifeKeepers is the national suicide prevention training programme, created especially for New Zealand communities.This programme gives people the skills to recognise and support those at risk of suicide. LifeKeepers combines an internationally proven, evidence-based approach with local knowledge and experience, to provide a programme that is community focussed, clinically safe, and culturally responsive.
Through LifeKeepers you will learn how to talk responsibly about suicide and gain an understanding of the factors that contribute to being at risk of suicide. You’ll also learn what to look for when someone may be at risk of suicide, strategies for how to have the conversation and ask about suicide, how to respond with confidence, and how to engage different services and supports to get them the help they need. LifeKeepers will support you to develop the skills and knowledge you need to create communities of C.A.R.E. and help reduce suicide in Aotearoa New Zealand.
LifeKeepers is available nationwide and free of charge, to New Zealanders who are 18 years and over, and who are likely to interact with people at risk of suicide. The programme is designed especially for those of us who work in communities or in frontline community roles, such as: support workers, sports coaches, emergency service personnel, church leaders, youth workers, M?ori wardens, caregivers, Kaumatua, wh?nau members and community leaders.
LifeKeepers is funded by Te Aka Whai Ora to provide suicide prevention training for those New Zealanders who are most likely to interact with people at risk of suicide and who do not already have access to funded suicide prevention training. The programme has not been funded for registered professionals who already have access to suicide prevention training, or for those who belong to organisations which currently provide or fund suicide prevention training for their staff.
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Country: New Zealand
Email: info@lifekeepers.nz
Multisite Intervention Study on Suicidal Behaviours (SUPRE-MISS) World Health Organisation
Multisite Intervention Study on Suicidal Behaviours (SUPRE-MISS) World Health Organisation
The WHO Multisite Intervention Study on Suicidal Behaviours (SUPRE-MISS) was carried out in participating sites from all the six WHO regions in the early 2000s (SUPRE meaning SUicide PREvention, the WHO worldwide initiative for the prevention of suicide, with the overall objective to reduce mortality and morbidity due to suicidal behaviours). SUPRE-MISS had three components:
- Community description: Description of basic socio-cultural characteristics of each participating site.
- Community survey: Identification of suicidal behaviours at the community level.
- Intervention study: Evaluation of treatment strategies for suicide attempters in a randomized controlled trial comparing Treatment as usual (TAU) to Brief intervention
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Optimizing Suicide Prevention Programs and Their Implementation in Europe" (OSPI-Europe)
Optimizing Suicide Prevention Programs and Their Implementation in Europe" (OSPI-Europe)
Optimizing suicide prevention programs and their implementation in Europe" (OSPI-Europe) was a collaborative research project funded by the European Commission under the Seventh Framework Programme. The goal of OSPI-Europe was to provide EU members with an evidence based prevention concept for suicidality. Further, concrete materials and instruments for running and evaluating these interventions and recommendations for the proper implementation of the intervention have been developed and disseminated. The OSPI project was funded by the European Commission under the 7th framework programme.
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Address: European Alliance against Depression e.V. Goerdelerring 9 04109 Leipzig
Country: Germany
Email: contact@eaad.net
Pete's Dragons
Pete's Dragons
Pete's Dragons provides breavement support after a death by suicide for adults.
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Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Roses in the Ocean
Roses in the Ocean
Roses in the Ocean is Australia’s national lived experience of suicide organisation, Roses in the Ocean exists to save lives and to reduce emotional distress and pain.
Suicide Prevention Peer Workforce
Suicide Prevention Peer Workforce
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Australia
Contact Person / Email
SPPW@rosesintheocean.com.au
Organisation
Address: Suite 102, Level 1, 33 Longland St, Newstead Qld 4006
Country: Australia
Postal Address: PO Box 84, Wilston Qld 4051
Email: enquiries@rosesintheocean.com.au
Safe Haven
Safe Haven
Safe Havens provide support to people in suicidal or situational distress and their families, friends, or support networks. Safe Havens are designed to be a safe and supportive environment, emphasise relationships, and safety planning and are grounded in connection, compassion, and hope. Safe Havens are a therapeutic space with peer workers and senior mental health clinicians. The support offered is based on people’s preferences and needs.
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Country: Australia
Samaritans
Samaritans
Samaritans provide confidential round the clock suicide support for people when they need them, which could be any time of day or night.Through 201 branches across the UK and Republic of Ireland Samaritans provide support in schools, hospitals and the homeless. More than 60 years' ago they became the world's first telephone support service. Today they have 20,060 volunteers, who have provided more than 25,000 enquiries from volunteers as well as providing outreach and public awareness work through their branches to reach out and work with schools, colleges and universities, workplaces, health and welfare services, homeless shelters, prisons and other charities. Samaritans also promote awareness of our service at local social venues, community events and music festivals.
4 Steps To Change Lives
4 Steps To Change Lives
4 steps to change lives is Samaritans manifesto in which they call on the UK Government to help them support those who need our help.
Brew Monday
Brew Monday
‘Brew Monday’ is a celebration held on the third Monday in January celebrating a great tradition of simply getting together to talk over a cuppa.
David's Way Round
David's Way Round
David Exley, a Samaritans volunteer, tragically lost both his brother and his son to suicide. Over the summer 2012, David rode a motorbike over 6,000 miles across the UK and Republic of Ireland to help promote our Annual Awareness Day, 24:7. He visited all 201 branches of Samaritans during his 7-week whistle-stop tour.
Contact Person / Email
press@samaritans.org
Know the signs: Information on suicide and self-harm for parents
Know the signs: Information on suicide and self-harm for parents
Know the signs: Information on suicide and self-harm for parents is a leaflet that helps parents identify children at crisis point, and helps guide them in what to do next.
Men on the Ropes
Men on the Ropes
Men on the Ropes is part of a 5-year partnership with Network Rail to reduce suicides on the railway, this campaign is aimed at getting men talking about their feelings. This campaign was relaunched in 2016 as We Listen.
NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION ALLIANCE (NSPA)
NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION ALLIANCE (NSPA)
The National Suicide Prevention Alliance (NSPA) is a cross-sector, Englandwide coalition committed to reducing the number of suicides in England and improving support for those bereaved or affected by suicide. The NSPA want to get all parts of society working together to take action to reduce suicide and improve the support for those affected by suicide.
- Reducing stigma: We want all parts of society talking about suicide and taking action to maintain good mental health, so that it is as normal as talking about and maintaining physical health.
- Encouraging help-seeking: We want more people who are experiencing emotional distress to seek help before they become suicidal.
- Providing the appropriate support: We want to ensure that when people in emotional distress seek help, they receive appropriate support from the people or organisations they approach and that they are offered appropriate options.
- Reducing access to means: We want it to be harder for people experiencing severe emotional distress to have access to the means to take their own life.
- Reducing the impact of suicide: We want to ensure that people affected by suicide get the support they need to cope with the impact on their life.
- Improving data & evidence: We want there to be better official data about suicide in England and more evidence about effective suicide prevention. Those working in suicide prevention should find it easier to obtain this data and evidence.
- Working together: We want organisations with an interest in suicide prevention collaborating with each other to make a bigger difference.
Our Work In Prisons
Our Work In Prisons
Samaritans works in partnership with prison services to reduce the number of self-inflicted deaths and self-harm amongst prisoners. Working together to reduce suicide in prisons, Samaritans work with Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS), Scottish Prison Service (SPS), Irish Prison Service (IPS) and Northern Ireland Prison Service (NIPS) in suicide prevention. Prisoners can access Samaritans’ services in a number of ways:
- Listener schemes: Samaritans volunteers select and train prisoners to offer confidential peer support to anyone who might be struggling to cope or who is feeling worried or frightened.
- Telephone support: All prisons are required to offer prisoners access to Samaritans’ helpline free of charge.
- Correspondence Branch: if prisoners prefer, they can write to us instead. We offer a freepost service, so there is no need to buy a stamp and freepost envelopes are usually available in communal areas of the prison.
- Face to face support: if there is not a prison listener scheme available, volunteers from the local Samaritans branch may visit the prison to offer face to face support. Offenders may also have access to Samaritans branches whilst on temporary licence.
- Support for prison staf: prison staff are also welcome to contact Samaritans. Our services are particularly important following a suicide in custody. At these sad times, we play a key role in supporting both staff and prisoners.
Address
PO Box 90 90 Stirling FK8 2SA United Kingdom
Rail Suicide Prevention Program
Rail Suicide Prevention Program
Rail Suicide Prevention Program is a program working with Network Rail with the aim of preventing rail suicides and supporting those affected by them.
Samaritans in Education
Samaritans in Education
Samaritans supports schools, college communities and other youth settings across the UK and Republic of Ireland in a variety of ways:
- Free online teaching resources (DEAL)
- Talks given by our volunteers
- Support for schools and colleges in the planning and implementation of a postvention response (Step by Step)
Supporting Local Rail Stations
Supporting Local Rail Stations
Samaritans branches support their local railway stations to help those affected by potentially traumatic incidents. In the hours, days or weeks after an incident Samaritans volunteers can be called upon to attend a station to be there for any staff or passengers affected. This post-incident support service to railway stations has become more widely available through the development of close relationships with train operating companies as a result of the Network Rail partnership, signed in 2010.
Talk to Us
Talk to Us
Talk To Us is a national awareness and fundraising campaign which takes place in July. As their annual awareness-raising campaign, Samaritans is challenging the UK to become better listeners by sharing expert tips on how to be a better listener. Throughout July, Samaritans branches are also holding events throughout the UK and Ireland to raise awareness of the services they offer in their local communities. Visit your local branch website to see what they're doing during Talk To Us.
The Call to Action for Suicide Prevention
The Call to Action for Suicide Prevention
Samaritans facilitated a Call to Action for Suicide Prevention in England with over 50 national organisations, which culminated with the launch of the National Suicide Prevention Alliance. The Call to Action emphasised a co-ordinated approach from Government, public services, voluntary groups, the private sector and communities, in order to better support people at risk of suicide. It mobilised organisations from across sectors, identifying shared priorities and highlighting key areas for action. Following successful collaboration between partners in the development and launch of the Call to Action Declaration, members confirmed they wanted to continue as a standing alliance of organisations, committed to reducing suicide and progressing the shared aims identified via the Call to Action.
Contact Person / Email
jo@samaritans.org.
The We're in your Corner Campaign
The We're in your Corner Campaign
The We're in your Corner campaign is aimed at middle-aged men most at risk of suicide. The 'We’re in your Corner' campaign is designed to raise awareness of the issue of men and suicide, encourage these men to seek help, understand why this group of men are most at risk and influence policy makers and service providers
U Can Cope
U Can Cope
Open Minds Alliance CIC, Samaritans, the Royal College of Psychiatrists and Southwick Media Consultancy led the U Can Cope multimedia multiagency media campaign to support and promote the 2012 World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD) on 10th September. To this end, Samaritans commissioned a film entitled U Can Cope which was released on 10th September, WSPD. The film featured compelling stories of surviving suicidal thoughts, with commentaries from Dr Alys Cole- King, a leading clinician in the field, and Professor Stephen Platt, an eminent academic in this area who have both worked closely in the production of this powerful and thought-provoking film. The film promotes 3 main messages:
- Anyone can experience suicidal thoughts.
- There is always hope.
- There is always help.
This resource had the added benefit of being developed by partner agencies engaged with the Call to Action for Suicide Prevention in England and began to action the identified consensus priority of developing a shared suicide prevention campaign to improve help-seeking behaviours amongst ‘high risk’ groups and the whole population.
World Suicide Prevention Day
World Suicide Prevention Day
World Suicide Prevention Day is an annual awareness raising event aimed to reach out to people who may be stuggling to cope. World Suicide Prevention Day is held each year on 10 September. It's an annual awareness raising event organised by International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) and the World Health Organisation (WHO). Reaching out to people who are going through a difficult time can be a game changer.
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Postal Address: PO Box 9090, Srirling, FK8 2SA United Kingdom
Email: admin@samaritans.org
Samaritans In Ireland
Samaritans Scotland
Samaritans Scotland
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Address: Samaritans CBC House, 24 Canning St, Edinburgh EH3 8EG Scotland
Samaritans Wales
Strength After
Strength After
Strength After​ was created by the Lifeline's subnetwork, the Disaster Distress Helpline. Strength After's mission is to provide a hub to share stories of hope and recovery encompassing all types of natural and human-caused disaster, and serve as a resource for other survivors and responders that may be trying to cope and move forward themselves.
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Suicide The World Health Organisation
Suicide The World Health Organisation
The Suicide Attempt Surveillance department of the World Health Organisation provides a tool to provide surveillance and monitoring of suicide attempts and self-harm is a core element of suicide prevention and needed for all countries.
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Address: World Health Organization Avenue Appia 20 1211 Geneva 27 Switzerland
Suicide Bereavement Support Partnership
Suicide Bereavement Support Partnership
Suicide Bereavement Support Partnership is an emerging collaboration between charities in the UK based on our vision that “People bereaved by suicide have the right to appropriate support services. The Suicide Bereavement Support Partnership work together to:
- Share learning and best practice
- Deliver joint initiatives which improve the range and quality of available services
- Increase awareness of the services available and
- Build relationships between our organisations enabling appropriate signposting and referrals.
Current participants include:
- CALM
- Winstons Wish
- Compassionate Friends
- Maytree
- Cruse
- Papyrus
- If U Care Share
- Child Bereavement Network
- Matthew Elvidge Trust
- Samaritans and
- The James Wentworth Stanley Memorial Fund.
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Suicide Loss Peer Support
Suicide Loss Peer Support
The Adult Bereaved by Suicide Loss Support Group is a group of caring, compassionate individuals who have all experienced suicide loss.
Organisation
Address: 2390 Arbutus road Victoria BC, V8N1V7
Country: Canada
Email: admin@need2.ca
Suicide or Survive (SOS) - The National Suicide Prevention Strategy of Ireland
Suicide or Survive (SOS) - The National Suicide Prevention Strategy of Ireland
Suicide or Survive teaches supporters practical skills they can use to support others; it gives information on what supports are available and how they can be accessed and teaches practical ways of looking after your own mental health.
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Address: First Floor, 3-5 Carysfort Avenue, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, A94 W9X6.
Country: Ireland
Email: info@suicideorsurvive.ie
Suicide Prevention Australia
Suicide Prevention Australia
Suicide Prevention Australia provides national leadership for the suicide prevention sector in Australia. SPA works collaboratively to develop a community that knows how to ask for help and how to give help. As the lead agency of the National Coalition for Suicide Prevention they build and facilitate partnerships to change behaviours and attitudes to suicide prevention and to amplify the voices of people with lived experience of suicide.
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Cross sector collaboration: build and facilitate partnerships to reduce suicide, bringing together Not-for-Profits, Governments, Primary Health Networks, business, community and lived experience to make a collective impact.
- World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD)
- The National Coalition for Suicide Prevention
- National Committee for Standardised Reporting on Suicide (NCSRS)
- Zero Suicides in HealthCare
- The Lived Experience Network (LEN)
- Post Federal Election 2016
- Local service through Primary Health Networks
- Communities Matter
- Transforming Suicide Prevention Research
- The National Research Action Plan
- National Conference and LiFE Awards
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Suicide Prevention Principles Suicide Prevention Australia
Suicide Prevention Principles Suicide Prevention Australia
Suicide Prevention Australia affirms the following understandings and guiding principles of suicide prevention:
- Suicide and suicidal behaviour arise from complex social, situational, biological and other individual causes, which isolate people and erode their hope. Understanding risk and protective factors for different groups and environments is vital to effective response.
- Suicide prevention is ‘everyone’s business’, whether it is directed towards individuals at high risk, communities and groups at potential risk, or the whole of the population.
- The first person voices of those with lived experience of suicide are crucial to increasing understanding of suicide and effective suicide prevention responses.
- Tackling social exclusion of individuals and communities, and investing in the human capital of all people, especially the most disadvantaged, is crucial to suicide prevention.
- Suicide prevention encompasses a range of interventions, including health promotion, early intervention, crisis support and ongoing intervention for people experiencing suicidal thoughts and behaviour, and responding to and supporting families and communities impacted by suicide.
- Access should be provided to appropriate services for individuals at-risk, wherever and whoever they are – through crisis, ongoing intervention and recovery phases. Collaboration, coordination and continuity of care are essential to the effectiveness of services. Program, structural and policy barriers that inhibit help-seeking and the quality of support need to be identified and overcome.
- Suicide prevention strategies should be culturally appropriate.
- All suicide prevention projects, activities and strategies should be based on best practice and underpinned by quality research, data and evaluation.
- Challenging the misconceptions and stigma associated with suicide is essential to ensure that people will be able to ask for help and give help without fear or discrimination.
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Support After Suicide
Support After Suicide
Support after Suicide is a partnership of organisations that provide bereavement support in the UK.
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Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Support after suicide
Support after suicide
The Support after Suicide Partnership (SASP) is the UK’s national hub for organisations and individuals working across the UK to support people who have been bereaved or affected by suicide. We passionately believe that everyone bereaved or affected by suicide should be offered and receive timely and appropriate support.
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Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide
Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide
Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide exist to meet the needs and overcome the isolation experienced by people over 18 who have been bereaved by suicide.
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Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Survivors of Bereavement By Suicide (SOBS) (United Kingdom)
Survivors of Bereavement By Suicide (SOBS) (United Kingdom)
Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide exist to meet the needs and break the isolation experienced by those bereaved by suicide. SOBS are a self-help organisation that aim to provide a safe, confidential environment in which bereaved people can share their experiences and feelings. They also strive to improve public awareness and maintain contacts with many other statutory and voluntary organisations.
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Local support groups: self-help support groups across the UK, where you can meet with other people who have been bereaved by suicide. They provide an opportunity to listen, to share, to ask questions and to connect with others. Groups are led by a small team of volunteers, most have been bereaved by suicide themselves. They typically meet once a month and last for around 2 hours. There is no set structure to the session – people are free to talk and listen as they wish. Many groups also offer a small resource library and can share information about local sources of support.
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Helpline: an opportunity to talk confidentially with someone who has been bereaved by suicide and to know that you are not alone in your experience available between 9am and 9pm every day of the year - 0300 111 5065
- Email Support: an email support service for people who prefer to share their experiences and feelings through writing rather than talking - sobs.support@hotmail.com
- LGBTI Support: email support people who die whow are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or questioning, and you would like to talk about this or connect with. You can write to emmettatsobs@gmail.com or jackiecarter2706@yahoo.co.uk
- Feeling Suicidal
- Survivor Stories
- Postvention: assistance developing a postvention plan, the actions taken to support the community after someone dies by suicide
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Education and training: education and training for individuals and and teams helping them to understand bereavement and develop effective strategies to provide support after someone dies by suicide. SOBS can tailor the Support After Suicide Workshop to meet requirements and arrange for speakers to visit teams or events.
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How suicide bereavement is different: aspects of the experience of bereavement by suicide which make it different can include circumstances of the loss, emotional and physical reactions, post traumatic stress, the survivors questions – “why?” and “what could I have done, stigma and isolation, family and community tensions, other prejudice, lack of privacy, investigations and practical concerns
Organisation
Address: Flamsteed Centre Albert Street Ilkeston Derbyshire DE7 5GU
Email: sobs.admin@care4free.net
The Alliance of Hope for Suicide Loss Survivors
The Alliance of Hope for Suicide Loss Survivors
The Alliance of Hope for Suicide Loss Survivors is a not-for-profit charity that provides healing support for people who have lost loved ones to suicide. The Alliance of Hope is a non-denominational and non-discriminating non-profit that recognizes and appreciates each contribution to the quality of life. This site was designed by survivors for survivors to recognize and respect the courage and resilience of suicide survivors at all stages of their personal journeys.
- Community Forum: a forum for survivors to contact others with similar losses, share their stories and discuss the many facets of healing. It operates like a 24/7 support group, with trained moderators and a mental health clinician who contributes regularly. The forum has over 8,000 members from many cultures and faith traditions.
- Counseling, Coaching & Consultations: a space where people can talk with a professional offering specialized grief support in the aftermath of suicide loss. These may be phone and Skype video consultations.
- Memorials
- The Survivor Experience: information about common survivor issues.
- Blog
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The Alliance of Suicide Prevention Charities (TASC)
The Alliance of Suicide Prevention Charities (TASC)
The Alliance of Suicide Prevention Charities (TASC) is an alliance of the leading charities dealing with suicide prevention and mental health issues. They encourage collaboration and prevent duplication of efforts and funding in the area of suicide research and prevention. TASC holds quarterly meetings to discuss common goals, current research and future actions.
- National Suicide Prevention Strategy: a new cross-government strategy ‘Preventing suicide in England‘ on World Suicide Prevention Day.
- Providing Funding to Appropriate Organisations
- Modernisation of the Coroners’ System
- Training: a group responsible for discussing priorities for the implementation of optimal strategies for the training of professionals remarked that there was an absence of training pertaining to suicide prevention.
- Research
- Call To Action: the Call to Action consists of over 50 national organisations from across England to work together so fewer lives are lost to suicide and people bereaved or affected by suicide receive the right support.
- Taking the Guildford Consensus Forward on Optimal Suicide Prevention Strategies
- Feeling Suicide Resources
- Worried About Someone Resources
- Bereaved By Suicide Resources
- Education,Guidelines and Training
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Email: tascuk@gmail.com
The Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention (AISRAP) Griffith University
The Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention (AISRAP) Griffith University
The Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention (AISRAP) at Griffith University is a designated World Health Organisation (WHO) Collaborating Centre of Research and Training in Suicide Prevention. AISRAP was funded under the NSPP to establish and operate the National Centre of Excellence in Suicide Prevention. The aim of the centre is to provide advice around evidence-based best practices and evaluation in suicide prevention, to support the Australian Commonwealth Departments, non-government agencies, academics and community groups in their respective initiatives in the field of suicide prevention. The objectives of the centre are to:
- Enhance awareness of the work of the National Centre of Excellence in Suicide Prevention
- Provide evidence based practical assistance to organisations funded through the NSPP
- Provide advice to the Department on evidence-based best practice in suicide prevention activity, approaches to evaluation of suicide prevention activities, development of evaluation frameworks and credibility of suicide prevention data and data issues
- Provide a half yearly critical literature review to the department.
- Develop and establish a communication and dissemination strategy to promote awareness of the Centre and its services and to establish linkages with respective lead agencies and departments working in the field of mental health suicide prevention
- Promote the Centre's activities across all levels of government and lead agencies working in the field of mental health suicide prevention
- Conduct educational workshops on a range of topics agreed to by the department to provide project managers of NSPP projects with additional support, for example, evaluation and data collection practices
- Develop a website and/or portal dedicated to the Centre with linkages to the LIFE website and other relevant websites such as Australian Indigenous HealthInfonet
- Provide evidence based practical assistance to organisations funded through NSPp
- Provide regular news updates, printed brochures and lists of recent research article publications available onlin
- Provide evidence-based research that is targeted towards practitioners and/or project managers
- Advise in the development and implementation of evaluation frameworks
- Provide advice to the Department on evidence-based best practice in the suicide prevention activity to inform the National Suicide Prevention Strategy Action Framework
- Provide assistance to Australian Suicide Prevention Advisory Council (ASPAC)
- Improve approaches to the evaluation of suicide prevention activities and advising on the development of evaluation frameworks for new projects and other identified areas of the NSPS framework and
- Provide a half-yearly critical literature review to the Department that outlines recent advances and promising developments in research in suicide prevention, particularly where this can help to inform national activities
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The Lifeline for Attempt Survivors
The Lifeline for Attempt Survivors
The Lifeline for Attempt Survivors is for those who have attempted suicide and their loved ones. The site houses stories from attempt survivors who have made it through their darkest hour. Some of these stories and resources are for families, friends, and clinicians who want to support people who are feeling suicidal and/or suicide attempt survivors.
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The Lived Experience Network (LEN)
The Lived Experience Network (LEN)
The Lived Experience Network (LEN) is made up of people from across the country who have been brought together by experience and are united by hope to ensure that the wisdom gained by those with lived experience of suicide must be used to inform suicide prevention. The Lived Experience Network provides a pathway for those touched by suicide to inform, improve and contribute to suicide prevention policies, programs and initiatives. It also offers opportunities to tell your story and lessons learned at local, state and national levels. Participation can be in any or all of the following areas:
- Stay Informed
- Sign up to receive regular LEN Newsletter
- Share LEN/SPA news and view on your social media
- Access free online learning resources
- Access information and workshops on speaking safely about suicide
- Train as speaker and participate in speaking engagements (as available)
- Engage your community
- Volunteer to organise local community activity/event
- Lobby for your community to upskill in suicide prevention
- Start a suicide prevention action group/network
- Have your say on policy and programs
- Hve access to opportunities to participate in research
- Contribute to national policy and program development
- Add your voice to SPA’s strategy and direction
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The National Centre for Suicide Prevention Training
The National Centre for Suicide Prevention Training
The National Centre for Suicide Prevention Training is Australia’s leading non-profit body on suicide prevention training. They are passionate about saving lives through suicide first aid, and help everyday people, the community, health care professionals and organisations save lives by empowering them with the skills and tools they need to help prevent suicide.
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Country: Australia
Postal Address: 1300 608 095
Email: info@suicidefirstaid.org.au
The National Research Action Plan - Suicide Prevention
The National Research Action Plan - Suicide Prevention
The National Research Action Plan aims to gain knowledge about the key learnings and driving forces drawn from with lived experience can be translated into practice to meet the needs of individuals in their respective communities in an effort to achieve the outcome of preventing suicide. In conjunction with the National Coalition for Suicide Prevention, Suicide Prevention Australia is driving this strategy in establishing the pathway to move research findings into policy and practice. This Plan is mapping a blueprint for suicide prevention research that is relevant both in an Australian context and at a community and even individual level. It aims to:
- Increase knowledge about the prevention of suicide and how to safely and appropriately support individuals and families affected
- Inform and influence the Australian suicide prevention agenda
- Deliver greater targeting and efficiency in research fundin
- Sustain a skilled, collaborative and well supported research community focused on suicide prevention
- Generate high quality research for the benefit of everyone involved in suicide prevention.
- Halve the incidence of suicide and suicide attempts by 2025 through a concerted national action plan.
To develop the National Research Action Plan, SPA brought together researchers, funders, service suppliers and those with lived experience. The Plan sets out a framework that will enable collective prioritisation for future suicide prevention research. It will ensure the effective mapping of gaps in current knowledge and marry these to the strengths of our research capability, ensuring that scarce research dollars are strategically targeted. The National Research Action Plan recommends eight actions:
- Immediate establishment of a suicide prevention research fund
- Establishment of an alliance of funders, researchers, policy makers, service providers and those with lived experience
- Development of a robust national evaluation framework
- Increase access to research enablers
- Expansion of research and evaluation training
- Facilitation of moving research into practice
- Facilitation of continuous communication ensuring funders see the results of funded research
- Agreement on national ethics guidelines.
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The National Research Action Plan - Suicide Prevention
The National Research Action Plan - Suicide Prevention
The National Research Action Plan aims to gain knowledge about the key learnings and driving forces drawn from with lived experience can be translated into practice to meet the needs of individuals in their respective communities in an effort to achieve the outcome of preventing suicide. In conjunction with the National Coalition for Suicide Prevention, Suicide Prevention Australia is driving this strategy in establishing the pathway to move research findings into policy and practice. This Plan is mapping a blueprint for suicide prevention research that is relevant both in an Australian context and at a community and even individual level. It aims to:
- Increase knowledge about the prevention of suicide and how to safely and appropriately support individuals and families affected
- Inform and influence the Australian suicide prevention agenda
- Deliver greater targeting and efficiency in research fundin
- Sustain a skilled, collaborative and well supported research community focused on suicide prevention
- Generate high quality research for the benefit of everyone involved in suicide prevention.
- Halve the incidence of suicide and suicide attempts by 2025 through a concerted national action plan.
To develop the National Research Action Plan, SPA brought together researchers, funders, service suppliers and those with lived experience. The Plan sets out a framework that will enable collective prioritisation for future suicide prevention research. It will ensure the effective mapping of gaps in current knowledge and marry these to the strengths of our research capability, ensuring that scarce research dollars are strategically targeted. The National Research Action Plan recommends eight actions:
- Immediate establishment of a suicide prevention research fund
- Establishment of an alliance of funders, researchers, policy makers, service providers and those with lived experience
- Development of a robust national evaluation framework
- Increase access to research enablers
- Expansion of research and evaluation training
- Facilitation of moving research into practice
- Facilitation of continuous communication ensuring funders see the results of funded research
- Agreement on national ethics guidelines.
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The National Suicide Prevention Conference
The National Suicide Prevention Conference
The National Suicide Prevention Conference is the the premier, multidisciplinary, educational event in the suicide prevention sector and provides a platform for the exchange of ideas to help achieve our agenda of halving suicides in Australia over the next ten years. SPA presents the annual National Suicide Prevention Conference to benefit those who are working in, and supported by, suicide prevention programs. Key Elements of the conference include
- Plenary sessions showcasing the best work from around the globe and in Australia.
- Recognising the importance of the voice of lived experience, the Program will have strong representation from people with a lived experience of suicide.
- Abstract presentations highlighting the intersection of Research, Policy, Practice and Lived Experience.
- LiFE Awards ceremony: an event recognising excellence in suicide prevention presented to the winners at the National Suicide Prevention Conference dinner.
- In-depth workshops alongside the conference
- Members’ forum
The 2017 conference will be held at the Sofitel Brisbane Central, Queensland between 26th and 29th of July, 2017. The theme is Relationships, resilience and respect: Responding to vulnerability in life will be designed to bring to the fore these thematic issues in suicide prevention and how they may help or hinder implementation of initiatives at the community level. It is the premier, multidisciplinary, educational event in the suicide prevention sector, the National Suicide Prevention Conference is not only a chance to get together and challenge each other on what works and what doesn't work in suicide prevention, but a fantastic opportunity to raise the profile of our shared priorities with political leaders. Benefit those who are working in, and supported by, suicide prevention programs. the National Suicide Prevention Conference hopes to attract over 400 delegates who aims to provide the best available support to those who are vulnerable, at-risk and/or disenfranchised in a timely and effective manner. Aims of the Conference include:
- Increase sector commitment to participate in a collaborative approach to suicide prevention
- Enhance community participation in suicide prevention activities
- Facilitate the continuation and development of quality suicide prevention initiatives
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Address: Encanta Event Management Suite 614, St Kilda Road Towers 1 Queens Road Melbourne VIC 3004
Email: michelle.bye@encanta.com.au
Think Mental Health Campaign
Think Mental Health Campaign
The Suicide Prevention Public Education Program’s Think Mental Health Campaign is a key initiative of the State-wide suicide prevention strategy in Western Australia, Suicide Prevention 2020: Together we can save lives (the Strategy), under Action Area One - Greater public awareness and united action across the community. The Think Mental Health education campaign is part of a comprehensive approach in Western Australia that aims to build mental health and wellbeing and reduce mental health issues with view to reducing Western Australia’s suicide rate. It supports other initiatives to prevent and reduce suicide in Western Australia. The Think Mental Health education campaign’s focus is on assisting the Western Australian community to connect with the best information, support and services for their particular situation, without duplicating the good work already being done. The Think Mental Health website is one of a number of campaign strategies being delivered. Its primary focus is to provide information on how to maintain mental health and wellbeing, provide information on what you
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Country: Australia
Thinking About Suicide
Thinking About Suicide
Thinking About Suicide is a website focused on methods to survive suicide. The purpose of the website is to encourage and create a space for conversation about suicide. There is information and resources that attempt to stimulate and challenge an individuals way of thinking about suicide. This includes:
- Academic research behind suicide
- A suicide activism section
- A library of resources
- A shortlist of highly recommended sources and resources
- A contact page to get in touch with the author and
- A blog where people can talk about suicide.
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Turn The Tide (3 T's)
Turn The Tide (3 T's)
3Ts promotes positive mental health and works to help prevent deaths by suicide through research, education & support
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Country: Ireland
Zero Suicide
Zero Suicide
The foundational belief of Zero Suicide is that suicide deaths for individuals under care within health and behavioral health systems are preventable. Zero Suicide requires a system-wide approach to improve outcomes and close gaps.