Grassroots Suicide
Prevention warmly invites you to attend a day of activities at The Brighthelm Centre (North
Road, Brighton, East Sussex BN1 1YD) to mark World
Suicide Prevention Day in Brighton & Hove this September 10th.
9.30 am – 1.00 pm:
Free suicide alertness training for community members
Grassroots is delighted to be offering
60 free places on safeTALK (Suicide Alertness For Everyone) to community
members, thanks to donations from One Cent Call, The Mucky Duck Pub and local
fundraisers. Learn more about the course and book a place here http://bit.ly/WSPDsafeTALK
1.00 – 2.00 pm: A *free lunch*
will be provided for people staying on for the afternoon’s workshops.
2.00 – 3.15 pm: Free workshops
open to all (followed by a break) Please
RSVP to chris@prevent-suicide.org.uk if you would like to attend the afternoon workshops and/or public
session (see below).
·
Self
Help and resources for someone at risk of suicide
·
Developing
suicide safer organisations and services
·
Mindfulness
session
3.30 – 4.00 pm: Resources
Marketplace in the auditorium.
Our stand will be taking pledge
signatures, selling books, and giving out suicide prevention resources to the
public. Other local services will be represented too. We have room
for 1 or 2 other local organisations to have a stand. Please get in
contact if you would like to join us: chris@prevent-suicide.org.uk
4.00 – 6.00 pm: Public session
We are thrilled to announce that we
will use this session to launch two significant suicide prevention innovations:
·
The UK’s first suicide prevention app for
smartphones and tablets
·
The UK’s first suicide prevention tool for
people with learning disabilities
Confirmed speakers for the public
session include:
·
Giles York (Chief Constable Sussex Police and Force lead for
Diversity)
·
Ian Stevens (Suicide Prevention Programme
Manager for Network Rail)
·
Lisa Rodrigues (former CEO of Sussex
Partnership Foundation Trust and new Grassroots Trustees)
The theme for World Suicide Prevention
this year is ‘Suicide Prevention: One World Connected’ (www.iasp.info/wspd/). During the session we will also be hearing from
international partners.
Grassroots Suicide Prevention
gratefully acknowledges funding from Public Health Brighton & Hove City
Council and Sussex Community Foundation which has enabled us to
organise these events.
Please RSVP to chris@prevent-suicide.org.uk if you would like to attend the afternoon workshops and/or public
session. We hope to see you there for what will be an inspiring and fun
day.
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Will you take the 'Tell Me' pledge? Sign up to have open, honest and direct conversations about suicide: http://bit.ly/TMPledge
