World Suicide Prevention Day: Raising Awareness in Plymouth

World Suicide Prevention Day: Raising Awareness in Plymouth

Suicide is Everyone’s Business

Come join us at Methodist Central Hall for a morning dedicated to raising awareness and support for suicide prevention.

The event is hosted by the Public Health Team at Plymouth City Council in collaboration with Methodist Central Hall.

The morning will encompass a variety of talks including:

• Awareness of crisis/ bereavement support and training
• Suicide prevention talk – to include what is Plymouth’s strategy, overview in city
• A talk from someone with lived experience TBC
• A talk from Pete’s Dragons: an organisation that provides bereavement support service
• Panel: What can you do if you or someone you know is in crisis? TBC
• Livewell Southwest: Information about training available in the city
• 60 second POP update from 7 organisations that received Suicide Prevention funding through POP (TBC)
• Information about organisations – signposting
• Networking
• Q & A to end

{This is a draft agenda and speakers & organisations will be finalised closer to the event date}

Draft Agenda

• 9am: doors open – coffees on arrival (Our refreshments are sponsored by The Devon Coffee Company)
• 9.30am: event begins
• 10.45am: coffee break (Our refreshments are sponsored by The Devon Coffee Company)
• 11am: 2nd half of event begins
• 11.30am-12pm informal networking
• 12 – 12.30pm: Q & A
• 12.30: END

We want to make Plymouth a place that supports people in times of personal crisis and builds individual and community resilience to improve lives.

We aspire to work together to make all communities in Plymouth suicide safer communities.

The ambition for suicide prevention is to deliver a consistent downward trajectory in the suicide rate, that remains below or at least in line with the national average.

Let’s break the stigma and start the conversation. Your presence matters.

Together, we can make a difference.