Bassetlaw Community & Voluntary Service

Bassetlaw Community & Voluntary Service (BCVS) works to challenge deprivation, health inequalities and social exclusion through empowering local people to engage effectively in voluntary and community activity. We aim to create, support and develop sustainable, strong and vibrant communities. Our work involves communicating and facilitating a strong and effective community voice which will have an influence locally, regionally and nationally.

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Our work in suicide prevention

Bassetlaw Community & Voluntary Service (BCVS) are working collaboratively with partner organisations to deliver Bassetlaw’s suicide prevention strategy. This is being delivered on behalf of NHS Bassetlaw CCG as part of the Zero Suicide Ambition.

We are currently working alongside Nottinghamshire MIND to deliver free training courses around suicide and self-harm awareness to break the silence of suicide in Bassetlaw.

We are also in the process of delivering a suicide prevention campaign ‘Saving Silent Voices’ locally to raise awareness and beat the stigma around suicide. We are actively supporting Grass Roots Stay Alive App also.

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Our current priorities

Our current priorities include:

> Reducing self-harm in community and acute services.

> Raising awareness and intervention skills of suicide and self-harm.

> Raising awareness of suicide and mental health support nationally and in Bassetlaw.

> Suicide prevention in middle aged men.

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Our current challenges

To achieve outcomes to reduce suicides figures locally in Bassetlaw, we aim to work collaboratively with partners across the system to:

> Continue to develop effective pathways for suicide prevention and bereavement support through evaluation and analysis.

> Promote key messages to raise awareness around suicide prevention and self-harm across Bassetlaw, due to its unique geography and rurality.

> Deliver training to the general public, professionals and the wider community.

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