Olly’s Future

Olly’s Future was set up in memory of Oliver Hare who died through suicide on 14 February 2017. Olly’s Future celebrates Oliver’s life through events, awards, and creative projects while providing suicide prevention training, including ASIST and bespoke workshops. It also partners with MIND and Sussex Partnership NHS Trust on the “Practise Hope” initiative to improve GP support for 10-25-year-olds experiencing self-harm or suicidal thoughts.

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Our work in suicide prevention

Olly’s Future believes strongly in equipping people with the skills to help others who are feeling suicidal. We fund people to go on suicide prevention training courses that are delivered by Papyrus or Grassroots, namely ASIST and SAFEtalk. Our funding has enabled all staff at Christ’s Hospital School to receive training as well staff at UCL on an on-going basis (lunchtime sessions).

We are currently developing two one hour workshops aimed at graduates and for those who are bereaved through suicide.

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Our current priorities

Over the next 18 months, Olly’s Future will be working in partnership with MIND and the Sussex Partnership NHS Trust on a PACEsetter initiative to help GPs improve the way they help 10 – 25 year olds who have thoughts of suicide or self-harm. Ann Feloy has the role of Patients Care Lead and will be working in scoping, devising and overseeing the initiative which involves 30 GP surgeries across the trust’s three counties of Sussex, Kent and Surrey. Our ambition is to bring about a culture change in the way GPs help children and young people.

To win the PACEsetter Award for Suicide Prevention and Self Harm, GP practices must complete five key activities, including an engagement exercise comprising two parts: 1. with at least 1 per cent of their (target) population/carers of people with mental health difficulties and 2. with at least half of their staff  around their own wellbeing.

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Our current challenges

The success of the project relies heavily on GPs being willing and happy to engage in the initiative and them feeling they have enough support from the three ‘Practise Hope co-ordinators’ who will be employed to work closely with the GPs to deliver the changes at a very practical level.

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