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Article: Reflecting on the NSPA 2024 Conference

 NSPA Executive Lead, Rosemary Ellis, reflects on the NSPA 2024 Conference

Article: The Traitor Hope – reflections on toxic positivity 

 NSPA Lived Experience Influencer Alice Brockway shares her reflections on hope.

Article: Suicide prevention and older LGBTQ+ adults

 NSPA Lived Experience Influencer Penny Phillips shares how her experiences as a lesbian have shaped her life, including her experience of being bereaved by suicide.

Article: Reflections on using my lived experience to drive change with the NSPA

 In our latest blog, NSPA Lived Experience Influencer Emma Williams shares her reflections on the importance of a diverse range of voices being heard in suicide prevention and how people with lived experience can too...

NSPA responds to government’s suicide prevention strategy 2023-2028  

 NSPA Executive Lead Rosemary Ellis responds to the government's new suicide prevention strategy 2023-2028.

Article: Suicide prevention, past present and future: reflections from people with lived experience

 As part of a series of reflection pieces, marking World Suicide Prevention Day 2023 and our campaign, Reflecting on the past to drive change for the future, NSPA Lived Experience Influencers share their reflections on a...

Article: World Suicide Prevention Day 2023: Blog by Rosemary Ellis, NSPA Executive Lead

 In the first of a series of reflection pieces, marking World Suicide Prevention Day 2023 and the start of our campaign, Reflecting on the past to drive change for the future, the NSPA’s Executive Lead, Rosemary Ellis,...

Article: How can we support unpaid carers to reduce the risk of suicide?

 In this blog we hear from NSPA Steering Group member and CEO of Grassroots Suicide Prevention, Rachael Swann about the importance of suicide prevention for unpaid carers.

Article: “Supportive workplaces really matter and save lives”

 NSPA Lived Experience Influencer Andy Willis explores suicide prevention in the workplace and reflects on his own experience

Article: Increasing access to suicide bereavement support

 In this blog we caught up with Michelle Stebbings, Executive Lead at Support After Suicide Partnership (SASP) on the work SASP have been doing since Michelle joined, to ensure suicide bereavement support remains a...

Article: Valuing the relationship between faith and suicide prevention

 In this lived experience blog, we hear from Sandeep Saib, NSPA Lived Experience Influencer on the relationship between faith and suicide prevention and why this should be valued.

Lived Experience in Suicide Prevention – Communities of Practice Groups  

 As part of our Lived Experience Network, NSPA is setting up online Lived Experience Communities of Practice Groups for people who are using their lived experience to influence suicide prevention work.

Article: A new era of suicide prevention

 Ahead of the new Suicide Prevention Strategy for England being published later this year, we caught up with Jacqui Morrissey, Co-Chair of the National Suicide Prevention Alliance and Assistant Director of Influencing at...

Article: The value of lived experience in suicide prevention and bereavement support

 In this lived experience blog, we hear from Maxine Roper, NSPA Lived Experience Influencer on the benefits of lived experience in suicide prevention and bereavement support

Article: Suicide prevention by young people, for young people

 In this blog, we hear from Jody Foster, director and co-founder of Ellie's Angels about suicide prevention for young people, by young people.

Article: Suicide prevention in the workplace is everybody’s business

 The third article in our suicide prevention professionals blog, we hear from Abigail Hirshman of The Charlie Waller Trust about suicide prevention in the workplace and steps employers can focus upon to help prevent...

Article: What next for the NSPA & Suicide Prevention? Q&A with Ellen O’Donoghue

 In this blog we caught up with Ellen O'Donoghue in her capacity as new Co-Chair of the NSPA about her aspirations for the NSPA moving forwards and what drives her at work.

Article: Why are people impacted by domestic abuse dying by suicide?

 The first article in our suicide prevention professionals blog, by Tim Woodhouse, looks at the links between domestic abuse and suicide. and what we can learn from a recent study.

World Suicide Prevention Day 2022 Toolkit

 World Suicide Prevention Day takes place on 10th Sept each year. This page contains assets we provided to members to use on social media for the 2022 campaign.

Steering Group Election results

 The NSPA Steering Group election is open now and will close on 31 May. All organisational members are eligible to vote, lead contacts have been emailed a link from Civica (who are hosting the election) to the voting...

National Suicide Prevention Alliance proud to be part of new Suicide Prevention Consortium

 Today, the Department of Health and Social Care announced the members of the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) Health and Wellbeing Alliance for 2021-24, including the new Suicide Prevention Consortium,...

World Suicide Prevention Day 2018

 The NSPA would like to give particular thanks to the staff of their members Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Kidscape, Mind, PAPYRUS, Rethink, Samaritans, STORM Skills Training, and Thrive London for their...

World Suicide Prevention Day 2017

 Make a mate a cup of tea Doing something small for someone, that could take just one minute, can make a huge difference to whether someone feels cared about and valued. Take a minute this World Suicide Prevention Day to...

World Suicide Prevention Day 2020

 Many thanks to our project team and their organisations: Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Healthwatch Wakefield,  NHS Business Services Authority, Nightline Association, PAPYRUS Prevention of Young...

World Suicide Prevention Day 2017

 The NSPA would like to give particular thanks to the staff of their members CALM, Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Mind, Network Rail, Public Health England, Rethink Mental Illness, Samaritans, and STORM...

Could our Lived experience network support your work?

 Find out more about the network and how you can get involved.

New online discussions, July 2021

 Find out the dates for upcoming online discussions and how to register to attend.

New online discussions, June 2021

 Find out the dates for upcoming online discussions and how to register to attend.

New online discussions, April 2021

 Find out the dates for upcoming online discussions and how to register to attend.

Summaries of Covid-19 online discussions

 Summaries of online conversations about delivering suicide prevention work during Covid-19.

Lived experience network launched, September 2020

 Find out more about the network and how you can get involved.

NSPA webinars, September 2020

 Read about the speakers, and find their presentations and films from the webinars.

Peer Support in the Emergency Department

 A peer support worker and a psychiatrist from Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust share their experiences of peer support in the Emergency Department

The City of London Corporation’s suicide prevention work

 How the City of London Corporation is raising awareness of workplace well-being, promoting help-seeking and providing practical support.

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