Resources

Key resources on suicide prevention to support your work.
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At risk populations

Resources related to: men, children and young people, bereavement support, workplaces, mental health, debt, and a range of research and advice

Data and analysis

Statistics and research reports on suicide and suicide prevention

Local suicide prevention

Resources for local authority public health teams and their partners to support the development of local suicide prevention plans and activities

Providing individual support

Resources for those providing individual support services

Policy and strategy

Policy and strategy

UK Government policy, strategy and reports, and other national international suicide prevention strategies

Toolkits and guides

Toolkits and guides to assist in suicide prevention and support

Lived Experience Resources

A collection of resources about lived experience involvement, influence and co-production, which may be useful when working with people who have lived experience to inform and influence suicide prevention work

Covid 19

Resources relating to the Covid-19 pandemic

Moving towards individualised risk management: A resource by Storm Skills Training CIC

 Storm Skills Training CIC have launched a new resource to support professionals to meet the NICE clinical guidance on the assessment and management of self-harm.
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Impacts of suicide in Punjabi communities

 Sehhat and the Sikh Forgiveness project developed a study to understand how Punjabi communities can tackle the need for better support relating to suicide. Data from the survey was analysed to create this research...
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Partners in Prevention: Suicide Prevention Consortium report

 As part of the Suicide Prevention Consortium*, Samaritans and the National Suicide Prevention Alliance (NSPA) sought views of people from NSPA and Samaritans' Lived Experience Networks about how much they felt they...
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A suite of resources following the report ‘Learning Legacies: An Analysis of Domestic Homicide Reviews in Cases of Domestic Abuse Suicide’

 A suite of practical resources to help professionals better understand the link between domestic abuse and suicide, and to improve the response to suicide after domestic abuse.
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Tackling Mental Health Inequalities for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller People

 This resource provides guidance for a variety of public health and healthcare professionals on how to provide mental health support for people from gypsy, roma and traveller communities
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Involving young people with lived and living experience of suicide in suicide research

 This study worked with young people to co-produce a guidance framework for researchers to give them the tools & confidence to involve young people in research. . 
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At Your Side Guides for those bereaved by suicide in the armed forces community

 Suicide Bereavement UK have developed a series of evidence-based guides for those bereaved by suicide in the armed forces community. Three ‘At Your Side’ guides have been written by the bereaved, for the bereaved.
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Exploring suicide and stigma with different communities: Suicide Prevention Consortium blogs and audiograms

 As part of the Suicide Prevention Consortium* with Samaritans, Support After Suicide Partnership and We Are With You, we’ve been exploring suicide and stigma in Roma, Showmen, Gypsy and New Traveller communities. This...
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Talking Faith in Suicide Prevention Digital Guide by Faith Action

 Faith Action have developed a digital guide on faith in suicide prevention for front-line workers, people leading front-line teams and anyone planning or implementing suicide prevention or postvention strategies in...
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Exploring experiences of accessing support for alcohol issues and suicidal ideation

 With our partners in the Suicide Prevention Consortium*, we conducted a survey of people with lived experience of alcohol issues and suicidal thoughts/feelings/acts, and the barriers preventing more people from...
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Tomorrow is too late: suicide prevention support for people with no fixed address

 With the NSPA’s partners in the Suicide Prevention Consortium*, we have been exploring suicide prevention support for people with no fixed address. This 2024 Suicide Prevention Consortium report highlights what...
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The economic cost of suicide in the UK

 This report by Samaritans highlights the cost of suicide in the UK. Samaritans worked with David McDaid (Associate Professorial Research Fellow at the London School of Economics) to work out how much suicide costs to...
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