Welcome to The Suicide Prevention Hub

Welcome to The Suicide Prevention Hub – a brand new online resource for front line professionals and members of community organisations. The site is full of information about local and national support, resources and information about Suicide Prevention, with the aim of making suicide prevention everyone’s business. 

We’ll be launching the  full new BLMK local suicide prevention action plan (2024-2028) on this September in line with, World Suicide Prevention Day. The theme of the day this year is “Changing the Narrative on Suicide”, encouraging people to start the conversation and help reduce stigma by discussing suicide prevention in a really open way. This is very much aligned to the role of the site, which aims to make up to date, informative resources and campaigns accessible to everyone. We’re here to empower everyone to play their part in suicide prevention, and to make those conversations as accessible and as open as we can. 

Join us on 11th September, from 12-1pm for a free webinar to find out more about the multi -agency work to support suicide prevention throughout Bedfordshire, Central Bedfordshire, Luton & Milton Keynes and to discuss the 2024-2028 Action Plan.

To book your place, visit: https://www.mind-blmk.org.uk/training-and-education/courses-and-workshops/free-world-suicide-prevention-day-event-2024/

Joining Emma Bates and Elizabeth Bailey from the Public Health team for the webinar will be:

Samaritans – Making changes that saves lives, reducing risk factors in suicide prevention, day and night support 365 days per year supporting those struggling to cope. Campaigning and training (Robert Labe)

Chums – Bedfordshire suicide bereavement service, offering mental health and emotional wellbeing service supporting children, young people and their families. (Debbie Robson)

Mind BLMK – Supporting suicide prevention pathways, bereavement by suicide support and suicide awareness training (STS) & Links between domestic abuse and suicide.

ZSA (Zero Suicide Alliance training, autism and the Stay Alive App (Elizabeth Bailey)

We look forward to welcoming as many of you as we can to the webinar, and to working together to make suicide prevention everyone’s business.