A variety of local and national suicide prevention resources.

Walk With Us
A toolkit for supporting children, young people and families affected or bereaved by suicide as been produced by NHS South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw. It has been co-prodcued with children and young people who have been bereaved by suicide and is of use to all.

Death Through Suicide
Support for families bereaved by and dealing with loss from suicide. This includes resources around talking to children and young people about suicide.

Finding The Words
How to support someone who has been bereaved and affected by suicide.

Final Notification Table
When someone has died, you may need to (or wish to) notify several different organisations about the death. The chart contains suggested agencies or organisations to contact.

First Hand
First Hand is for anyone affected by witnessing a suicide when they did not know the person who has died.

Forget Me Not
The Huddersfield-based charity offers free bereavement support following the death of a child.

Help is at Hand
A resource for people bereaved through suicide or other unexplained death, and for those helping them.

Military Families Affected by Suicide
A service by SSAFA (the Armed Forces charity) for anyone in the family unit (18+) who has been affected by the loss of a loved one through suicide of a veteran or Serving Armed Forces Personnel.

OWLS (Overcoming Worry, Loss and Sadness)
Supports children aged 4 to 11 and their families living in the Leeds area. Offering practical and emotional support, direct 1-2-1 therapy, schools workshops and peer activity days.

Suicide Bereavement Support across West Yorkshire
Across West Yorkshire, there are two services that offer support after bereavement by suicide. Both services are overseen by Leeds Mind. Find out more about the West Yorkshire and Leeds Bereavement Services.

Suicide&Co
Suicide&Co is a charity that supports those bereaved by suicide. They offer counselling sessions for those over the age of 18.

Supporting an Employee Who Has Been Bereaved by Suicide
A resource for employers to support employees bereaved by suicide.

What Remains *Trigger warning*
This multi-layered, lyrical, transcendent and ultimately uplifting film does an exemplary job of showing the reality of suicide bereavement.

The Coroners’ Courts Support Service
The Coroners' Courts Support Service is a registered charity whose volunteers give emotional & practical support to bereaved families & witnesses at an inquest.

Leeds Suicide Bereavement Service - Steve's Story
Video stories produced by individuals bereaved by suicide, that share their experiences and the learning they have taken from these losses.

Leeds Suicide Bereavement Service - Darren's Story
Video stories produced by individuals bereaved by suicide, that share their experiences and the learning they have taken from these losses.

Leeds Suicide Bereavement Service - Paul's Story
Video stories produced by individuals bereaved by suicide, that share their experiences and the learning they have taken from these losses.

Helping organisations when they need to communicate suicide
The Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR)'s guide provides practical advice and looks at the wider issue of talking about suicide alongside mental health.

Suicide postvention toolkit
Aims to help senior leadership in police forces to support staff after the loss of a colleague to suicide. It may also be adapted to support staff who lose a family member or close friend outside the force to suicide.

Information about bereavement and loss - including practical things you may need to do, information about the grieving process, self-care and how to find support for yourself or someone who has expereinced this.

NHS staff postvention toolkit
'NHS employee suicide' is a postvention tookit to help manage the impact and provide support. It was published in March 2023 by the Samaritans in partnership with NHS Confederation.

BAGS for strife
'BAGS for strife' is a charity set up by people who have lost loved ones to suicide. BAGS is an acronym for the four overriding emotions experienced in suicide-related grief - Blame, Anger, Guilt and Sadness. The charity provides practical and emotional support for those who may need it.

What does the research say?

Suicide by children and young people
The second report from the NCISH investigation of suicide by children and young people examined suicide by 391 young people aged under 25 in England or Wales.

Suicide in children and young people
The latest thematic report from the National Child Mortality Database Programme, based on data from April 2019 to March 2020.

What other resources do we have?

Kooth, the website which offers online support for children and young people, has launched six support guides for young people, which offer helpful advice and information on social anxiety, eating difficulties, self-injury, suicidal thoughts, and safety plans, in addition to a young person's experience on Kooth.

Responding to an unexpected death: support for schools and colleges
This toolkit is intented to support schools and colleges in how to respond to an unexpected death, or to review how prepared they are to do so. It was co-developed by schools, colleges, the community and voluntary sector and the police in Sussex but the information can be applied anywhere.

Walk With Us
A toolkit for supporting children, young people and families affected or bereaved by suicide as been produced by NHS South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw. It has been co-prodcued with children and young people who have been bereaved by suicide and is of use to all.

Crisis Tools Guides
These four Crisis Tool learning guides are for carers, families and healthcare staff who may encounter young people in a crisis.

Death through suicide
Support for families bereaved by and dealing with loss from suicide. This includes resources around talking to children and young people about suicide.

Managing Difficult Feelings
Aimed at young people this guide helps you understand what are suicidal thoughts and feelings.

MindEd
A free educational resource on children and young people's mental health.

Me, Poetry and the Crisis Point
A film by filmmaker Geoff Brokate + verd de gris arts and features Phoebe. Her story deals with issues around suicide and self-harm and comes with a trigger warning.

Better Health Every Mind Matters
Is a campaign provides helpful tips for young people, parents and carers. There are designated pages to help parents and carers spot the signs that children may be struggling with their mental health and also provides advice that can help maintain good mental wellbeing.

Ripple Suicide Prevention Overview
Ripple is an online nudge technique/add-on extension, which consists of a powerful message of hope to resonate with the user, as well as providing a selection of mental health support options (call, text, webchat, self-help app, pocket resources).

Self-harm Leaflet for Young People
"Let’s talk about self-harm" information leaflet from Kirklees Council for young people about self-harm, how it can affect people and what support is available.

Self-Harm Support For Young People
A video exploring self-harm support for young people.

Self-harm in young people: for parents and carers
This webpage by Royal College of Psychiatrists, looks at the reasons behind why people self-harm, and offers advice about what to do to help.

Signs of self-harm and getting help
A guide for young people developed by Young Minds.

Suicide Prevention - Guidance for Frontline Workers and Volunteers
Guidance for frontline workers and volunteers on how to support young people with their mental health.

Supporting young people who self-harm or feel suicidal
A guide for professionals in Leeds working with young people aged 25 and under.

Supporting your child: Self-harm and Suicide
Created by Papyrus, the national charity dedicated to the prevention of young suicide, this guide has been created following discussions with parents who have experience of supporting a young person struggling with their mental health.

Supporting autistic children and young people through crisis
This document aims to help those working in mental health and crisis services, to support young autistic people experiencing a mental health crisis.

The impact of economic disruption on young adults
This is Samaritans’ new briefing for policymakers in England about the impact on young people of economic disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

Visiting your General Practitioner: A guide for young people with lived experience of self-harm and suicidality
This guide was developed in partnership with young people from the Youth Advisory Group at the Institute for Mental Health to help young people prepare to talk with their GP about self-harm and suicidal experiences.

We Can Talk
Children and young people’s mental health training, advice and resources for hospital staff.

Young people and self-harm leaflet
Created by Harmless, this leaflet looks at why young people self-harm.

Safer internet campaign resources
Education resources, created for Safer Internet Day, to help schools, youth groups, police services, libraries and more. Tailored for 3-18 year olds, they are designed to put children and young people’s voices at the forefront, encouraging them to help shape the future of online safety support.

Papyrus - Sinking Feeling film
This is a short animation created by BAFTA-award winning animation studio Blue Zoo for PAPYRUS Prevention of Young SUicide. It explores themes of loneliness, isolation and the importance of peer support. It aims to tackle the heart-breaking reality that many children and young people are suffering in silence without the vital help and support they need.

Ending Mental Health Stigma

Watch Touchstone's YouTube video about ending mental health stigma.

Men's Talk Testimony

Breaking down stigma for men who have experience mental health issues.

Men's Wellbeing and Mental Health - A conversation with Stevie Ward - YouTube

As part of a newly launched men's wellbeing group at Leeds Teaching Hospitals, former rugby player Stevie Ward spoke to Dave Goulding from the Emergency Preparedness team, about his Mantality programme and encouraging men to open up and support each other.

Myths About Suicide

Understanding the facts can help you to help someone struggling to cope. The Samaritans created 'Myths About Suicide' to help set the facts.

Small Talk Saves Lives

The Samaritans have developed a campaign called Small Talk Saves Lives. This short film introduces the idea of trusting instincts and starting a conversation.

Sharing Voices suicide prevention films (with Urdu subtitles)

We Need To Talk 'Voices From The South Asian Community' - We Need To Talk ‘Voices from the South Asian Community’ are a series of films and audio tools produced by Community Link’s CLEAR’s Men’s talk Digital and Anti Stigma Kirklees – featuring members of the local South Asian Community talking about mental health.

The Check-In campaign aims to prevent staff suicide and promote a wellbeing culture by normalising the conversation around suicide and mental health as well as providing training, resources and signposting for support.

Crisis Management In The Event Of A Suicide: A Postvention Toolkit For Employers - This Suicide Postvention Toolkit is designed to support employers in their response to the suicide of an employee, at work or outside the workplace. It was produced in partnership with Public Health England and supported by Samaritans.

Leeds and West Yorkshire Mindful Employer Network - This network brings local employers in Leeds together to champion positive mental health at work.

Mindful Employer - For Employers who are Positive about Mental Health.

Supporting an employee who has been bereaved by suicide (leaflet) - A resource for employers to support employees bereaved by suicide.

‘Working Well - Mental Health in the Workplace’ is a film project by Geoff Brokate and verd de gris arts, that seeks to explore the relationship between good mental health and employment practice and an employers responsibility to its workforce.

Helping organisations when they need to communicate suicide
The Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR)'s guide provides practical advice and looks at the wider issue of talking about suicide alongside mental health.

Suicide postvention toolkit - aims to help senior leadership in police forces to support staff after the loss of a colleague to suicide. It may also be adapted to support staff who lose a family member or close friend outside the force to suicide.

Responding to suicide risk in the workplace - guidance for line managers has been created by the CIPD, the professional body for HR and people development.

All on Board is a partnership between Network Rail and the NHS which aims to lead in the delivery of a service that works within communities and with a wide range of partners to reduce suicide and promote help seeking before a person reaches crisis. It works in communities to encourage recognition of the signs of poor mental health and contributing risk factors, improve confidence to intervene and to promote and signpost to local and national services that can support those who are experiencing poor mental health both at stations and in the wider community.

NHS staff postvention toolkit - 'NHS employee suicide' is a postvention tookit to help manage the impact and provide support. It was published in March 2023 by the Samaritans in partnership with NHS Confederation.

Volunteers with experience of the impact of suicide have created a set of guidelines offering best practice for involving those with lived experience: Lived Experience Involvement: Our guidance for best practice

Citizens Advice - Debt and money
These pages give you the information you need to make the right choices, including help to deal with your debt problems, how to avoid losing your home and how to get your finances back into shape.

Debt Respite Scheme (Breathing Space) guidance for creditors
The Debt Respite Scheme (Breathing Space) will give someone in problem debt the right to legal protection from their creditors.

Mapping local authority debt collection practices

Reshaping financial support
How councils can help to support low-income households in financial difficulty

Stop the Knock
Local authority debt collection research tool.

The Ask, Assist, Act framework will help you know what to say and do if you are supporting someone who you think may be suicidal.

Blue Light Together is the place for UK emergency services staff, volunteers, retirees and friends and family to find information, ideas and support to help look after your mental health.

Consensus statement for information sharing and suicide prevention - The consensus statement sets out how and when clinicians should share information about patients, within the legal framework, where this may help prevent suicide.

Crisis Tools Guides - These four Crisis Tool learning guides are for carers, families and healthcare staff who may encounter young people in a crisis.

Suicide Prevention - Guidance for Frontline Workers and Volunteers - young people - Guidance for frontline workers and volunteers in Kirklees on how to support young people with their mental health.

Suicide Prevention - Guidance for Frontline Workers and Volunteers - This guidance is for anyone in Kirklees supporting people to help them feel more confident to talk to someone about suicide.

Suicide Prevention - Guidance for frontline workers and volunteers - This guidance was produced by Leeds City Council's public mental health team to support people in Leeds to help them feel more confident to talk to someone about suicide.

StayingSafe.net provides vital ‘Safety Plan' guidance tools jointly funded by NHS England, with easy to print / online templates and guidance video tutorials purposefully designed to help people through the process of writing their own Safety Plan to build hope, identify actions and strategies to resist suicidal thoughts and develop positive ways to cope with stress and emotional distress.

‘Working Well - Mental Health in the Workplace’ is a film project by Geoff Brokate and verd de gris arts, that seeks to explore the relationship between good mental health and employment practice and an employers responsibility to its workforce.

Your Suicide Prevention Resource - The Laura Hyde Foundation has created a resource to provide support for emergency services staff, their colleagues and patients.

Suicide postvention toolkit - aims to help senior leadership in police forces to support staff after the loss of a colleague to suicide. It may also be adapted to support staff who lose a family member or close friend outside the force to suicide.

The Royal College of Psychiatrists has published guidance on how organisations and policymakers can do more to support mental health workers in the event of a patient's suicide - Supporting mental health staff following the death of a patient by suicide: A prevention and postvention framework.

Management of Self-Harm in the Emergency Department | The University of Manchester - This free resource has been designed to help understand more about why people self-harm and how to help people who present to hospital emergency departments after self-harm. It has been developed by researchers at the Manchester Self-Harm (MaSH) Project, which is part of the Centre for Suicide Prevention, a leading UK centre for research into suicidal behaviour based at The University of Manchester.

NCISH - National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health - has produced a new online resource to help staff working in mental health services to understnad more about what it means to be given a diagnosis of personality disorder and how to help people who present to services with the diagnosis: Safer care for patients given a diagnosis of personality disorder: a learning resource.

NHS staff postvention toolkit - 'NHS employee suicide' is a postvention tookit to help manage the impact and provide support. It was published in March 2023 by the Samaritans in partnership with NHS Confederation.

Working together to prevent suicide in the NHS workforce: a national suicide prevention toolkit for England. This is aimed at helping NHS organisations reduce the risk of suicide in the workforce. It aims to help organisations embed suicide prevention strategies in their health and wellbeing policies and guide the approach to supporting those at risk of suicide within the workforce.

The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) has created a resource in response to a suicide in a care home - to offer further inforamtion and best practice around prevention of suicide, intervention with those at risk and action to take following a suicide (postvention): Promoting Emotional Health and Wellbeing and Preventing Suicide: A Resource for Care Home Settings.

Webinar of expert panel discussion exploring the crucial role that primary care plays in identifyng and supporting those at risk of suicide and self-harm. Hosted by STORM - a community interest company which provides research-backed suicide prevention skills training for the frontline. Webinar: 'Primary Care and Suicide Prevention: Making the Links' and below:

'Surviving Crisis: Learning from Lived Experience' is a five-episode podcast aimed at support staff working with people in mental health crisis across West Yorkshire and created by volunteers on our Suicide Prevention Coproduction Project, who all have experiences of suicidal crisis. The series uses insights from frontline health and care staff who were asked in advance to share their thoughts on what they would like discussed.

'Preventing suicide: Communication, support and follow-up' is a film created by volunteers with lived experience of being impacted by suicide which speaks directly to staff in health and care organisations about their experiences, to share good practice. The film can also be found within the interactive training guide on our training pages.

Gambling with Lives
Gambling with Lives is a charity that raises awareness amongst gamblers, their families and friends, and health professionals of the dangerous effects of gambling on mental health, and the high suicide risk. It also supports families who have been bereaved by gambling-related suicides.

Self-harm LGB study
A study - Suicidal thoughts, suicide attempt and non-suicidal self-harm amongst lesbian, gay and bisexual adults cmopared with heterosexual adults: analysis of data from two nationally representative household surveys - was published in the Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology journal in 2023.
It aims to compare differences in suicidality and self-harm between specific lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) groups and investigate whether minority stress factors might contribute. It found specific LBG groups are at elevated risk of suicidal thoughts and non-suicidal self-harm with a possible contribution of lifetime bullying and homophobic discrimination.

LGBTQ+ terms
Stonewall has published a List of LGBTQ+ terms.

GP grab sheet
TransActual has created a resource for GPs in supporting trans people - GP grab sheet

Good practice
A good practice guide on monitoring sexual orientation and trans status - Good practice guide on monitoring sexual orientation and trans status

Autism and gender diversity
A study on the overlap between autism and gender diversity

Guidance on reporting suicide - IPSO is regularly contacted by editors and journalists seeking advice on how the Editors’ Code of Practice applies to the reporting of suicide.

Responsible reporting on mental health, mental illness & death by suicide - The National Union of Journalists guidelines for reporting mental health and death by suicide.

The suicide reporting toolkit - The toolkit is for journalists and journalism educators. Reporting suicide responsibly requires sensitivity and compassion.

Samaritans' media guidelines - These guidelines for reporting suicide and online resources reinforce industry codes of practice, supporting the highest standards of coverage of suicide.

Skills guide helping organisations to communicate suicide - This guide was created by the Institute of Internal Communication and CIPR.

Getting Help: You Don't Have To Do It Alone
A video exploring support for men.

Men's Health Unlocked Six Month Report
This report looks at men's health particularly the impact in terms of the link between digital exclusion and long term conditions.

Men's Talk Testimony
Breaking down stigma for men who have experienced mental health issues.

PARENTS Online
PARENTS Online offers text-based emotional support to parents/carers who may have experienced separation from children or a relationship breakdown, which is a key factor in suicide.

Suicide by middle-aged men: The National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health findings
Watch this animated video of key findings and recommendations.

“Somebody, Nobody, Everybody” Report
A Report from “Developing Collaborative Approaches in Men’s Mental Health” event in March 2020.

Suicidal Thoughts and Feelings Leaflet
Created by Harmless, this leaflet is for anyone who has experienced suicidal thoughts and feelings.

Mind Mate - A guide to support professionals in Leeds who are working with young people who self-harm or feel suicidal.

Report Harmful Content - Most platforms do not allow any content which encourages, instructs or glorifies self-harm or suicide. Some platforms have processes in place for safeguarding users who view or share this type of content. Find out how to report self-harm or suicide content on social platforms.

Samaritans - Guidance for practitioners on how to talk about internet use around suicide and self-harm.

Talking about suicide - guides for college and university staff
In response to teaching staff raising concerns about student suicide and not always feeling well-equipped to respond, The Charlie Waller Trust has created these guides for college and university staff. Originally developed through a partnership between the Association of Colleges and The Charlie Waller Trust, they were written by members of the Charlie Waller team who are experts in the field and reviewed by a professor at the Centre for Suicide Research.
Talking about suicide - A guide for college staff
Talking about suicide - A guide for university staff

Responding to an unexpected death: support for schools and colleges
This toolkit is intented to support schools and colleges in how to respond to an unexpected death, or to review how prepared they are to do so. It was co-developed by schools, colleges, the community and voluntary sector and the police in Sussex but the information can be applied anywhere.

Building Suicide-safer Schools and Colleges - This guide has been developed to support teachers and school staff to build a suicide-safer school. It aims to provide school staff with an understanding of the most effective strategies to implement to create a suicide-safer environment. The material in this guide is designed for secondary school and college teachers and staff, but can be adapted for younger children too.

How to share crisis tools resources - Health Education England (HEE) and Healthy Teen Minds suite of mental health crisis learning resources designed for mental health staff, individuals working in health and social care, school staff and students who may encounter young people in crisis.

MindEd Hub - Health Education England has created Skills for Schools resources around suicide and self-harm prevention.

The Zero Suicide Alliance have a dedicated section on their website to schools and university suicide prevention resources.

New guidance has been published for universities on how to respond to student suicides. 'Responding to a suicide: advice for universities' has been created by Universities UK, in partnership with PAPYRUS Prevention of Young Suicide and Samaritans.

Safer internet campaign resources - Education resources, created for Safer Internet Day, to help schools, youth groups, police services, libraries and more. Tailored for 3-18 year olds, they are designed to put children and young people’s voices at the forefront, encouraging them to help shape the future of online safety support.

Step by Step service - Step by Step is a Samaritans service that provides practical support and resources to help schools prepare for, and recover from, a suspected or attempted suicide.

DEAL - Developing Emotional Awareness and Listening - is another Samaritans service which offers a free resource for teachers and other professionals designed to help develop reslience in young poeple. DEAL includes lesson plans, activiteis, hand-outs, digital resources, teachers' notes and staff training materials

Battle Scars self harm charity's free video for schools and youth organisations. To access the video visit the website and complete the e-registration form on the website.

Caring for someone who has self-harmed - This booklet is aimed at the families/carers of people who have self-harmed or had suicidal thoughts.

Signs of self-harm and getting help - A guide for young people developed by Young Minds.

Report Harmful Content - Most platforms do not allow any content which encourages, instructs or glorifies self-harm or suicide. Some platforms have processes in place for safeguarding users who view or share this type of content. Find out how to report self-harm or suicide content on social platforms.

Self Harm Leaflet for Adults - "Can we talk to you about self-harm?" Guidance for adults supporting young people.

Self Harm Leaflet for Young People - "Let’s talk about self-harm" information leaflet from Kirklees Council for young people about self-harm, how it can affect people and what support is available.

Self Harm Support For Young People - A video exploring self-harm support for young people.

Self-harm in young people: for parents and carers - This webpage by the Royal College of Psychiatrists, looks at the reasons behind why people self-harm, and offers advice about what to do to help.

Supporting young people who self-harm or feel suicidal - A guide for professionals in Leeds working with young people aged 25 and under.

Battle Scars self harm charity's free video for schools and youth organisations. To access the video visit the website and complete the e-registration form on the website.

Supporting your child: Self-harm and Suicide - Created by Papyrus, the national charity dedicated to the prevention of young suicide, this guide has been created following discussions with parents who have experience of supporting a young person struggling with their mental health. They have also created a dedicated leaflet answering questions about self-harm.

The Manchester Self-Harm Project collects data on emergency department presentations for self-harm made to three local general hospitals.

Visiting your General Practitioner: A guide for young people with lived experience of self-harm and suicidality - This guide was developed in partnership with young people from the Youth Advisory Group at the Institute for Mental Health to help young people prepare to talk with their GP about self-harm and suicidal experiences.

What is self-harm? - This webpage by Mind explains self-harm, including possible causes and how you can access treatment and support. Includes tips for helping yourself, and guidance for friends and family.

Young people and self-harm leaflet - Created by Harmless, this leaflet looks at why young people self-harm.

Self-harm: assessment, management and preventing recurrence - new guidelines released by NICE aimed at healthcare professionals and social care practitioners, commissioners and providers, education settings’ staff, third sector organisations, the criminal justice system and people using self-harm services, their families and carers.

Management of Self-Harm in the Emergency Department | The University of Manchester - This free resource has been designed to help understand more about why people self-harm and how to help people who present to hospital emergency departments after self-harm.

Self-harm and suicide in older adults: Slides from a one-hour online conversation hosted by Yorkshire and Humber Clinical Networks, with keynote speakers including Dr Cathy Morgan and Dr Isabela Troya, on evidence and studies into self-harm and suicide in older adults. A recording of the session is also below.

Infographic - Preventing Male Suicide - Facts and figures about how West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership connected with suicide prevention projects and men to get their views.

Men's Health Unlocked Annual Report Infographic - Men’s Health Unlocked is a network to improve and save the lives of men who live and/or work in Leeds.

West Yorkshire Suicide Bereavement Service (PDF) - Information about the West Yorkshire Suicide Bereavement Service.

The National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health (NCISH) has also created another infographic about the West Yorkshire Suicide Bereavement Service as an example of good practice of suicide prevention initiatives.

Survive and Thrive Infographic (PDF) - Humans Being ran three 8-week Survive and Thrive training courses for foodbank volunteers, aimed at reducing suicide risk in vulnerable men.

Yorkshire Ambulance Service 'Check-In Campiagn' case study (PDF) - campaigning to chllenege the mental health stigma.

Making Information Accessible for Neurodivergent People: A new guide - This guide is all about how to make information resources more accessible to people who are neurodivergent. This includes people who have a diagnosis of autism, dyslexia, dyspraxia, dyscalculia, ADHD and Tourette’s Syndrome.

Personal tragedies, public crisis - New research confirms the true scale of the hidden mortality crisis in autism. This report by charity Autistica explores this.

Supporting autistic children and young people through crisis - This document aims to help those working in mental health and crisis services, to support young autistic people experiencing a mental health crisis.

Suicide and Autism, a National Crisis - A presentation by Sue Willgoss, Advisor for Suicide Prevention with Lived Experience, Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, Founder #LiftLoudForDanny, Lived Experience Influencer for National Suicide Prevention Alliance.

Researchers in the US have conducted the first population-based study of suicide risk in people with autism. Researchers at the Univeristy of Utah Health carried out a 20-year retrospective study which found that for individuals with autism, particularly females, the risk of suicide has increased through time compared to their non-autistic peers.

Good Practice Guide - for professionals delivering talking therapies for autistic adults and children.
Compiled by the National Autistic Society, in collaboration with Mind, the guide incoporates the views of over 1,500 autistic people and almost 1,000 family members.

Autistica have created a webinar about autistic adults' experiences in mental health services. View it on YouTube here.

The National Autistic Society has published information around a large-scale research review of suicidality in autistic people, by a PhD student at the University of Nottingham, whose research involves creating a self-harm assessment tool for autistic adults. Further guidance on the website inlucudes research and practical suggestions for assessment and prevention of suicide for autistic people.

A webinar has been created of a recent presentation at the National Suicide Prevention Alliance 2023 Conference by NSPA lived experience influencer Sue Willgoss. The webinar is titled 'Linking Suicide Prevention Strategies with Autism Strategies and including the Autistic community: A lived experience perspective'.

Ethnic Minority Groups’ Experiences of Suicide Bereavement: A Qualitative Exploratory Study - This is the first study in the UK to engage with ethnic minority groups and provide a preliminary understanding of their experiences and needs in relation to suicide bereavement.

We Need To Talk 'Voices From The South Asian Community' - We Need To Talk ‘Voices from the South Asian Community’ are a series of films and audio tools produced by Community Link’s CLEAR’s Men’s talk Digital and Anti Stigma Kirklees – featuring members of the local South Asian Community talking about mental health.

Sharing Voices, the Bradford-based community mental health organisation, has published a report: Culturally-competent suicide prevention in South Asian communities. It aims to overcome gaps in knowledge, understanding and evidence base in relation to suicide prevention for BAME communities.

A report called 'Tackling Suicide Inequalities in Gypsy and Traveller communities' has been created by Friends, Families and Travellers (FFT), in collaboration with the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID). It aims to provide guidance for public health and healthcare professionals on how to ensure the communities are included within suicide prevention planning and support.

Check-In Campaign

The Check-In campaign aims to prevent staff suicide and promote a wellbeing culture by normalising the conversation around suicide and mental health as well as providing training, resources and signposting for support.

Samaritans Campaigns

The Samaritans run a number of suicide prevention campaigns including Small Talk Saves Lives.

Safer Public Space

The Safer Public Spaces Network is a place for people to come together to progress issues of suicide in public space. By joining together internationally and across different sectors, we will advance the thinking, research, and ways in which we create better public spaces

Gambling - Suicidal Ideation, Attempts and Completed Suicides

Mental health services: quality, safety and suicide - an editorial piece published in the BMJ Journal.

Office of National Statistics publishes quarterly suicide data for Yorkshire and Humberside.

ONS Data Suicides in Yorkshire and the Humber, England and Wales 2020 registrations slide deck (opens in PowerPoint).

Public Health England’s fingertips profile gives further information about suicide rates.

The Samaritans website gives national information for suicide.

Suicide by middle-aged men: The National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health findings - Watch this animated video of key findings and recommendations.

Suicide Prevention: How do you know that your council is providing effective suicide prevention?

The Number of Gambling Related Suicides in the UK

Zero Suicide Alliance Suicide Prevention Resource Map:

Suicide data explainer

The Ask, Assist, Act framework will help you know what to say and do if you are supporting someone who you think may be suicidal.

Information is available from the Samaritans about how to support someone who is suicidal.

StayingSafe.net provides vital ‘Safety Plan' guidance tools jointly funded by NHS England, with easy to print / online templates and guidance video tutorials purposefully designed to help people through the process of writing their own Safety Plan to build hope, identify actions and strategies to resist suicidal thoughts and develop positive ways to cope with stress and emotional distress.

In the military and Armed Forces Community
Samaritans works with the Ministry of Defence and other charities to support serving personnel in the Armed Forces, veterans, and their families.

Leaving Service
A documentary exploring aspects of mental health and suicide prevention with ex-military personnel.

Op COURAGE: The Veterans Mental Health and Wellbeing Service
Op COURAGE is an NHS mental health specialist service designed to help serving personnel due to leave the military, reservists, armed forces veterans and their families.

Samaritans Veterans App
Samaritans Veterans is a free app that can provide you with emotional support after your career in the Armed Forces.

Suicide prevention and peer support in the Armed Forces
Samaritans have got some practical information on how to look out for your teammates, how to discuss things with them and where to go for more support.

SSAFA (The Armed Forces Charity)
The SSAFA is ready to help all servicemen and women, veterans and their families, with any mental or emotional health concerns. This includes Bereaved Support Group and Military Families Affected by Suicide.

The Ripple Pond
The Ripple Pond support adult family members of physically or psychologically injured British Armed Forces personnel and veterans.

Does self-harm link to suicide? | Jenny Groves, CEO, Battle Scars

Male childlessness and suicide risk | Dr Robin Hadley

Suicide and self-harm in older adults | Alison Iliff, OHID

The work of PAPYRUS in preventing young suicide nationally and within West Yorkshire | James Parkes*

*James Parkes' talk includes two YouTube films which, for technical reasons, don't appear in the webinar itself. But links are: first film - We Are Papyrus; second film - Sinking Feeling.

Suicide prevention in primary care and the importance of personalised care | Dr Gwyn Elias