Space to Breathe: Suicide Awareness & Prevention Training

Thanks for attending our Suicide Awareness and Prevention Training. Below are the notes from the session and some of the resources we shared with you.

Session notes

You can download the session notes as a PDF below.

Reports

We mention in the session the 2024 report from the Samaritans/Network Rail about Men’s Suicide and the report from Grassroots into Women and Suicide. You can find links below.

Safety Planning

We mention the Sheffield scheme to help people safety plan. You can find out more at https://safetyplan.sheffieldsuicidesupport.co.uk.

You can also download the safety plan and risk assessments we shared below.

Supporting someone after a Suicide attempt

This information is from our friends at MIND and gives us more details about supporting an individual who’s attempted to complete suicide.

This video from St John’s explains how to put someone in the Recovery Position. We really recommend someone from your team is trained in Emergency First Aid.

Lastly, always ensure your own safety in any situation and maintain your safety as a priority.

In an emergency always call 999 or advise patient to attend A&E.

You can also use:

• NHS 111 option 2

• Samaritans 116 123

• Shout – text SHOUT to 85258

OTHER TRAINING ON SUICIDE AWARENESS

We mention on the course this is a very basic introduction. If you want to learn more and go onto to a more detailed qualification we recommend:

APT - Suicide Prevention Training - CLICK HERE

Samaritans - Making a Suicide Intervention - CLICK HERE

Grassroots Suicide Prevention Training - CLICK HERE

Having a wellbeing toolkit to share with clients

We mention grounding and settling tools that can help people in their wellbeing and are useful in safety planning. Our Personal Wellbeing section of this website has a lot more.