Preventing suicide in our communities

Preventing suicide in our communities

This World Suicide Prevention Day #JoinTheConversation  

Know how to seek help when you need it. If you're struggling, know you are not alone. There are people and services who want to help. Visit our pages for support for young people or support for adults.

Learn how to support someone else. Research shows that people who are having thoughts of suicide feel relief when someone asks after them in a caring way. It also suggests that acknowledging and discussing suicide may reduce rather than increase suicidal ideation and provide support to those who are struggling. Take the free, online, 20 minute Zero Suicide Alliance training. 

Find out about the work taking place to prevent suicides in Barnet. In the UK, men are three times more likely to die by suicide than women, with working-aged men most at risk, and suicide is the fourth leading cause of death among 15-19-year-olds. Read Barnet's Suicide Prevention Strategy to understand the local picture and the work taking place to prevent suicide in our communities.

We can all encourage understanding, reach out to people who are struggling, and share our experiences - so that we each #JoinTheConversation, support each other and know how to seek help when we need it, and play a role in preventing suicide in our communities.