Suicide postvention is prevention
Abbie, a founder of Sunflowers Suicide Support talks about the work she's done to make sure those bereaved by suicide have information on sources of support.
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Gloucestershire Community Wellbeing service - new contact details
The Community Wellbeing Service aims to improve people's quality of life
and give them knowledge, skills and confidence so they can take control of
their wellbeing, live independently and improve their health.
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Suicide crisis shares the learning from their recent research.
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New Year's Honours
Congratulations to Trish Thomas, chair of Gloucester
Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide (SOBS) and member of the Gloucestershire
Suicide Prevention Partnership, who has been awarded the Member of the Order of
the British Empire in the Queen’s New Years Honours. This is in
recognition for services to supporting people bereaved by suicide in
Gloucestershire.
We look forward to hearing more about Trish receiving the
award in the next few months and will update you in the next newsletter.
January forum workshop
The theme at the last workshop on 18th January
was communication, and members of the Forum discussed key messages to engage
with those from the high risk groups requiring support and how best to reach
them. They also helped to identify key
activities specific to each high risk group.
These ideas
will be incorporated into a communication and engagement plan for 2018, which
will be written by a small task and finish group. The group will feed back into
the GSPP steering group on its progress.
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A specialist service
aimed at people with a range of complex problems exacerbated by poor mental
health is being piloted in the Stroud District.
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A new guide to raise awareness of suicide risk in primary care
After
the unexpected death by suicide of a young man who was a patient at Locking
Hill surgery, Dr Alistair Smith, with the help of colleagues at 2gether NHS
Foundation Trust, compiled a guide to suicide risk assessment & management in primary care.
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Could you volunteer for Gloucester and District Samaritans?
 You could be receiving phone calls or helping in other ways
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Share your views for research
Just a reminder that
the Support After Suicide Partnership is conducting research into the impact of
suicide on the UK. Anyone (including professionals) aged 18 years and over, who
has been affected by suicide can complete the survey. This can be family,
friends, colleagues, teachers, emergency responders, neighbours or co-workers.
For more information go to supportaftersuicide.org.uk/research/
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