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Welcome to the latest issue of updates from the Gloucestershire Suicide Prevention Partnership (the GSPP). I hope you find these helpful - if there's anything you'd like to see included, or if you would like to share anything with the partnership, please do get in touch.
Best wishes, Nicky
New area on website with members' promotional resources etc.
Just a reminder of the new area I've set up on the GSPP website where I can link to or save your leaflets, posters, business cards or other promotional materials. If you would like me to include your organisation's/group's materials here, please get in touch. To access the new area of resources click here.
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Action on ACEs Conference 2021: From ACEs to Resilience
You’re invited to attend the Action on ACEs Gloucestershire Conference 2021; a free virtual event aimed at people who are aware of, talking about and taking action on adverse childhood experiences. The conference is online on 10 June 2021, from 9.30am to 3.30pm. Read more here...
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Swindon & Gloucestershire Mind news
For more information on the Alexandra Wellbeing House, telephone wellbeing and face to face support and information on how you can make a referral, click here.
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Bill to make mental health first-aid part of regular first-aid training requirements tabled
Tabled on Tuesday 23rd March entitled ‘First Aid (Mental Health) Bill’ by Dean Russell MP, the Bill aims to make mental health first aid or psychological first aid training part of physical first aid training in workplaces across the country. There is already guidance around workplace first aid regarding mental health from the Health and Safety Executive, but there is not a requirement by law to put physical and mental health on parity regarding first aid. For more information on the Bill and to complete a short survey sharing your views on Mental Health First Aid, click here.
Suicide Crisis news
The latest news from Suicide Crisis includes an increase in people accessing their services from rural areas, their search for new premises, their focus on UK-wide initiatives to help prevent suicide and more. Click here to read more.
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Suicide Bereaved Community news
The inaugural SBC event, a barbeque with tree planting, has been arranged. The event will take place on Saturday 26th June at the Butterfly Garden. Places will need to be booked in advance.
For more information, including how to book a place, email Debs and Trish, the SBS coordindators, at info@suicidebereaved.org.
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Healthy Lifestyles news
The latest news from the Healthy Lifestyles Service includes information on National Walking Month, Dementia Action Week, and more. Read more here...
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NCISH reports
The National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health (NCISH) has recently published two new reports; their 2021 annual report and a report on suicide by middle-aged men. Read more here...
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Gloucestershire's Partnership Board Bulletin
Over Mental Health Awareness Week (between 10th - 16th May), a special series of Partnership Board bulletins were issued. Explore these special bulletins, and the previous bulletins here.
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Carers Hub updates
Carers Week takes place between 7th - 13th June this year, and the Carers Hub has an exciting programme of events scheduled. Read more here...
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Kooth May updates
Find out what activities have been scheduled on Kooth.com, the emotional and wellbeing platform for young people aged between 11 - 18 years in Gloucestershire. Read more here...
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ONS updates
The Office for National Statistics publishes regular blog posts, news, stories and more.
For a round up of recent posts, including how lockdown has changed our relationship with nature, mapping loneliness during the pandemic and whether we're facing a mental health pandemic, click here.
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Designing Out Suicide event
In March, the Jordan Legacy hosted a discussion panel event to consider how architects, surveyors, design engineers & schools, building companies and regulators and others, can come together to create a design thinking and process engineering approach to prevent someone taking their own life. Read more here...
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Gloucestershire VCS Alliance news
Click here to read some of the latest news from the Gloucestershire VCS Alliance, and for information on how to sign up to receive their updates.
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