“I`d rather have an awkward conversation than a dead friend”
comment from a young participant at one of our training workshops when the need to ask clearly and directly about suicide was being explained.
Survivor stories
three sets of parents tell some of what it`s like to lose an adult child to suicide. https://vimeo.com/154861034
Whole system approach to Zero suicide
The `whole system approach` is a framework for developing suicide prevention capacity within an agency or organisation. The approach`s elements are:- 1.leadership; 2.mental health &wellbeing promotion; 3.suicide awareness & prevention; 4.training; 5.suicide intervention & ongoing community support; 6.postvention and 7.evaluation. If an agency fully commits to all 7 elements in the approach, we believe that they have effectively created a suicide down to zero environment. Whole-System-Approach-colourDownload
Art of Conversation
The Art of Conversation is the 2nd edition of this booklet which colleagues in Scotland permitted us to adapt for use in Northern Ireland. We in Suicide Down to Zero believe that it provides quite a comprehensive suicide awareness resource. You will see that it contains: - some general facts about suicide and some facts specific to Northern Ireland; common signs that someone is suicidal and how they can be helped; being ALERT & helping; being a good listener & the 5 steps to active listening; details of suicide prevention training and some useful contacts/resources. Art-of-Conversation-2nd-EdDownload
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WANGARI MAATHAI
“There comes a time when humanity is called to shift to a new level of consciousness, to reach a higher moral ground. A time when we have to shed our fear and give hope to each other”. WANGARI MAATHAI 5/1/2021