10 September 2020

​Thank you to everyone who has contributed to the Hope Project. We've been adding all your contributions to our website and sharing our lists of hope across our channels. This will be a growing project that can be added to and shared all year round so please share anything that gives you hope by email to communications@nwbh.nhs.uk. You can find our new hope pages here: www.nwbh.nhs.uk/hope

Suicide prevention isn't just something that happens today but today acts as an opportunity to come together as staff, patients, organisations, communities to talk about how working together, we can help to prevent suicide.

Over the next month we'll be talking more about suicide prevention as part of our Month of Hope. Through our different communication channels we'll be sharing information to help tackle stigma, signpost to information and resources, celebrate the excellent work happening in our Trust and more.

This year we're delighted to welcome our new Suicide Prevention Lead, Katie Donnelly. Katie has done a short video to introduce herself and talk more about the work she'll be doing to support suicide prevention at our Trust.

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If you've been affected by suicide, either through personal or professional circumstances, please reach out for support.

Here are some external organisations that offer support to professionals affected by suicide

Amparo

AMPARO offers confidential, practical and emotional support to anyone affected by suicide. Support can be provided one-to-one, to family groups and to groups of colleagues or peers. 

People can contact Amparo by calling 0330 088 9255, emailing amparo.service@listening-ear.co.uk, or completing the form on the website.

You can download an A4 PDF poster, promoting AMPARO's Service here. 

Here is the link to the latest information about the Amparo Service, the Help is at Hand Booklet is on this link too.