Resources

Understanding more about suicide prevention and bereavement support, who is affected, how people can be helped, what current government policy is, and the latest research are all crucial to the on-going work of preventing deaths by suicide. Here we host a range of resources to help anyone working or interested in this field.

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Covid 19

Resources relating to the Covid-19 pandemic

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At risk populations

Resources related to: men, children and young people, bereavement support, workplaces, mental health, debt, and a range of research and advice

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Data and analysis

Statistics and research reports on suicide and suicide prevention

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Local suicide prevention

Resources for local authority public health teams and their partners to support the development of local suicide prevention plans and activities

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Providing individual support

Resources for those providing individual support services

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Policy and strategy

UK Government policy, strategy and reports, and other national international suicide prevention strategies

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Toolkits and guides

Toolkits and guides to assist in suicide prevention and support

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National Suicide Prevention Alliance Conference Slides

Resources from the NSPA’s Annual Suicide Prevention Conference 2023. Here you will find slides from workshop presentations which are available to view and download.

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Lived Experience Resources

A collection of resources about lived experience involvement, influence and co-production, which may be useful when working with people who have lived experience to inform and influence suicide prevention work

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Talking Faith in Suicide Prevention Digital Guide by Faith Action

Faith Action have developed a digital guide on faith in suicide prevention for front-line workers, people leading front-line teams and anyone planning or implementing suicide prevention or postvention strategies in...

Resources

Talking Faith in Suicide Prevention Digital Guide by Faith Action

Exploring experiences of accessing support for alcohol issues and suicidal ideation

Tomorrow is too late: suicide prevention support for people with no fixed address

The economic cost of suicide in the UK

Understood: Supporting people bereaved by suicide who are neurodivergent

National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health Annual Report 2024 including easy read version

Suicide rates in high-risk high-harm perpetrators of domestic abuse in England and Wales: a cohort study

Charlie Waller Trust Talking About Suicide – Guides for College and University Staff

Suicide prevention strategy for England 2023-2028

Mind Leeds Lived Experience Involvement – guidance for best practice

The functions of self‐harm in young people and their perspectives about future general practitioner‐led care: A qualitative study

Parents guide – Supporting your child – self-harm and suicide

LGBTQ+ Bereavement by Suicide Research Study

Understanding and providing recommendations for good practice mental health provision in the rail industry:an industry wide study

Suicidal thoughts, suicide attempt and non-suicidal self-harm amongst lesbian, gay and bisexual adults compared with heterosexual adults: analysis of data from two nationally representative English household surveys

Support guide for services working with Gypsy, Roma, Traveller communities bereaved by suicide

Mind’s Influence and Participation Toolkit

Armed Forces Suicide Prevention Strategy and Action Plan

Policy briefing: Practical and financial advice within suicide prevention services can make them more effective

Preventing Suicides in High Rise Buildings and Structures: City of London Corporation

Understanding self-harm and suicidal behaviours in South Asian communities in the UK: systematic review and meta-synthesis

Involving people with lived experience in suicide prevention and bereavement support FAQs

The impact of the cost-of-living crisis on different groups

MBRRACE report: Saving lives, Improving mothers’ care

NCISH Learning resource: Safer care for patients given a diagnosis of personality disorder

Alcohol and suicide: insights from LGBTQ+ communities’ experiences

Study: Emergency department presentations with suicide and self-harm ideation: a missed opportunity for intervention?

Money and Mental Health Policy Institute: Ethnicity, money and mental health policy briefing

The latest national suicide figures and how these are shaping the national suicide prevention strategy

Learning Legacies: Bringing visibility to domestic abuse-related suicide

Linking Suicide Prevention Strategies with Autism Strategies and including the Autistic community

London Borough of Barnet and Partners Suicide Prevention Campaign – Evaluation report

Insights from experience: economic disadvantage, suicide and self-harm

Time to count: supporting children after a parent dies by suicide

Supporting autistic children and young people through crisis

National Suicide Prevention Strategy Online Discussion Notes, 3rd March 2023

Queer Futures Report: Understanding lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) adolescents’ suicide, self-harm and help-seeking behaviour

National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health Annual Report 2023 including easy read version

Ellie’s Angels Plenary Presentation

Research into suicide postvention services in LGBTQ+ community

Every Life Matters Cumbria Self-harm pocket guides

Hidden & High Risk: Reflections on the need for prioritisation of suicide prevention activities with individuals under probation supervision

The benefits of a GP Mental Health Fellowship scheme to the suicide prevention agenda

Internet Safety, Suicide and Self-harm; how can we support people to have safe and positive experiences online?

Supporting LGBTQ+ young people with suicidal thoughts; Grassroots Suicide Prevention and Allsorts Youth Project

Domestic abuse and suicide – what can we learn from the voices of victims of domestic abuse who have tried to take their own lives?

Suicide inequalities in the Gypsy & Traveller communities

How to involve people with lived experience to shape policies around health inequalities

NSPA Conference 2023 Workshop slides: How to involve people with lived experience to shape policies around health inequalities

Suicide prevention infographics Punjabi translations

How to support neurodivergent children and young people at risk of suicide or self harm

Framework: Supporting Mental Health staff following the death of a patient by suicide

Report: Risk of suicide after diagnosis of severe physical health conditions

Universities UK Guidance for Universities on how to respond to a student suicide

Cost of Living Online Discussion Notes

Highlighting the link between domestic abuse and suicide: Kent County Council

Beyond the Streets – Lived experience: Learning from others

Alcohol use and its association with suicide attempt, suicidal thoughts and non-suicidal self-harm in two successive, nationally representative English household samples

Feasibility and acceptability of experience sampling among LGBTQ+ young people with self-harmful thoughts and behaviours

NCISH Toolkit for specialist mental health services and primary care

Walk With Us: A toolkit for supporting children, young people and families affected or bereaved by suicide

Creating hope in suicide prevention: a collection of responses for World Suicide Prevention Day

Suicide rates by ethnic group among patients in contact with mental health services

Tackling Suicide Inequalities in Gypsy and Traveller Communities

Intimate partner violence, suicidality, and self-harm: a probability sample survey of the general population in England

A Qualitative Exploration of the Experiences and Perceptions of Interpersonal Relationships Prior to Attempting Suicide in Young Adults

Centre for Mental Health Briefing on poverty, economic inequality and mental health

Responding to an Unexpected Death: Support for Schools and Colleges

Supporting general practitioners in the assessment and management of suicide risk in young people: an evaluation

Royal College of General Practitioners: Suicide in children and young people: Tips for General Practitioners

Suicide bereavement in the UK: Descriptive findings from a national survey

National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health Annual Report 2022

Kent and Medway CYP Suicide Prevention Network Audit Sub Group: Three features and four golden threads of positive practice when supporting care leavers who express suicidal thoughts

Samaritans: Insights from experience: alcohol and suicide

Adult Self-harm Management Toolkit NHSE: Mid and South Essex Self-harm and Suicide Prevention Programme

Samaritans: Towards a suicide-safer internet

Suicide in Children and Young People – National Child Mortality Database

First Hand: a support guide for people who have witnessed a suicide of someone they didn’t know

Suicides in England and Wales: 2020 registrations – ONS data and Samaritans’ summary