The NSPA’s 5th suicide prevention conference: 'Suicide prevention across the life course' took place on Tuesday 5th February 2019 at the Kia Oval, London.

Over 250 people from across the public, private and voluntary sectors came together at for our conference ‘Suicide prevention across the life course’. It was a very busy day, and we’ve had some great feedback.
“Excellent conference! Powerful content and lots of information – very thought provoking. Thank you!”
Plenary speakers:
- Jackie Doyle-Price MP, Minister for Suicide Prevention – Government action on suicide prevention
- Professor Louis Appleby, National Director for Mental Health in England and Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Manchester – Reflections on the national strategy
- Professor Ellen Townsend, Professor of Psychology at the University of Nottingham – The risks and protective factors around suicide in children and young people
- Clare Dickens, Senior Lecturer on Mental Health at the University of Wolverhampton – The University of Wolverhampton’s whole systems approach to suicide mitigation
- Charley James – speaking from her personal experience
- Professor Nav Kapur, Head of Research at the Centre for Suicide Prevention at the University of Manchester – The risks and protective factors around suicide in people of working age
- Xenia Koumi, Project Officer at the City of London Corporation – Working with businesses and the community to prevent suicide
- Professor David Owens, Associate Professor at the University of Leeds – The risks and protective factors around suicide in older adults
- Jolie Goodman, Programme Manager for Empowerment & Later Life at the Mental Health Foundation – Standing Together: improving the emotional health and community connections of older people living in supported housing
- Robert Peacock, Time to Change Champion – speaking from his personal experience
Workshops:
- Building suicide-safer school communities: Case Studies: PAPYRUS Prevention of Young Suicide
- Loneliness and suicide prevention in policy and practice: Samaritans
- GPs and suicide prevention – the value of peer training: CPSL Mind
- ‘One Size Doesn’t Fit All’ – the latest evidence about suicide in the autistic community: Autistica
- Reaching men through sport: It Takes Balls to Talk
- Responding to the needs of LGBTQ people in suicidal distress: MindOut
- Including people with personal experience in suicide prevention: National Suicide Prevention Alliance
- Local suicide prevention planning – good practice, innovation and sector led improvement: Public Health England
- Providing support to those in crisis: Journey of Hope and James’ Place
- Reducing self-harm in young people: Professor Ellen Townsend and Keith Waters
- Supporting children and young people bereaved by suicide: Samaritans and Winston’s Wish
Click here to read the full programme.