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.