Scottish Government, COSLA, Suicide Prevention Scotland and the Improvement Service are hosting an online event focusing on joining the dots between embedding a trauma-informed approach, suicide prevention and supporting people affected by suicidality and self harm. The event will cover the following: The session is focused on bringing colleagues together to make links across these …
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National Network of Universities and Colleges dedicated to Suicide Prevention
Suicide Prevention Scotland and The University of Strathclyde have set up a National Network of colleges and universities dedicated to suicide prevention. It was set up in recognition of how difficult and isolating looking at suicide prevention can be within institutions and so this network was established to help support suicide prevention activity. The Network …
Time To Talk Day
Time to Talk Day 2025 by See Me Scotland will take place on Thursday 6 February. If you haven’t been involved in Time to Talk Day before, it is an annual campaign running across the whole of the UK, designed to get people talking about mental health. Due to the stigma that still exists, mental …
Coping with self-harm and suicidal thoughts
This post mentions and links to videos which discuss self-harm and suicide. On World Mental Health Day 2024, Samaritans launched a series of videos featuring people talking about what helped them in their own journeys and in supporting others with self-harm and suicidal thoughts. Everyone is unique, and what works for one person may not …
See Me See Change
About See Me See Change in schools See Me See Change (SMSC) is a whole institution approach that has been developed by See Me (Scotland’s national mental health anti-stigma programme) through a combination of co-production with young people, piloting the approach with various institutions and local authorities across Scotland, and input from a range of …
