Course Name: Connections Suicide Awareness
Duration: 1hr (or can be slightly extended if your time allows)
Course Description:
This suicide awareness talk is a life affirming talk aimed for staff in workplaces and community groups who are ready to talk about ‘The Elephant in the Room’ and take immediate action that helps save lives.
This Connections Suicide Awareness Talk will equip participants with the knowledge and confidence to help someone who may be in emotional distress or having thoughts of suicide. Participants will learn 4 easy to follow steps that will provide first aid in a crisis, and will help them save their own life or the lives of a colleague, friend or family member.
This talk lasts for 1 hour and includes time for the group to ask questions. The participants will leave with some important information and resources on keep safe connections within the community.
Participants leave with:
- An awareness of the problem of suicide and the myths and stigma around emotional health and suicide
- Practical ideas of what communities, workplaces, group, and families can do to encourage help seeking
- Easy to remember steps which helpers use to help reduce overwhelm and save lives.
- Knowledge of key community support resources and signposting agencies
- An awareness of the importance of taking personal wellbeing steps
Target Group:
This Talk is ideal for busy workplaces, churches, clubs, and groups and others who want to make a change. It will be of interest to anyone who would like to begin to talk about emotional distress and suicide and receive easy to remember guidance including practical steps that they can take to help increase safety from suicide and reduce emotional distress.
*Participants must be 15 years or older. When this course is being delivered to young people the adults in the organisation, school, community or club must have received a Connections Link Life Training or equivalent to be skilled and able to contain any young people who may reach out for help for emotional distress or suicide.
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