SUICIDE PREVENTION & AWARENESS TALKS & TRAINING

Suicide Prevention and Emotional Health Training For Everyone

Suicide Prevention & Emotional Health talks and training programmes, products and merchandise are all about empowering others in the use of life saving evidence-based approaches, tools and help seeking strategies & resources developed by FME. The programmes enable FME to share learning and cascade further impact ensuring that more people are equipped to support others through emotional distress, suicidal ideation & behaviours. Offering these programmes, products & resources plays an essential role in generating essential income required to deliver the charity’s direct support services for children & young people who experience bereavement, loss, or emotional distress.

This suicide awareness talk is 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 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.

This emotional health and suicide prevention education and skills course is aimed at those in workplaces, advice, community, school, and health settings who are in a caregiving role or for those who with a responsibility to reduce emotional distress and prevent suicide.  

This course will teach and practice the skills and knowledge needed to identify someone who may be in emotional distress or thinking about suicide, intervene and de-escalate risk through establishing a safety plan.  

The course helps you help people in your workplace, organisation, group, church, school or community who may be in emotional distress or having thoughts of suicide get the help and support they need to keep themselves safe.  

This course lasts 3.5hrs including a comfort break.

This emotional health and suicide prevention education and skills course is a version of our Link Life course specifically for veterans and families of veterans.  

This course will teach and practice the skills and knowledge needed to identify someone who may be in emotional distress or thinking about suicide, intervene and de-escalate risk through establishing a safety plan.  

This course lasts 3.5hrs including a comfort break.

Help Life offers participants who have completed Link Life with an extended training session to practice the implementation of the Connect-4Ways helper model.  This training will also include practice in establishing safe plans for a range of scenarios and these can be modified to reflect the background and setting that the course participants work, volunteer and live in. 

This courses lasts for up to 2.5 hours and is for participants 15 years or older.

Want to train to deliver The Connections Link Life Suicide Prevention & Intervention Curriculum?

Connections Link Life is a Suicide Prevention & Intervention Curriculum. It is unique in that it is entirely focused on creating a transformational learning experience for those who engage with the Connections Link Life course through our highest held values; CONNECTION, HUMANITY & HOPE. The model is created in the context of trauma growth and focuses on bringing about attitudinal change, positive behavioural change, hope & healing. The Connections Link Life Curriculum HELPS SAVE LIVES.

Want to train to deliver The Connections Operation Link Life Suicide Prevention & Intervention Curriculum?

Connections Operation Link Life is a Suicide Prevention & Intervention Curriculum specifically for veterans and families of veterans. It is unique in that it is entirely focused on creating a transformational learning experience for those who engage with the Connections Operation Link Life course through our highest held values; CONNECTION, HUMANITY & HOPE. The model is created in the context of trauma growth and focuses on bringing about attitudinal change, positive behavioural change, hope & healing. The Connections Link Life Curriculum HELPS SAVE LIVES.

Fresh Minds Education ensure the work being delivered locally and regionally is feeding into achieving the objectives of the regional strategies for mental health & suicide prevention. Attending and participating in the PLIG North helps ensure that FME is collaborating and strategically aligning with key players throughout the province.