The Portsmouth suicide prevention partnership has introduced this toolkit to provide messages and resources around suicide prevention all in one place.
Suicide prevention is everybody’s business, and we can all have a role to play in raising awareness, reducing stigma and supporting those at risk or in distress.
How you can get involved
- Share messages on your social media channels or in your newsletters
- Display posters or other materials in your venue or workplace
- Undertake training or promote training to your staff and/or professional network.
Toolkit resources
See resources below, you can also download as a PDF.
Suicide prevention toolkit
Training opportunities
Talking openly and honestly about suicidal thoughts and feelings can help save a life. There are free training opportunities available to support anyone who wants to learn basic suicide awareness and prevention skills.
The training and resources document contains tips, tools, and skills development in mental health and suicide prevention with a range of free training opportunities and useful resources.
Promote help-seeking
These messaging and assets encourage people to seek support if they are struggling and signpost to local crisis support.
This campaign can be used all year-round and has materials that you can share and use freely.
Materials:
- Social media
- Posters
- If you would like to request printed posters, please email publichealth@portsmouthcc.gov.uk
Messaging:
Here is some safe messaging you can use alongside this campaign when posting on your social media or sharing in a newsletter:
If things feel difficult or overwhelming, then you don’t have to carry it alone. Speak to someone you trust or remember there is help available 24/7 from:
- Samaritans – call 116 123
- Shout – text HANTS to 85258
- NHS – call 111 and select the mental health option or in an emergency, call 999.
Reduce risk
These messaging and assets are aimed at targeting risk factors which might lead someone to feel in crisis and consider suicide. They signpost to relevant support.
Drink and drugs make regulating mood and emotions more difficult.
The campaign targets young men (age 18-35), highlighting the risk to their mental health following substance use, and promoting help seeking behaviour. It also encourages friends to look out for each other.
Materials:
- Social media
- Posters
- If you would like to request printed posters, please email publichealth@portsmouthcc.gov.uk
Messaging:
Here are safe messages you can use alongside this campaign when posting on your social media or sharing in a newsletter: campaign messaging.
Sometimes other problems being faced can impact on mental health. The crisis card contains information on local services that can help with concerns including money worries, housing problems, domestic abuse, alcohol and drugs and bereavement.
The crisis card is a handy, discrete credit-card sized, fold out leaflet. If you would like to request physical copies, please email publichealth@portsmouthcc.gov.uk
Suicide bereavement support
Grieving the loss of someone who has died by suicide can be an especially complicated and painful process. There is free support available.
Cruse offers a free and confidential service to anyone affected and bereaved by suicide, or suspected suicide, in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. The below materials and messaging can be used to help raise awareness of the service.
Materials:
Messaging:
We encourage you to use this type of safe messaging when posting or responding on social media.
“If you’ve been affected and bereaved by suicide, Cruse Support after Suicide is a dedicated service providing free and confidential support after suicide across Portsmouth, Southampton, Hampshire, and the Isle of Wight. Call 0330 555 0129, or visit supportaftersuicideship.org.uk
You are not alone. If you need urgent help with your mental health, there is free support available 24/7 from:
- Samaritans – call 116 123
- Shout – text HANTS to 85258
- NHS – call 111 and select the mental health option, or in an emergency, call 999
Get in touch
Our friendly team at the Portsmouth Mental Health Hub are here to help.
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If you or someone you know needs urgent mental health help, please call 111 – the NHS non-emergency number. It’s available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and is free from any phone. They have specialist mental health nurses who can support adults and young people.
In a life-threatening emergency, always call 999.