Working in Partnership to Prevent Suicide 2023
Online Conference 9 March 2023, 9:00am - 3:00pm
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9:00am
Online Registration
9:20am
Chair’s Welcome Address
Marina O’Brien, Second Step
9:30am
Keynote Address: Preventing Suicide Throughout The UK
Liz Twist MP, Chair, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention
9:40am
Keynote Address: Suicide Prevention in the Cost of Living Crisis
Mubeen Bhutta, Head of Policy, Public Affairs and Campaigns, Samaritans
10:00am
Keynote Address: Understanding and Addressing Mental Health Inequalities Across Marginalised Populations
Andy Bell, Deputy Chief Executive, Centre for Mental Health
10:20am
Keynote Address: Preventing Suicide In the LGBTQIA+ Community
- Examine the changing statistics of rates of suicide in the LGBTQI+ community
- Analyse the differing rates of suicide within the LGBTQI+ community, such as the trans community
- Explore successful strategies that have helped to combat suicide in this community
- Understand the increased likelihood of suicide in LGBTQI+ youths
Coco, Talk to Coco
10:40am
Question And Answer Session
11:00am
Break and Networking
11:30am
Keynote Address: Changing the Stigma Towards Suicide and Teaching Society How To Support Those At Risk
Alex Harvey, Head of Partnerships & Innovation, Grassroots Suicide Prevention
11:50am
Suicide, Self-Harm And Social Media
- Preventing suicide shouldn’t be the focus, preventing deterioration of mental health should be the focus! – It’s easier to stop someone getting to suicidal thoughts than it is to stop someone from doing it (if the right framework exists)
- Self-Harm isn’t always physical – In fact, the mental abuse received by people going through mental ill health, from themselves, is much, much worse than physical self-harm.
- Social media is NOT to blame – society, everyone, needs to take responsibility for their actions – SM is just the tool in which freedom of expression is actioned
Chris Williams, Director, Make a Different Noise
12:10pm
Question And Answer Session
12:40pm
Lunch And Networking
1:40pm
Keynote Address: Encouraging Awareness To Prevent Young Suicide
Andy Airey, Tim Owen and Mike Palmer, 3 Dads Walking
2:10pm
Keynote Address: Supporting Survivors Of Bereavement By Suicide
Freya Liiv, Chair of the Board of Trustees, Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide
2:30pm
Question And Answer Session
3:00pm
Chair’s Summary And Close
*programme subject to change without notice