SPEAK – Suicide Prevention Explore, Ask, Keep-Safe. An introduction to suicide prevention skills.

Join this 3.5 hour online SPEAK training, which provides in-depth knowledge around suicide prevention and how to have a conversation with someone considering suicide with the aim of keeping them safe for now.

Date: Thurs 20 March 9.30am – 1pm

This will be an open session, for those living and/or working in Newham. We are passionate about engaging with all communities and those that can often be underrepresented in the conversation about suicide. Therefore, we are positively encouraging those from the autistic community and those working with autistic people to take advantage of the funded training. We hope this will encourage ongoing connections for mutual learning and support and will ensure you can provide feedback about the training in relation to its accessibility and effectiveness.

The SPEAK course will cover the basics in suicide prevention skills. 

The key objectives are:

•       To consider the attitudes, myths, and stigma that surround suicide;

•       To recognise and explore the ‘signs’ that may indicate someone is having thoughts of suicide;

•       To encourage an open, safe and sensitive conversation about suicide with a person having thoughts of suicide;

•       To support a safety plan with someone thinking of suicide.

There are 30 places available. If you are interested in taking the training, please sign up for more information here: [email protected]