Gaining an Understanding of Loss (& Grief & Trauma & Traumatic Loss)This is a piece I’ve been writing over several months and I’m publishing it on Sunday 8 December at the end of National Grief Awareness…Dec 8Dec 8
We’ve had a change of Government, but any change on suicide prevention or commitment to suicide…The period of Conservative Government, 2010–2024, was the worst for suicide prevention since records began in terms of rising suicide…Nov 15Nov 15
Take the Training, Have a Conversation…about Suicide!Asimple message that could save hundreds of thousands of lives in the UK, and millions around the world.Jul 4Jul 4
3 Things that Kill People — Ignorance, Low Ambition & Political Spin!Let’s call it out, challenge it, and help not harm.Jul 3Jul 3
So What Is It You Actually Do?If I say I ‘work in suicide prevention’, this is usually the next question.Feb 111Feb 111
40 Yrs of Community Engagement; 7 Global Community Engagement DaysIn 2017, whilst I was still living & working in Australia (based in Sydney, working across Australia, and also involved in global mental…Jan 26Jan 26
Are we ‘in the Suicide Prevention business’ or is it Suicide Maintenance?A provocative title of course, partly to grab attention, but partly to make an extremely serious point. If we’re ‘in the suicide prevention…Dec 8, 2023Dec 8, 2023
Moving Towards a Zero Suicide Society — how far we have to goThis report includes some of the latest data from The Jordan Legacy/MEL Research ‘Omnibus’ Survey which questions a nationally…Sep 8, 2023Sep 8, 2023
Let’s Talk about SuicideTalking about suicide and suicide prevention is at the heart of preventing suicides, and yet so many people shy away from this (potentially…Aug 15, 2022Aug 15, 2022
Citizen & community empowerment doesn’t happen by accident!Is what you’re doing empowering or disempowering?Mar 17, 2021Mar 17, 2021