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Paul Vittles

So What Is It You Actually Do?

If I say I ‘work in suicide prevention’, this is usually the next question.

14 min readFeb 11, 2024

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So What Is It You Actually Do?

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Paul Vittles

40 Yrs of Community Engagement; 7 Global Community Engagement Days

In 2017, whilst I was still living & working in Australia (based in Sydney, working across Australia, and also involved in global mental…

38 min readJan 26, 2024

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40 Yrs of Community Engagement; 7 Global Community Engagement Days

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Paul Vittles

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…

141 min readDec 8, 2023

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Are we ‘in the Suicide Prevention business’ or is it Suicide Maintenance?

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Paul Vittles

Moving Towards a Zero Suicide Society — how far we have to go

This report includes some of the latest data from The Jordan Legacy/MEL Research ‘Omnibus’ Survey which questions a nationally…

23 min readSep 8, 2023

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Moving Towards a Zero Suicide Society — how far we have to go

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Paul Vittles

Let’s Talk about Suicide

Talking about suicide and suicide prevention is at the heart of preventing suicides, and yet so many people shy away from this (potentially…

17 min readAug 15, 2022

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Let’s Talk about Suicide

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Paul Vittles

Citizen & community empowerment doesn’t happen by accident!

Is what you’re doing empowering or disempowering?

11 min readMar 17, 2021

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Citizen & community empowerment doesn’t happen by accident!

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Paul Vittles

Reflections on 2020, Part One: biases, prejudices, and blind spots.

How COVID19 challenged some biases but not others!

5 min readJan 28, 2021

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Reflections on 2020, Part One: biases, prejudices, and blind spots.

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Paul Vittles

Democracy is more than just Citizens’ Assemblies!

How one-eyed lobbying for one perceived solution can make people blind to other solutions…and the reasons why we’re NOT advocating for a…

17 min readDec 22, 2020

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Democracy is more than just Citizens’ Assemblies!

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Paul Vittles

Let’s Think Deeply about Citizens’ Assemblies & Citizens’ Juries

Time for some healthy self-deliberation!

40 min readNov 15, 2020

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Let’s Think Deeply about Citizens’ Assemblies & Citizens’ Juries

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OneTeamGov event (#OTGSP) on World Suicide Prevention Day (#WSPD2020) — Resources Pack

Menu of sources and resources to support optimal mental health and suicide prevention

18 min readSep 23, 2020

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OneTeamGov event (#OTGSP) on World Suicide Prevention Day (#WSPD2020) — Resources Pack

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Paul Vittles

Paul Vittles

Researcher (FMRS), marketer (FAMI), consultant, coach & counsellor who helps people and organisations with transformational change and sustainable success.

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