Suicide Prevention Scotland – Détails, épisodes et analyse

Creating Hope Together - Scotland's Suicide Prevention Strategy

Creating Hope Together - Scotland's Suicide Prevention Action Plan

Suicide Bereavement Support Service: Final Evaluation Report

Cruse Scotland

Navigating bereavement by suicide in later life: a qualitative analysis of health and social care professional perspectives - University of Strathclyde

Support is available:

If you or someone you know is struggling with their mental health or feeling suicidal, please don’t hesitate to ask for help by contacting your GP, NHS24 on 111, Samaritans on 116 123 or Breathing Space on 0800 83 58 87.

Call 999 if you are in immediate danger, or have the means to cause yourself immediate harm, for example by serious injury or overdose.

Lived experience & peer support - Season 01, Episode 03

Saison 1 · Épisode 3

lundi 21 août 2023 • Durée 16:09

Welcome to Time Space Compassion, a podcast from Suicide Prevention Scotland.

In each episode of this limited edition series we’re exploring three important words that are a key part of the Scottish Government’s new suicide prevention strategy, Creating Hope Together.

In episode three we discuss the important role that lived experience and peer support plays in the co-production suicide prevention workstreams.

Lawrence Broadie is joined by Louise Christie, Director at Scottish Recovery Network, Jane Cumming from Penumbra, SAMH’s Robert Nesbitt, Rebecca Hoffman from LGBT Health and Wellbeing, Dr Kerry Johanna Smith from the Glasgow Complex Needs Project and Sharon Thomas, Operations Manager, The Lighthouse Perth.

Key links for this series:

Creating Hope Together - Scotland's Suicide Prevention Strategy

Creating Hope Together - Scotland's Suicide Prevention Action Plan

Support is available:

If you or someone you know is struggling with their mental health or feeling suicidal, please don’t hesitate to ask for help by contacting your GP, NHS24 on 111, Samaritans on 116 123 or Breathing Space on 0800 83 58 87.

Language & trust - Season 01, Episode 02

Saison 1 · Épisode 2

lundi 21 août 2023 • Durée 24:33

Welcome to Time Space Compassion, a podcast from Suicide Prevention Scotland.

In each episode of this limited edition series we’re exploring three important words that are a key part of the Scottish Government’s new suicide prevention strategy, Creating Hope Together.

In this second episode, we discuss the importance of language and behaviours in building trust with people at a time of crisis.

Lawrence Broadie is joined by Louise Christie, Director at Scottish Recovery Network, Jane Cumming from Penumbra, SAMH’s Robert Nesbitt, Rebecca Hoffman from LGBT Health and Wellbeing, Dr Kerry Johanna Smith from the Glasgow Complex Needs Project and Sharon Thomas, Operations Manager, The Lighthouse Perth.

Key links for this series:

Creating Hope Together - Scotland's Suicide Prevention Strategy

Creating Hope Together - Scotland's Suicide Prevention Action Plan

Support is available:

If you or someone you know is struggling with their mental health or feeling suicidal, please don’t hesitate to ask for help by contacting your GP, NHS24 on 111, Samaritans on 116 123 or Breathing Space on 0800 83 58 87.

Trauma - Season 01, Episode 01

Saison 1 · Épisode 1

lundi 21 août 2023 • Durée 23:48

Welcome to Time Space Compassion, a podcast from Suicide Prevention Scotland.

In each episode of this limited edition series we’re exploring three important words that are a key part of the Scottish Government’s new suicide prevention strategy, Creating Hope Together.

In this first episode, we explore trauma and how approaches to treating mental and physical trauma differ, also considering issues surrounding trust and why people need attention.

Lawrence Broadie is joined by Louise Christie, Director at Scottish Recovery Network, Jane Cumming from Penumbra, SAMH’s Robert Nesbitt, Rebecca Hoffman from LGBT Health and Wellbeing, Dr Kerry Johanna Smith from the Glasgow Complex Needs Project and Sharon Thomas, Operations Manager, The Lighthouse Perth.

Key links for this series:

Creating Hope Together - Scotland's Suicide Prevention Strategy

Creating Hope Together - Scotland's Suicide Prevention Action Plan

Support is available:

If you or someone you know is struggling with their mental health or feeling suicidal, please don’t hesitate to ask for help by contacting your GP, NHS24 on 111, Samaritans on 116 123 or Breathing Space on 0800 83 58 87.

Creating Hope - Young people (Part 02)

Saison 3 · Épisode 5

jeudi 15 mai 2025 • Durée 25:32

Welcome to the Creating Hope podcast, powered by Public Health Scotland & Suicide Prevention Scotland.

In each episode of this limited edition series we’re exploring a key area of work within suicide prevention, and how this can be implemented locally.

In this fourth episode, we explore a whole school approach to suicide prevention, including the eight principles that school communities can take to support the well-being needs of their children and young people.

In Part 02, our guests discuss their experiences of working with children and young people.

Our hosts Jenny Ferguson (Delivery Lead for Children and Young People, Suicide Prevention Scotland) and Jess Carlyle (Suicide Prevention Scotland Youth Advisory Group member) are joined by Steven Sweeney (Suicide Prevention & Mental Health Coordinator, Perth and Kinross Council) Fiona Hewitt (Development Officer - Health and Wellbeing, Renfrewshire Council) & Eilidh James (Quality Improvement Officer, North Ayrshire Council).

Key links for this episode:

Creating Hope Together - Scotland's Suicide Prevention Strategy

Creating Hope Together - Scotland's Suicide Prevention Action Plan

Supporting documents - Mental health and wellbeing: whole school approach: framework - gov.scot

Safeguarding: Self-Harm and Suicide Prevention | Resources | Education Scotland

The Cycle of Wellbeing | Resources | Education Scotland

Support is available:

If you or someone you know is struggling with their mental health or feeling suicidal, please don’t hesitate to ask for help by contacting your GP, NHS24 on 111, Samaritans on 116 123 or Breathing Space on 0800 83 58 87.

If you are a young person or you are supporting a young person you can receive support from Papyrus on 0800 068 4141 (text 07860 039 967), Childline on 0800 1111 or Shout by texting “SHOUT” to 85258.

Call 999 if you are in immediate danger, or have the means to cause yourself immediate harm, for example by serious injury or overdose.

Creating Hope - Young people (Part 01)

Saison 3 · Épisode 4

jeudi 15 mai 2025 • Durée 33:02

Welcome to the Creating Hope podcast, powered by Public Health Scotland & Suicide Prevention Scotland.

In each episode of this limited edition series we’re exploring a key area of work within suicide prevention, and how this can be implemented locally.

In this fourth episode, we explore a whole school approach to suicide prevention, including the eight principles that school communities can take to support the well-being needs of their children and young people.

In Part 01, each of our guests tell us about their own individual practice stories.

Our hosts Jenny Ferguson (Delivery Lead for Children and Young People, Suicide Prevention Scotland) and Jess Carlyle (Suicide Prevention Scotland Youth Advisory Group member) are joined by Steven Sweeney (Suicide Prevention & Mental Health Coordinator, Perth and Kinross Council) Fiona Hewitt (Development Officer - Health and Wellbeing, Renfrewshire Council) & Eilidh James (Quality Improvement Officer, North Ayrshire Council).

Key links for this episode:

Creating Hope Together - Scotland's Suicide Prevention Strategy

Creating Hope Together - Scotland's Suicide Prevention Action Plan

Supporting documents - Mental health and wellbeing: whole school approach: framework - gov.scot

Safeguarding: Self-Harm and Suicide Prevention | Resources | Education Scotland

The Cycle of Wellbeing | Resources | Education Scotland

Support is available:

If you or someone you know is struggling with their mental health or feeling suicidal, please don’t hesitate to ask for help by contacting your GP, NHS24 on 111, Samaritans on 116 123 or Breathing Space on 0800 83 58 87.

If you are a young person or you are supporting a young person you can receive support from Papyrus on 0800 068 4141 (text 07860 039 967), Childline on 0800 1111 or Shout by texting “SHOUT” to 85258.

Call 999 if you are in immediate danger, or have the means to cause yourself immediate harm, for example by serious injury or overdose.

Creating Hope - Lived & living experience

Saison 3 · Épisode 1

jeudi 15 mai 2025 • Durée 37:04

Welcome to the Creating Hope podcast, powered by Public Health Scotland & Suicide Prevention Scotland.

In each episode of this limited edition series we’re exploring a key area of work within suicide prevention, and how this can be implemented locally.

In this first episode, we explore working with those who have lived and living experience of suicide.

Our host, Susie Heywood (Suicide Prevention Implementation Support Lead, Public Health Scotland) is joined by Keir McKechnie (Lived and Living Experience Panel Coordinator with SAMH), Catriona McDougall (Project Coordinator with Scottish Recovery Network) and Laura Junor (Member of the Suicide Prevention Scotland Lived and Living Experience Panel).

Key links for this episode:

Creating Hope Together - Scotland's Suicide Prevention Strategy

Creating Hope Together - Scotland's Suicide Prevention Action Plan

Support is available:

If you or someone you know is struggling with their mental health or feeling suicidal, please don’t hesitate to ask for help by contacting your GP, NHS24 on 111, Samaritans on 116 123 or Breathing Space on 0800 83 58 87.

Call 999 if you are in immediate danger, or have the means to cause yourself immediate harm, for example by serious injury or overdose.

Creating Hope - Data & intelligence

Saison 3 · Épisode 2

jeudi 15 mai 2025 • Durée 42:53

Welcome to the Creating Hope podcast, powered by Public Health Scotland & Suicide Prevention Scotland.

In each episode of this limited edition series we’re exploring a key area of work within suicide prevention, and how this can be implemented locally.

In this second episode, we explore data and intelligence – what is, and how does it inform our suicide prevention work.

Our host, Rob Kelly (suicide Prevention Implementation Support Lead, Public Health Scotland) is joined by Mary-Grace Burinski (Senior Health Promotion Officer, Fife Health & Social Care Partnership), Andrew Murray (Principal Information Analyst, Public Health Scotland) and Shirley Windsor (Organisational Lead, Public Health Scotland).

Key links for this episode:

Creating Hope Together - Scotland's Suicide Prevention Strategy

Creating Hope Together - Scotland's Suicide Prevention Action Plan

NRS Probable Suicides 2023

ScotSID

Support is available:

If you or someone you know is struggling with their mental health or feeling suicidal, please don’t hesitate to ask for help by contacting your GP, NHS24 on 111, Samaritans on 116 123 or Breathing Space on 0800 83 58 87.

Call 999 if you are in immediate danger, or have the means to cause yourself immediate harm, for example by serious injury or overdose.

Bringing it all together - Season 02, Episode 04

Saison 2 · Épisode 4

samedi 22 février 2025 • Durée 38:04

Welcome to season 02 of Time Space Compassion, a podcast from Suicide Prevention Scotland.

In each show we’re exploring three important words that are a key part of the Scottish Government’s suicide prevention strategy, Creating Hope Together.

In this episode we discuss:

Community based crisis care
Compassionate MH emergency care
Implementing trauma informed practice
Collaborative and community based working
No wrong door
Gender based violence

Host Lawrence Broadie is joined by Wendy Given from Anchor House Perth, Krish Veramootoo, a Scottish Ambulance Service mental health paramedic, and Angie Pinkerton, Trauma lead for South Ayrshire.

Also with us is Myra Ross from NHS Highland who delivers a couple of powerful poems she's written, too.

Editor: Emily George

Key links for this series:

Creating Hope Together - Scotland's Suicide Prevention Strategy

Creating Hope Together - Scotland's Suicide Prevention Action Plan