State of Mind were invited to present at the Thames Valley World Suicide Prevention Day Conference on Thursday 10th September 2015 at Stoke Mandeville Stadium near Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP21 9PP. If you are in Oxford today why not try watching Oxford Rugby League take on Oldham Roughyeds 3pm Saturday
Former players Danny Sculthorpe and Jimmy Gittins were joined by Dr.Phil Cooper co-founder of State of Mind on the day.
There was a varied programme discussing the local suicide prevention network (SPIN) and the fantastic work being done to save lives. Leading lights at Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust (Dr. Rob Bale and Matt Williams were instrumental with Karen Lascelles, and the new Thames Valley CALMzone was discussed by Matt and the exciting opportunities this open locally
The superb work being done in the North East with the Early suicide alert process – The Durham experience
Durham County Council was presented by the excellent Catherine Richardson
Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for the prevention of suicide and self-harm Madeleine Moon MP discussed the experience in Bridgend
Afternoon workshop – Session 1:
Identifying and responding to a suicide cluster: The Nottingham experience.
Man talk: Listening to men differently.
Bespoke or standardised, cascade or snowball? What is the best way to deliver suicide awareness training?
Engaging and supporting those bereaved by suicide.
Afternoon workshop – Session 2:
Police-led supportive signposting: Review of progress and local thinking about real time suicide surveillance.
Dads Matter UK: Engaging with fathers with PTSD at birth, depression and anxiety.
PAPYRUS – Preventing Young Suicide: What we do and how we do it.
State of Mind would like to thank Matt for asking us to present at such a prestigious and inspirational event