State of Mind have been 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.
Former players Danny Sculthorpe and Jimmy Gittins will be joined by Dr.Phil Cooper co-founder of State of Mind on the day.
PROGRAMME
09.00 – 09.45
Registration and coffee
09.45 – 10.00
Opening remarks
Dr Rob Bale, Chair
10.00 – 10.20
SPIN 2014-15 – Overview of the past 18 months
Karen Lascelles
10.20 – 11.05
State of Mind – What’s Theirs?
Dr Phil Cooper, Danny Sculthorpe, and Jimmy Gittins, State of Mind Rugby 11.05 –
11.25 Coffee
11.25 – 11.45
Thames Valley CALMzone
Matt Williams
11.45 – 12.30
Early suicide alert process – The Durham experience
Catherine Richardson, Durham County Council
12.30 – 12.45
Summary of the morning
Dr Rob Bale, Chair
12.30 – 13.15 Lunch
13.15 – 13.45
Introduction to afternoon
NB: If Madeleine Moon MP is not able to attend this session due to urgent parliamentary business it will be replaced by a panel discussion
Madeleine Moon MP, Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Suicide and Self-Harm
13.45 – 14.55
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.
(Selection of four 50 minute workshops; each delegate will have chosen two workshops to attend)
14.55 – 15.10 Tea
15.10 – 16.00
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.
(Selection of three 50 minute workshops; each delegate will have chosen two workshops to attend)
16.00 – 16.15
Closing remarks
Dr Rob Bale
For more information please contact: matt.williams@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk
State of Mind would like to thank Matt for asking us to present at such a prestigious event