Our impact
Proof of our impact is important, which is why we measure and assess it across Grassroots Suicide Prevention.
It helps us clearly see the effects of our strategies so that we can build on what is working and change what is not.
1st
suicide prevention app in the UK9
national awards (and two nominations!)
14
different languages available on our Stay Alive app
20
years of experience in suicide awareness and prevention training
70%
of people who do our training go on to use the skills they learnt within 6 months of the course
76%
of at-risk individuals stay safe from suicide using the Stay Alive app
81%
of people using the app said it helped them keep someone else safe from suicide
300+
organisations train with us every year
400+
people use the Stay Alive app every day3,000*
monthly visits to our Find Help Now pages on the website
6,000*
subscribers to our newsletter
7,500*
unique visitors to our website every month
38,000+
people who have witnessed a suicide have used the First Hand website
50,000*
people trained with us to help prevent suicide
720,000*
downloads of the Stay Alive app across 212 countries
2,000,000*
people were reached with our Ask Now Save Lives suicide prevention awareness campaign
4,000,000*
people saw our award-winning partnership campaign advertising the Stay Alive app
10,000,000*
people have been reached with our awareness, prevention and donation campaigns in the past three years
*approximate
Press coverage
See below a selection of articles from national and international out
Brighton charity steps up efforts on World Suicide Prevention Day today
10 Sep 2022
A BBC Radio Leicester sports commentator has opened up about a ‘life saving’ app, which helped him overcome a bad period period of mental health, ahead of World Suicide Prevention Day
08 Sep 2022
Derry singer SOAK designs 'Call Me Crazy' t-shirts to fundraise for mental health causes
19 Oct 2020
NHS suicide prevention app Stay Alive launches in Kent and Medway
25 Jan 2019