Press and media coverage
Sky News and GSP on a rise in women's suicide, September 2024
A growing number of women are turning to suicide prevention services, in a shift that the charities are labelling as deeply concerning. Data from the Office of National Statistics show there has been a 32% rise in female suicides between 2012 and 2022.
Visit our Women’s Suicide Prevention Hub.
Grassroots Suicide Prevention on TalkTV, September 2024
Broadcasting legend Trisha Goddard interviews Grassroots Suicide Prevention ahead of World Suicide Prevention Day, talking about suicide prevention in general and women’s suicide prevention in particular.
Skip to 1:06 for our segment. Keep watching after the break. Visit our Women’s Suicide Prevention Hub.
ITV on the Multimodal Approach to Preventing Suicide in Schools (MAPSS) trial, March 2024
North-West ITV News piece on the MAPSS trial conducted by Liverpool John Moores University in partnership with Grassroots Suicide Prevention and Papyrus.
TV interview August 2023
TV & radio interviews June 2023
Campaign coverage: 1 in 5 Winter Appeal 2022
Press stories about our work
The Conversation: How drama can help open up conversations on suicide for young people in post-pandemic times
Pukaar News: Leicester sports commentator shares suicidal thoughts ahead of prevention day
Daily Express: Fern Britton recalls struggling to ‘face another day’ due to terrible ‘misery’
BBC News: Suicide prevention is ‘everybody’s business’
The Nursing Times: ‘Two minutes of conversation can save a life,’ says mental health nurse
The Verge: Apps don’t provide reliable help for suicide prevention (editor’s note – ours is mentioned in the article because it does!)
‘It’s Nice That’ News: Anthony Burrill collaborates with Grassroots Suicide Prevention on awareness-raising campaign