Perhaps now more than ever, communities like yours should feel able to recognise and support those thinking of suicide. That’s where we come in.
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News and updates from Grassroots Suicide Prevention
Discount Sticker Printing are supporting our vital work
Last week, Discount Sticker Printing, a custom sticker and label printing company, offered to print us thousands of stickers and a banner.
Looking after our mental health and staying safe from suicide during the COVID-19 lockdown
Our lives have been temporarily turned upside down by the coronavirus pandemic. We are all taking unprecedented measures to protect our physical health and that of the wider public. It’s important that we follow the measures that have been put in place.
National Lottery funding to boost Grassroots Suicide Prevention’s digital capabilities
Grassroots Suicide Prevention based in Brighton is celebrating today (14th January 2020) after being awarded £400,764 in National Lottery funding to transform its digital capabilities.
Linking with Sibling Link
“We set up Sibling Link after both our brothers suffered with mental ill health and realized – once we had opened up to each other, how important it was to talk – especially to someone who understands what how distressing it can be to watch or help a sibling go through this.
About our new website
About the design and development of the new Grassroots Suicide Prevention website.
Australia looks to Grassroots
Hi, my name is Bernie and I’m from Perth, Western Australia. I’m here in Brighton learning from Grassroots as part of an international scholarship.
Watch the Grassroots GSK IMPACT Award Film
On 16 May 2019, Grassroots was proud to receive a GSK IMPACT Award at a ceremony at the Science Museum in London along with 9 other charities.
Grassroots Facilitates Real Talk at the Sea View Project
Last month we delivered a Real Talk suicide prevention workshop at the Sea View Centre in Hastings. We ran the session for 15 community members, enabling them to have open and honest conversations about suicide.
‘Stay Alive’ Suicide Prevention App Translated into Scandinavian Languages
The award-winning ‘Stay Alive’ suicide prevention app for smartphone and tablets is coming to Scandinavia, with a recent translation into Danish, Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish.
Grassroots is a Winner of the GSK IMPACT UK Award 2019
Grassroots has been selected from more than 370 organisations across the UK as one of 10 winners of the 2019 GSK IMPACT Awards for outstanding contributions to improving the UK’s health and wellbeing.
Suicide Prevention for Children and Young People in Kent
Research shows that 72% of people who die by suicide do not engage with traditional support services such as their GP or mental health services (1). So Grassroots are reaching out to the community to take action against suicide.