Real Talk Film Archives - Grassroots Suicide Prevention

Carers Week: How can we support unpaid carers around the risk of suicide?

Rachael Swann — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 08:03:34 +0000

In the UK, there are five million family caregivers, and their unpaid labour contribute a staggering £445 million to the economy every day – that’s £162 billion per year. Research shows as many as one in five children and young people are young carers with a further 600,000 hidden young carers not receiving any support.

Real Talk About Suicide: An Interactive Film

Gus — Tue, 05 May 2020 14:10:25 +0000

Earlier this year Grassroots teamed up with accomplished director Martin Percy to make a film about suicide prevention. The film presents an unfolding conversation between two flatmates, Chris and Jason.

Jane’s ChangeMaker Story

Gus — Thu, 09 May 2019 09:30:18 +0000

June 21st 2015 Father’s Day. A beautiful sunny day full of promise. Old friends arrive for lunch. We eat good food and drink wine.

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Grassroots Facilitates Real Talk at the Sea View Project

Gus — Thu, 02 May 2019 08:57:28 +0000

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.

Kate’s ChangeMaker Story

Gus — Wed, 24 Apr 2019 08:13:42 +0000

For me, a turning point was when I realised that the secret that I had held so buried and precious for so long, had slowly reached the place where I now both wanted and needed to acknowledge and talk about it.

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Guest Blog: Real Talk – be part of the change by The Honest Dad

Gus — Tue, 16 Apr 2019 15:14:38 +0000

For some reason, people think you can’t talk about suicide unless you’ve felt suicidal. Similarly, there is huge misconception (quite often) that if anyone speaks about suicide, they themselves are suicidal…

Chris’ ChangeMaker Story

Gus — Wed, 10 Apr 2019 14:41:57 +0000

Suicide wasn’t something I’d been directly exposed to until a close friend of mine told me he’d tried to take his own life.

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Ben’s ChangeMaker Story

Gus — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 16:27:51 +0000

My background around my own experiences of suicide left me with a keen interest in the topic and desire to be able to help people who were in a similar position to me.

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Suicide Prevention for Children and Young People in Kent

Gus — Tue, 05 Mar 2019 16:46:33 +0000

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.

Who is Real Talk for?

Gus — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 15:28:57 +0000

Who is Real Talk for? All kinds of people and from all sorts of backgrounds. Everyone is welcome.

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