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Step Up for Suicide Prevention resources
Thank you for signing up to take part in Step Up for Suicide Prevention! This page has everything you need to make your fundraiser a success. The more people who know what you’re doing, the more donations you’ll raise, and every pound goes directly towards suicide prevention work that saves lives.
Before you start: make sure you have your personal JustGiving fundraising page link ready. You’ll want to include it in every post and message you send.
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Use the graphics below in your feed posts and stories. Keep it personal, posts that share why you’re walking tend to get the most response.
Tag us: @GrassrootsSP and use the hashtag: #StepUpForSuicidePrevention.
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Use the graphic below for your LinkedIn feed. A personal note about why you’re taking part tends to perform really well on LinkedIn, don’t be afraid to be open.
Tag us: search Grassroots Suicide Prevention and tag our page in your post and use the hashtag: #StepUpForSuicidePrevention.
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Use the graphic below to accompany your posts on X. Short, direct, and with your link tends to work best.
Tag us: @GrassrootsSP and use the hashtag: #StepUpForSuicidePrevention.
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Use the banners and full-screen images below across your website, email newsletters, or anywhere else you’d like to promote your fundraiser.
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Not sure what to say?
Start with one of these templates and personalise it by adding why you are taking part and what your challenge involves, such as your step target.
Suicide is the leading cause of death among people under 35 in the UK, yet most suicides can be prevented with the right support.
I’m taking part in the Step Up for Suicide Prevention challenge for Grassroots Suicide Prevention because too many people are still not getting the right support early enough.
Your donation helps fund training and tools that equip people to recognise risk and act before it’s too late.
If you can, please support my challenge: [YOUR FUNDRAISING LINK]
#StepUpForSuicidePrevention
Around 115 people die by suicide each week in the UK and 1 in 4 of us will experience suicidal thoughts in our lifetime.
Most suicides, however, are preventable with the right support.
I’m taking part in the Step Up for Suicide Prevention challenge for Grassroots Suicide Prevention to help make sure more people get that support, sooner.
Every step and every donation helps fund life-saving training and tools that make a real difference.
Please support if you can: [YOUR FUNDRAISING LINK]
#StepUpForSuicidePrevention
How to talk about Grassroots Suicide Prevention
Don’t forget! We are Grassroots Suicide Prevention, not just Grassroots.
As one of our fundraisers, you are fundraising ‘in aid of’ or ‘for’ Grassroots Suicide Prevention.
Short overview
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Long overview
Short overview
Grassroots Suicide Prevention empowers people to help save lives from suicide through educating, connecting and campaigning nationally.
They know suicide can be prevented with timely intervention. Most people who die by suicide want their pain to end, not their lives.
When you donate, 85p of every £1 goes directly back into suicide prevention, which GSP achieve with an award-winning app, extensive online resources, a wide range of training and regular campaigns and events.
Medium overview
Grassroots Suicide Prevention empowers people to help save lives from suicide through educating, connecting and campaigning nationally.
They know suicide can be prevented with timely intervention. Most people who die by suicide want their pain to end, not their lives.
When you donate, 85p of every £1 goes directly back into suicide prevention, which GSP achieve with an award-winning app, extensive online resources, a wide range of training and regular campaigns and events.
- 70,000+ people have been trained by us to have life-saving conversations
- 950,000 people have downloaded our pioneering and award-winning app
- 10,000,000 people have been reached through our recent awareness campaigns
Long overview
Grassroots Suicide Prevention empowers people to help save lives from suicide through educating, connecting and campaigning nationally.
They know suicide can be prevented with timely intervention. Most people who die by suicide want their pain to end, not their lives.
When you donate, 85p of every £1 goes directly back into suicide prevention, which GSP achieve with an award-winning app, extensive online resources, a wide range of training and regular campaigns and events.
Educating
We offer bespoke and evidence- based consultation and suicide prevention training courses for individuals and organisations.
- 70,000+ people have been trained by us to have life-saving conversations
Connecting
We listen, connect, and provide support through our Stay Alive app, tools, and resources to help keep people safe from suicide.
- 950,000 people have downloaded our pioneering and award-winning app
Campaigning
We help remove the stigma around suicide, raising awareness by campaigning and influencing at a strategic level.
- 10,000,000 people have been reached through our recent awareness campaigns
Talk about suicide safely
Talking and writing about suicide can be difficult, please read this short guide on words and details to avoid when you discuss our work with other people.
The language below helps to protect vulnerable people from reading things which may be triggering as well as contributing to a wider change in the language we use around suicide.
| No thank you | Yes please | Why? |
|---|---|---|
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Commit suicide Successful suicide |
Died by suicide Ended their life |
Associates suicide with crime/sin Implies you can ‘succeed’ which is a positive word |
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They were suicidal |
They experienced suicidal thoughts/suicidal ideation |
Avoids reducing a person to a negative characteristic Experiencing something is different from it being your identity |
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Unsuccessful/successful suicide |
Made an attempt on their life Made a non-fatal attempt to take their life |
Presents suicide as a desired outcome |
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Suicide epidemic Spread/wave of suicides Skyrocketing |
Increase/rise in suicide rate |
Glamorises suicide Suicides can happen this way as bereaved people are more at risk, attention should be diverted away from this |
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Died instantly Quick, painless death |
Do not include these details |
Promotes the idea of a fast solution to suicidal feelings |
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A cry for help |
A suicide attempt |
Unhelpful phrasing – all suicide attempts should be taken seriously |
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Iconic spot Suicide hotspot |
Do not include these details |
Avoid information on methods or locations |
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A suicide-prone person A jumper A suicide tourist A victim |
A person at risk of suicide |
Reduces a person to a tragic death |
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Suicidal ideation is ‘attention-seeking’ |
Do not use these words |
Telling someone they are ‘attention-seeking’ comes with negative connotations and could reinforce that their problems don’t matter or that nobody cares, which is not true |
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Suicide can be ‘cured’ or ‘solved’ |
Suicide has many causes and factors unique to each person |
Suicide should not be framed as a ‘problem’ or ‘illness’ with one ‘cure’ – this is not the reality for many people |
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Suicide is ‘selfish’ |
Do not use these words |
There is nothing ‘selfish’ about struggling with thoughts, feelings or situations that are causing pain or distress |
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A completed suicide |
Died by suicide |
This implies that suicide is an achievement or a situation that only has one end |
Further resources on statistics, myths, warning signs and how to talk about suicide can be found here.
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