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Mental Health & Suicide Prevention

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Mission

Our volunteers believe that people deserve care and compassion in their time of need. Those needs could be a result of homelessness, self-harm, suicidal thoughts, intoxication, drug abuse, assault, or any other issue which has caused personal distress or the potential for physical harm.

We strive to help prevent suicide and we are aware that the above-mentioned needs along with others can be a contributing factor to a person finding themselves having suicidal thoughts. This is the reason we feel it is important for us to reach out to those in a range of environments and situations, to ensure they feel supported.

- 72% of people who complete suicide have not been in contact with any mental health services in the year before death. -

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How we can help

They help people whoever they are and whatever their situation, for example by listening, caring, offering practical help or by referring people to other (specialist) agencies who can help them. They will also provide assistance until emergency services arrive and provide them with a handover that can be important within that situation.

 

We provide not only support to other outreach and emergency services within the area but provide support to those that are not in services.

 

- Suicide is the most common cause of death for those aged 10-19 -

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Training

Our training is both in-house .

Here is just some of the mandatory training our volunteers receive:

  • Communication and Listening Skills 

  • Mental Health First Aid  

  • First Aid & Responder

  • Safeguarding  

  • Patrol Guidelines  

  • Water Rope Rescue 

  • Race Ahead  

  • Emotional Resilience  

  • Health & Safety & Dynamic risk assessment 

  • Referencing and DBS checks on each volunteer

Due to the varied backgrounds of each of our volunteers, we also find that they bring with them their own amount of incredible knowledge & skills to the team too.

 

Nearly 800,000 people die by suicide in the world each year, which is roughly one death every 40 seconds

What area do we cover

Our teams cover Ribble Valley.

We are proud of the comprehensive range of services we offer and the compassionate care our staff & volunteers provide.  We remain committed to working in partnership with service users, carers, healthcare system partners, other healthcare providers,  and a wide range of voluntary sector organisations to ensure we can be responsive to individual needs.

 

- There is one suicide for every estimated 25 suicide attempts -

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