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Game of II Halves

24th August 2022

Game of II Halves aims to raise awareness around mental health issues and suicide prevention. With funding from NENC Suicide Prevention Network, the aim is to recruit ambassadors to share messages throughout workplaces and local organisations across the region to promote good mental health and suicide prevention messages.  Delivered in Sunderland, South Tyneside and Northumberland, […]

Lighting Candles Across Cumbria on World Suicide Prevention Day 2022

23rd August 2022

Every Life Matters are encouraging people in Cumbria to join others across the world in lighting a candle at 8pm on World Suicide Prevention Day 2022 www.every-life-matters.org.uk/wspd/ The six candle lighting events across Cumbria on Saturday the 10th September are an opportunity to come together in solidarity with others who have lost family members, friends […]

World Suicide Prevention Day Event

18th August 2022

World Suicide Prevention Day is next month so we are holding an online event on September 9th! Sign up here for FREE now and watch this space for more details to come!

Volunteers’ week (1-7th June)

2nd June 2022

Volunteers’ week (1-7th June) is an annual celebration of the fantastic contribution millions of people make to improve the life of others through volunteering. To recognise and thank volunteers the North East North Cumbria NENC Suicide Prevention Network SPN are offering free Connecting with People training on emotional resilience, self-harm awareness/response and suicide awareness. This […]

Pride month – Mental health awareness

1st June 2022

Pride Month Today marks the beginning of pride month! Pride month is celebrated annually in June to honour the 1969 Stonewall riots, and works to achieve equal justice and equal opportunities for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, intersex, non-binary, queer or questioning people. LGBTQ+ Mental Health LGBTQ+ people experience high levels of poor mental health that […]

Mental Health Awareness Week 2022 – Loneliness

9th May 2022

This week is Mental health awareness week (Monday 9 May to Sunday 15 May 2022), and the theme for this year is Loneliness, Mind have some excellent resources that you can access if you are experiencing loneliness or know someone who is. What is Loneliness? Loneliness is not always the same as being alone. You […]

Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week 2022

3rd May 2022

Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week is a week-long campaign dedicated to talking about mental health problems during and after pregnancy. It’s all about raising public and professional awareness of perinatal mental health problems, advocating for women affected by it, changing attitudes and helping families access the information, care and support they need to recover. Baby […]

Staff Wellbeing Hub

9th November 2021

A regional hub was launched on the 4th of January to support health and care staff across the North East and North Cumbria. The aim of the hub is to help staff cope with the pressures of working throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. The purpose of the hub is to help health and care staff – […]

VIDEO: Matthew’s Story

15th September 2021

For World Suicide Prevention Day 2021, we collated stories of hope and recovery from people in our region. We want to convey the message that suicide is preventable. Listen to their inspiring experiences of surviving and thriving after being suicidal. This is Matthew’s story. Look after yourself, look after others, get help early. If you […]

POEM: My Path

10th September 2021

This poem was written by Tara, one of our Network lived experience influencers, 8 weeks after her auditory and visual hallucinations were brought under control for the first time. We share it here for World Suicide Prevention Day. My Path by Tara Scott My voices they are still now, this gives me space […]