Suicide prevention and support after suicide

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The StayAlive app is a suicide prevention resource for the UK. It's full of useful information to help you stay safe.

You can use it if you are having thoughts of suicide or if you are concerned about someone else who may have suicidal ideas.

The app has many life-saving features including:

  • strategies for staying safe
  • how to help a person thinking about suicide
  • access to local and national support

Download the Stay Alive app

All guidance and information within the app are reviewed and updated every 6 months.

The app is fully compliant with GDPR and international data management standards.

Peer support and training

Andy’s Man Club

Andy's Man Club offers peer to peer support for men.

There are talking groups for men who have either been through a storm, are currently going through a storm or have a storm brewing in life.

Email: info@andysmanclub.co.uk

Zero Suicide Alliance training

Zero Suicide Alliance training, increases confidence in ability to talk to someone who might have suicidal thoughts.

North Central London Support After Suicide Service

A ReThink Mental Illness support service for people bereaved by suicide who live, work or study in the London Boroughs of:

  • Camden
  • Islington
  • Barnet
  • Enfield
  • Haringey

Support is also provided to you if you live outside of the Boroughs but have been impacted by a suicide that occurred within the Boroughs.

People of any age can access the service, but if children and young people are involved, the service will work with specialised agencies to ensure the right support services are in place.  

The service offers Suicide Bereavement one-to-one emotional and practical support, time limited Bereavement Counselling Support, and Peer Group Support facilitated by a Suicide Bereavement Worker and a North Central London (NCL) Volunteer with lived experience of bereavement by suicide.

To use the service you will need to either:

If you call the service, a member of the team will support you to complete a form by phone and answer any questions you may have.

Core opening hours are Monday to Friday, from 9am to 5pm.

For more information visit the Rethink Mental Illness website.

Get in touch

Telephone: 07483 368 700
Email: supportaftersuicide@rethink.org

Support After Suicide Referral Form (PDF, 189 KB)

Support After Suicide Service Leaflet (PDF, 6.9 MB)

Support After Suicide Service Poster (PDF, 6.25 MB)

Support services

Listening Place        

The Listening Place offers a warm and welcoming environment; somewhere that individuals can talk openly about their feelings without being judged or being given advice. 

Phone: 020 3906 7676

The Sanctuary (Mind in Barnet)

Sanctuary Barnet works with anyone over the age of 18. They provide access to immediate emotional support to anyone experiencing distress. They offer up to 4 one to one support sessions, up to 4 short term counselling sessions with a therapist, and peer support and groups. They work alongside clients to explore their challenges, identify coping strategies and resources, and to link them into services to build their support network and resilience.

The helpline is open from 4.30pm to 10.30pm on weekdays and 12pm to 6pm on weekends.

Address: 55 Christchurch Avenue, North Finchley, London N12 0DG

Kooth

Kooth.com is a digital counselling service for young people between ages 11 and 25, to help support young people. They provide free, safe and anonymous online counselling.

  • 12pm-10pm Monday to Friday
  • 6pm-10pm Saturday and Sunday

Good thinking

Good Thinking is a London-wide NHS digital wellbeing service designed to support low-level mental health needs. It offers digital self-assessment followed by a range of personalised, clinically approved digital and local interventions based on your preferences and location.

Samaritans

Samaritans is a safe place for you to talk at any time, in your own way, about whatever is getting to you. You don't have to be suicidal.

Phone: 116 123 for free 

Email: jo@samaritans.org

Shout (Crisis Text Line UK)

Shout an affiliate of Crisis Text Line® in the UK that provides free, confidential support, 24/7 via text. It’s the first free 24/7 texting service in the UK for anyone in crisis anytime, anywhere. Shout is available in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.

Text SHOUT to 85258 in the UK to text with a trained Crisis Volunteer.

Hopeline UK (Papyrus)

Hopeline UK is a confidential support and advice service for:

  • Children and Young People under the age of 35 who are experiencing thoughts of suicide
  • Anyone concerned that a young person could be thinking about suicide  

Phone: 0800 068 4141 or 07860 039 967

Email: pat@papyrus-uk.org