World Suicide Prevention Day and the theme Creating Hope through Action, North West London Suicide Prevention Programme will be exploring barriers to accessing support for people bereaved by suicide with a hybrid event.
“When you lose someone to suicide, the grief that you experience can be very intense and the emotions you feel can differ from the grief you experience following any other kind of death.” Samaritans recognises that those who are bereaved by suicide are a particularly vulnerable group who need support.
This topic is linked in with World Suicide Prevention Day because those bereaved by suicide are a group at risk and often overlooked.
- Mo from Inquest will set the scene for our panel by speaking to the institutional response families have to contend with after a suicide and the complexities of seeking support.
- A representative from The Met will share current responses and challenges faced in signposting to bereavement services.
- Ben from The New Normal Charity will discuss the stigma and taboos associated with mental health, with a focus on men.
- John from SoBS will round off the panel by sharing his lived experience and highlighting the difficulties navigating bereavement support after a suicide.
The panel will be followed by a Q+A session.
Helen from MIND will discuss signposting. Every attendee will be receiving a London-specific signposting pack for bereavement support following a suicide.
