Tuesday 10th September is World Suicide Prevention Day, while the whole month of September is designated Suicide Awareness and Prevention month.
Ways you can get involved:
Attend, share or give your team time to sit in on free online webinars or training in relation to suicide and/or mental health. Aware offer free monthly webinars including a free webinar ‘Talking About Suicide’ on Wednesday 11th September. The National Office for Suicide Prevention also offer a free 60 minute online training ‘Let’s Talk About Suicide’
Support the SeeChange Green Ribbon campaign during September. Shine’s annual Green Ribbon campaign aims to spread awareness about all mental health difficulties to help end mental health stigma. The campaign asks us all to
- Support inclusion and understanding by wearing a green ribbon
- Empower yourself with the knowledge to challenge stereotypes about mental illness
- Encourage others to become part of the social movement
- = CHANGE
Free green ribbons are available in Drogheda Library, Boots and online here
• Host a Green Ribbon event within your organisation – holding a coffee morning; getting out for a walk as a team; having a ‘wear green day’. Make sure to take photos and share on social media tagging See Change and Drogheda Implementation Board and using the hashtag #GreenRibbonIRL.
In the longer term you might also consider engaging with a mental health workplace wellbeing initiative such as the SeeChange workplace pledge.
Policing and Drugs subgroup of Drogheda Implementation Board, led by members of An Garda Síochana and HSE Mental Health Services, are delivering a campaign throughout the month of September, which is suicide prevention and awareness month. The campaign seeks to enhance community awareness of resources available to support those experiencing mental health difficulties and reduce the stigma associated with this and is in response to action 2.8 of the Drogheda Report Implementation Plan.
If your business is hosting any workplace mental health wellbeing initiatives during the month of September and are open to these being showcased as part of the Drogheda campaign please feel free to share these with implementationboard@lmetb.ie.
The Drogheda campaign is being delivered in partnership with and supported by the HSE Louth Meath Resource Officer for Suicide Prevention; Drogheda Chamber; Love Drogheda BIDs; Louth County Council; and Drogheda United, amongst others.