Creating Hope Scottish Borders Awards

The Creating Hope Awards scheme is open to any group, organisation or place in the Scottish Borders that wishes to sign up to show that they are committed to being a Mentally Healthy and Suicide Safer Community.

The Creating Hope Scottish Borders Awards scheme aims to:

Engage local groups and organisations in promoting good mental health;
Nurture positive environments within communities and create hope;
Enable our local communities to have a clear understanding of suicide and its prevention, and be able to respond in helpful and informed ways when support is needed;
Connect people to the information and support they need to be mentally healthy and suicide safer;
Recognise, support and promote mentally healthy and suicide safer communities that are caring, compassionate and inclusive.

There are two awards in the scheme

Creating Hope Award

This is the foundation level award that includes committing to good mental health practice in your setting, having designated mental health advocates in your group or organisation for promoting good mental health practice, creating a supportive environment, putting in place some ‘Informed Level’ training and signposting to support.

Creating Hope Champions Award

This is the enhanced level award that includes the above criteria plus creating a safe space, adopting the Time, Space and Compassion principles, having designated suicide prevention champions and putting in place some ‘Skilled Level’ training.

You can download the pack here to find out more:

Creating Hope scheme – general information and guidance for both awards

Creating Hope scheme – FAQs

Creating Hope scheme – information for staff and volunteers