We will be adding to our resource pages over the next few months. These are just a few snippets from our latest newsletter.
FC UNITED TO PREVENT SUICIDE
FC United to Prevent Suicide has launched a few new campaign videos recently aimed at football fans, please feel free to share these on your social media platforms or with your networks.
- 'The world's longest minute's applause' has been created to commemorate every one of the 762 people who lost their life in 2022. The idea of a minute's applause is something that football fans often take part in to celebrate the life of someone gone. If there was to be a minute of applause for every person who died by suicide in 2022 it would take 12 hours and 42 minutes. There's been huge traction for the campaign, which has been widely shared by football clubs across Scotland. The video can be accessed HERE.
- ‘Talking Tactics’ features Partick Thistle striker and women's team manager Brian Graham 'talking tactics' about how to have a conversation with a football pal you're worried about. The video can be accessed HERE.
SUPPORTING PEOPLE BEREAVED BY SUICIDE WHO ARE NEURODIVERGENT
For those who are neurodivergent, accessing support after a bereavement by suicide can be hard. The Support After Suicide Partnership has produced a new guide to help professionals support people who are, or may be, neurodivergent.
Written by neurodivergent writer, Maxine Roper, alongside a working group of lived experience advisors and specialist organisations/SASP members: Ambitious About Autism, ADHD Foundation and Autistica, it offers practical advice to lower barriers to support.
To download the guide click HERE
You can watch an introductory webinar about the guide including a panel discussion HERE