Brighton & Hove to become ‘suicide safer city’

Grassroots Suicide Prevention, a Brighton based organisation that provides mental health and suicide prevention training courses has launched a campaign to make Brighton & Hove  a ‘suicide safer city’.

Their campaign seeks to train 1% of the city’s population in suicide prevention with the aim of providing a point of contact for people thinking of committing suicide. Additionally, the campaign’s target is for 5% of Brighton and Hove residents to take a suicide prevention pledge. The campaign has the backing of Public Health, the NHS and Brighton and Hove City Council.

Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven has welcomed a campaign.

He said:

“I want to encourage residents to take the suicide prevention pledge and I welcome the campaign by Grassroots Suicide Prevention which seeks to tackle a difficult and persistent issue in Brighton and Hove.

“Hopefully this campaign will help to de-stigmatise the issue of suicide and show people who are contemplating suicide that help is available.”

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