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Ways to help: Volunteer and Fundraising 

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Ways to help: Volunteer and Fundraising 

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PAPYRUS believes that young suicide is preventable and that many young lives can be saved by building suicide-safer communities across the UK. By equipping people with the tools and skills needed to identify and respond to a young person at risk we can all have a part to play in breaking down the stigma around suicide.

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Building Suicide-Safer Schools and Colleges: A Guide for Teachers and Staff

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Building Suicide-Safer Schools and Colleges: A Guide for Teachers and Staff

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PAPYRUS has developed a guide to suicide prevention, intervention and postvention in schools and colleges, aimed specifically at teachers as well as wider school or college staff. It aims to equip teachers with the skills and knowledge necessary to support students who may be having suicidal thoughts.

Our guide uses a ‘community-model’ – supporting the belief that suicide is everyone’s business and that the community must be equipped and supported to prevent young suicide – as well as urging children and young people to speak up or ask for help. This underpins our work here at PAPYRUS.

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Due to the differences in how data is collected across all four nations of the UK, the most recent suicide statistics from the ONS that give a full UK picture, are from 2018.
This page will be updated to reflect the most updated statistics when they become available.

Suicide is the main cause of death in young people under the age of 35 in the UK.

In 2018, 1,866 young people under the age of 35 took their own lives.

Over three quarters of them were boys or young men.

On average, over five young people take their lives each day.

Over 200 schoolchildren are lost to suicide every year.

Research shows that with appropriate early intervention and support suicide by young people can be prevented.

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Today, we are a leading youth suicide prevention charity in the UK. Our suicide prevention helpline, HOPELINE247, is staffed by trained suicide prevention advisers, who work with young people – and anybody concerned for a young person – to help keep them safe from suicide. HOPELINE247 is a free and confidential call, text and email service, which is available 24 hours a day, every day of the year (weekends and bank holidays included),

We deliver our suicide prevention education and training packages to thousands of people each year, to create suicide-safer communities across the UK.

We also press for change to current legislation around suicide prevention on a regional and national level.

The work we do centres around three key principles; Support Equip and Influence.

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Are you, or is a young person you know, not coping with life? For confidential suicide prevention advice contact HOPELINEUK. We are open 9am-12am (midnight) every day of the year:

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Help & Advice Resources | Papyrus UK | Suicide Prevention Charity

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Suggest Feedback At PAPYRUS we are always looking at ways to improve. Please fill out the form below to suggest your ideas and feedback. Are you, or is a young person you know, not coping with life? For confidential suicide prevention advice contact HOPELINEUK.

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Suicide is the biggest killer of people aged 35 and under in the UK. We believe that suicide is preventable.

PAPYRUS was founded in 1997 by a group of bereaved parents, who had each lost children to suicide. Our founding parents shared core beliefs that suicide is preventable, and that those of us with lived experience of suicide have a valuable and unique contribution to make to the wider conversation around suicide.

Since then, PAPYRUS has grown into a UK-wide charity with offices in north west England, south west England, West Midlands, London, Northern Ireland, north Wales, south Wales, and Scotland.

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Thinking of suicide?

Are you, or is a young person you know, not coping with life? For confidential suicide prevention advice contact HOPELINE247.

My whole way of thinking has changed. I feel positive about my future and the people around me. I'm now looking forward to the future and helping others just like me!

Thank you so much for the incredible support PAPYRUS and HOPELINE247 has given me. You helped me in that moment and it kept me alive.

I intend to continue to fundraise for and promote PAPYRUS. I am so proud and humbled to be involved with a wonderful charity, and to have received the support that I have.

Having been personally bereaved by suicide I understand the importance and need for our charity. I am surrounded by others who are as passionate as I am about saving lives.

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Papyrus UK Suicide Prevention | Prevention of Young Suicide

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PAPYRUS UK is a charity for the prevention of young suicide (under 35) in the UK | Call PAPYRUS HOPELINE247 on 0800 068 4141 Now