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This toolkit is arranged so that you have the right resources at the right time

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1. Use the checklist in Column 1 to guide you through the process of responding to an unexpected death

2. Use and edit the additional templates, agendas and printouts as required

3. Use the guidance in Column 1 to clarify any points from the checklist

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Checklist for schools & colleges responding to an unexpected death

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Appendix A – responding when a death has occurred during the school/college holidays

Appendix B - sample agenda for first meeting with Critical Response Team

Appendix C - circles of vulnerability

Appendix D - faith and cultural considerations around death, bereavement and suicide

Appendix E - how to respond to parents and carers when the school/college feel "blamed" for a suicide

Appendix F - suggested activities for a bereavement support room

Good Grief - printable resources for bereavement support room: artwork activity, booklet for students and guide for staff

Appendix G - suggested agenda for the initial staff meeting

Appendix H - talking about death and dying with students in school

Appendix I - how age and stage can affect understanding and grief

Appendix J - how to talk about suicide with young people

Appendix K - sources of support for staff

Appendix L – informing students about the unexpected death of a student

Appendix M - supporting bereaved children and young people with special education needs

Supporting CYP with a learning disability: easy read guides and online support from MENCAP

Supporting CYP with neurodevelopmental conditions: how grief might impact and how to provide support

Appendix N – letter templates for informing parents and carers about an unexpected death

Childhood bereavement information for parents/carers from Winston’s Wish

Appendix O – suicide in schools - information for parents and carers

Samaritans media guidelines for reporting suicide

Appendix P - a guide to dealing with the media following an unexpected death

Appendix Q - suicide language guidelines

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Responding when a death has occurred during the school/college holidays

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Responding when a death has occurred during the school/college holidays

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Sample agenda for first meeting with Critical response Team 

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Circles of vulnerability: a model for identifying vulnerable groups

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Circles of vulnerability: a model for identifying vulnerable groups

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Faith and cultural considerations around death, bereavement and suicide

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Faith and cultural considerations around death, bereavement and suicide

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Appendix D - Faith and Cultural Considerations around Death, Bereavement and Suicide

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Responding to parents/carers when the school/college feels "blamed" for an unexpected death

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Responding to parents/carers when the school/college feels "blamed" for an unexpected death

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Appendix E - How to Respond to Parents and Carers When the School or College Feels Blamed for a Death

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Suggested activities for a bereavement support room

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Appendix F - Suggested Activities for a Bereavement Support Room

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Suggested agenda for the initial staff meeting

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Suggested agenda for the initial staff meeting

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How to talk about death and dying with students

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How to talk about death and dying with students

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Appendix H - Talking about Death and Dying with Students in School

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How age and stage can affect understanding and grief

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How age and stage can affect understanding and grief

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Appendix I - How Age and Stage Can Affect Understanding and Grief

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How to talk about suicide with young people

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How to talk about suicide with young people

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Appendix J - How to Talk about Suicide with Young People

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Appendix K - Sources of Support for Staff

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Informing students about the unexpected death of a student

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Informing students about the unexpected death of a student

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Appendix L – Informing Students About the Unexpected Death of a Student

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Supporting bereaved children and young people with SEN

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Supporting bereaved children and young people with SEN

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Appendix M – Supporting Bereaved Children and Young People with Special Education Needs

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Supporting CYP with a learning disability: easy read guides and online support from MENCAP

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Supporting CYP with a learning disability: easy read guides and online support from MENCAP

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Dealing with a loss can be hard for us all

It may be especially hard to explain to a person with a learning disability that a friend or family member has passed away.

Everyone's level of understanding can be different but if you're concerned about how to explain a death to someone with a learning disability here are some simple online resources which you may find helpful.

The following guides have been created by the HSC Bereavement Network, Northern Health and Social Care Trust, NHS Wales and Change.

Other ways to get the support you need

Contact the Learning Disability Helpline, our advice and support line, for guidance and information about what support we can offer you at this difficult time.

Or why not take a look at our online community? This is a place for parents, family and carers of people with a learning disability to share experiences, advice and support.

Contact the helpline Go to the online community

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Supporting CYP with neurodevelopmental conditions: how grief might impact and how to provide support

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Supporting CYP with neurodevelopmental conditions: how grief might impact and how to provide support

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This section looks at the subject of bereavement, how it can affect autistic people and what we can do to help

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Letter templates for informing parents and carers about an unexpected death

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Letter templates for informing parents and carers about an unexpected death

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Appendix N – Letter Templates for Informing Parents and Carers about an Unexpected Death

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Resources for parents/carers on childhood bereavement in a range of languages

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Resources for parents/carers on childhood bereavement in a range of languages

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Winston's Wish offers several resources on childhood bereavement in languages other than English. Click on the language you're looking for below to reveal the information available and then click the button to download as a PDF.

At the bottom of every page of our website, we have Google Translate so you can automatically translate everything into any language you choose. On our Helpline, we can use interpreters if you need to speak to us in a language other than English, and we can use the Relay UK app if you have hearing or speech difficulties.

Are you looking for another language or further information? We are hoping to increase the number of translated resources we can provide, please fill out so we can understand the languages and information to focus on.

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Childhood bereavement information in other languages

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Information and guidance from Winston's Wish to support grieving children and young people in languages other than English

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Suicide in schools. Information for parents and carers

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Suicide in schools. Information for parents and carers

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Samaritans media guidelines for reporting suicide

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Samaritans media guidelines for reporting suicide

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Samaritans’ resources for journalists reinforce industry codes of practice to support the highest standards of safe coverage of suicide.

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Guidance for covering youth suicides, clusters and self-harm

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Young people are particularly vulnerable in relation to media coverage of suicide and self-harm, care should be taken when covering these topics with a young audience.

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A guide to dealing with the media following an unexpected death

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A guide to dealing with the media following an unexpected death

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Appendix P - A Guide to Dealing with the Media Following an Unexpected Death

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Suicide language guidelines - what language to use and why 

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Suicide language guidelines - what language to use and why 

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Appendix Q - Suicide Language Guidelines

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Continue to provide support for all and look out for those most at-risk

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Understanding grief video from Young Minds

Books and resources for students and staff

Allsorts Youth support

Chat Health

R;pple software

Appendix R - what is the Joint Agency Response to child deaths?

Child Death Review - full practice guidance

What happens at an inquest video

Appendix S - suicide contagion

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Students need help to understand grief - here is a video by young people, for young people

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Students need help to understand grief - here is a video by young people, for young people

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Books and resources relating to grief and bereavement for students and staff

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Books and resources relating to grief and bereavement for students and staff

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Child Bereavement UK supports families and educates professionals when a baby or child of any age dies or is dying, or when a child is facing bereavement.

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Allsorts Youth Project supports children & young people under 26 who are (LGBT+) and their families

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Allsorts Youth Project supports children & young people under 26 who are (LGBT+) and their families

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Allsorts Youth Project provides youth, family and LGBT+ training services across Sussex. Our youth support and groups are for children & young people under 26 who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans or exploring their sexual orientation and/or gender identity.

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What is the Joint Agency Response to child deaths?

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What is the Joint Agency Response to child deaths?

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Appendix R - What is a Joint Agency Response

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Child Death Review - full practice guidance

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Child Death Review - full practice guidance

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11.1 Sussex Child Death Review Practice Guidance | Sussex Child Protection and Safeguarding Procedures Manual

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Last reveiwed Feb 2020
Date of next review Feb 2023

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You may be asked to attend an inquest hearing - here is what happens

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You may be asked to attend an inquest hearing - here is what happens

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This film seeks to recreate an inquest hearing where the family and witnesses are participating in the hearing remotely. The film explains the role of the Coroner and the purpose of an inquest and illustrates the procedure during a remote inquest hearing.

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Giving evidence remotely at a Coroner's inquest - guidance for clinical witnesses

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The Local Authority will work with you to reduce contagion - here's what that means

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The Local Authority will work with you to reduce contagion - here's what that means

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Resilience lesson plans from Samaritans

Bereavement lesson plans from Winston’s Wish

PSHE Association lesson plans on grief

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Here are some free lesson plans from the Samaritans to build resilience

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Here are some free lesson plans from the Samaritans to build resilience

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DEAL is a free resource for teachers and other educational professionals designed to help develop resilience in young people.

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DEAL is a free resource for teachers and other educational professionals designed to help develop resilience in young people.

About DEAL

DEAL includes lesson plans, activities, hand-outs, DEAL digital resources, teachers' notes and staff training materials can all be accessed and downloaded at any time from Samaritans website.

DEAL's aims

DEAL (Developing Emotional Awareness and Listening) aims to:

raise awareness of emotional health and the importance of recognising when you need help

develop positive coping strategies

reduce stigma and break down barriers around talking about emotional health.

developing communication skills

developing supportive and help-seeking behaviour in young people.

What is in the DEAL resources?

The DEAL resources contain session plans and activities that are divided into four themes:

Find out more about how to use the DEAL teaching resources here.

Why use DEAL?

Young people often deal with personal mental health problems in unsophisticated ways such as bottling them up, sleeping, drinking alcohol or simply hoping they will go away. Intervention through lessons can increase empathy, and an understanding as to how emotional difficulties develop and why some people think that life is not worth living.

How DEAL can help

DEAL is part of the PSHE Association's Character Education toolkit. This is intended to support the development of character traits, attributes and behaviours within the context of planned PSHE lessons. These types of programmes can help communication skills, social skills, cooperation, resilience, a sense of optimism, empathy, a positive and realistic self-concept and problem solving skills (Promotion and education 2005 - International Union for Health Promotion and Education vol xII no 3-4).

Education can reduce prejudice and stigma attached to help-seeking.

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DEAL: Developing Emotional Awareness and Listening

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DEAL is a free resource for teachers and other educational professionals designed to help develop resilience in young people. DEAL includes lesson plans, activities, hand-outs, DEAL digital resources, teachers' notes and staff training materials can all be accessed and downloaded at any time from Samaritans website.

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Here are some free PSHE lessons on loss and bereavement from Winston's Wish

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Here are some free PSHE lessons on loss and bereavement from Winston's Wish

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Free PSHE lessons on loss and bereavement | Winston's Wish

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Our PSHE lessons and resources on loss and bereavement for Key Stages 1-4 are available for teachers to download for free.

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Lesson plans on change, loss and grief from the PSHE Association

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Lesson plans on change, loss and grief from the PSHE Association

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Children and young people can experience a range of significant changes and losses before they reach adulthood. So it's essential that we support them to explore change, loss and grief safely and effectively, and to seek support when needed.

Read more below and download our new KS1-4 lesson plans on this topic right away, available exclusively to members.

Fifteen significant losses...

According to Grief UK, most children experience fifteen significant losses, on average, before they reach adulthood.

These losses might include:

the death of a family member

parental separation

moving or having someone close to them move away

rejection from a university or college

Social media, news and TV subject young people to increasingly explicit depictions of death, natural disasters, wars and atrocities. And the Covid-19 pandemic has led to additional change, loss and grief for many in recent years.

Grief

Grief is a natural response to loss. It can cause someone to experience a wide range of feelings, emotions, or physical reactions. Although grief is often experienced in response to a bereavement, it can occur in response to other losses too, for example:

injury or illness (experienced by self or others)

separation from home or family

changes to family arrangements

When teaching this topic, make sure you emphasise the range of different responses that people may have to change and loss. It's important for pupils to understand that there's no 'right' or 'wrong' way to grieve.

Distance the learning

As with many other PSHE education topics, change, loss and grief can bring up a range of emotions in young people, so it's safer and more effective to use characters and scenarios to explore this topic rather than asking pupils to reflect on and share their own experiences.

The activities in our new PDF and PowerPoint lesson plans have been designed with this in mind, so you can help pupils explore this topic safely and effectively at each key stage.

Sources of support

It is important to remind pupils that - outside of any help and support they get at home - they can also access support in school (e.g. through their form tutor, head of year, or school nurse) and out of school, through local and national organisations.

National organisations you could signpost to in lessons include:

There are lots of different ways young people can seek help from reputable organisations, including text-based support, digital chat support and online counselling, as well as face to face or by phone. It's helpful to let pupils know the full range of what's on offer so they can choose the right fit for them.

Pupils with special educational needs may need additional support to access these services. Always check the appropriateness of a website for individual pupils before directing them to it.

Teaching about this topic and managing disclosures from pupils can take an emotional toll, so it's vital that you're supported by your colleagues in school. The Education Support Partnership also provides free help for teachers from trained counsellors.

Our lesson plans

Our new lesson plans on change, loss and grief are the latest addition to our mental health and emotional wellbeing lesson packs. We've built this new lesson series into existing schemes of work for each key stage to ensure this topic is addressed sensitively and age-appropriately.

The lessons - complete with accompanying guidance, resources and PowerPoints - will help your pupils explore and understand:

how change, loss (including bereavement) and grief affect people

the different responses people can have when grieving

strategies to help manage change, loss and grief

sources of support and how to access them

Where have the new lessons on change loss and grief been added?

KS1 lesson 4: Change and loss

Year 3-4 lesson 3: Change, loss and grief

Year 5-6 lesson 3: Managing loss and bereavement

KS3 lesson 6: Change, loss, grief

KS4 lesson 4: Change, loss, grief

How can I plan this content into my PSHE education programme?

The lessons have been designed to address all the relevant learning opportunities in our Programme of Study for PSHE education and will support you to address the mental health aspects of Health Education.

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Children and young people can experience a range of significant changes and losses before they reach adulthood. So it's essential that we support them to explore change, loss and grief safely and effectively, and to seek support when needed. Read more below and download our new KS1-4 lesson plans on this topic right away, available exclusively to members.

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Make positive changes. Remember grief can be triggered long after a bereavement

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Make positive changes. Remember grief can be triggered long after a bereavement

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Staff wellbeing support

Online bereavement training

Online suicide prevention training

Mental Health First Aid training

Emotion Coaching training

Suicide prevention and postvention training

Appendix T - Suicide in Children and Young People

Appendix U – Minimising the risk of suicide - a checklist to guide discussions for schools and college

Appendix V – suicide safety policy example (developed by BIMM)

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Improve staff wellbeing with support from BHCC

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Improve staff wellbeing with support from BHCC

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About workplace health

Improving your staff's health can increase morale and productivity at work. This can lead to people having less time off because of sickness.

Having healthy staff can also save the economy money, and reduce illness and disease in our society.

To find out more about the support we can give you, please send an email to healthylifestyles@brighton-hove.gov.uk or phone 01273 294 589.

What we can do to help

Together we can make a plan to help your staff get healthier. We call this a workplace wellbeing programme. We can help you make positive changes and stick to them, and make sure they become part of your organisations everyday life.

Free support

We offer free support for any workplace and charity in Brighton & Hove to:

find out what your staff need to be more healthy. Support to put a workplace wellbeing programme into action

deliver health promotion campaigns and share resources including toolkits and guidance

access health and wellbeing at work themed webinars

sign up to the Brighton & Hove workplace health newsletter to stay up to date and share information with your staff. Find previous editions of our newsletter

join the Workplace Health Champion scheme which includes:

Depending on your organisation, we may also be able to offer your staff:

Support for self employed

You can:

The areas we focus on are:

general advice about good health

physical activity

healthy eating

emotional health and wellbeing

smoking

drugs and alcohol

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Improve health and wellbeing in your workplace

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Free online bereavement training from Winston's Wish

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Free online bereavement training from Winston's Wish

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Free online bereavement training courses:
- understand how grief affects a child or young person
- learn how to help them cope with their grief

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Free suicide prevention training from Zero Suicide Alliance

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Free suicide prevention training from Zero Suicide Alliance

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Free online training from Zero Suicide Alliance

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Free online training courses to help you gain knowledge, skills and confidence to talk to someone who may be feeling suicidal or socially isolated.

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Mental health training online and face to face

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Mental health training online and face to face

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Contact ph.schools@brighton-hove.gov.uk for information on courses delivered by the Brighotn & Hove Schools Wellbeing Service

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Emotion Coaching UK promotes the use and development of emotion coaching to support childen and young people through training, consultancy and resources

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Suicide prevention and postvention training from Grassroots

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Suicide prevention and postvention training from Grassroots

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Contact ph.schools@brighton-hove.gov.uk for information on fully funded places for school staff

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Suicide Prevention, Mental Health, and Self-Harm Training Courses - Grassroots

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Our training teaches the knowledge, skills and confidence needed to support those at risk of suicide. We work with organisations across the UK to deliver our life-saving training in suicide prevention, mental health and self-harm. Whether you're a professional or community member, our training can help you provide practical support for your workplace, organisation, or community.

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Appendix T - Suicide in Children and Young People
Your school's Safe & Well at School Survey (SAWSS) profile will give further insight into the health and wellbeing of your students. Contact ph.schools@brighton-hove.gov.uk to learn more.

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Classroom Wellbeing toolkit from Anna Freud

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Classroom Wellbeing toolkit from Anna Freud

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Understanding and responding to CYP at risk of self-harm and suicide

NCMD report: suicide in children and young people

Children and Young People with Learning Disabilities - Understanding their Mental Health

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Understanding and responding to children and young people at risk of self-harm and suicide

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Understanding and responding to children and young people at risk of self-harm and suicide

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NCMD report: suicide in children and young people

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NCMD report: suicide in children and young people

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This thematic report looks at the common characteristics of children and young people who die by suicide, investigates factors associated with these deaths and identifies common themes to inform prevention.

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Children and young people with learning disabilities - understanding their mental health

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Developing an attachment aware behaviour regulation policy

Classroom Wellbeing toolkit from Anna Freud

NICE Guidance: Social, emotional and mental wellbeing in primary and secondary education

Papyrus UK: building suicide safer schools

Example bereavement policy

Project Eileen helping young people tackle the topics of death & grief

ACT summary report: Learning from suicide prevention project in East Sussex

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Developing an attachment aware behaviour regulation policy

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Developing an attachment aware behaviour regulation policy

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Simple tips to incorporate into the school/college day to help cyp feel supported

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NICE Guidance: social, emotional and mental wellbeing in primary and secondary education

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NICE Guidance: social, emotional and mental wellbeing in primary and secondary education

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This guideline covers ways to support social, emotional and mental wellbeing in children and young people in primary and secondary education (key stages 1 to 5), and people 25 years and under with special educational needs or disability in further education colleges. It aims to promote good social, emotional and psychological health to protect children and young people against behavioural and health problems.

Recommendations

This guideline includes recommendations on:

Who is it for?

Education professionals

Health and social care practitioners

Commissioners and providers

Professionals who work in the wider public, private, voluntary and community sectors

Young people and the families and carers of children and young people

Members of the public

Guideline development process
How we develop NICE guidelines
This guideline updates and replaces NICE guidelines PH12 (March 2008) and PH20 (September 2009).

Your responsibility

The recommendations in this guideline represent the view of NICE, arrived at after careful consideration of the evidence available. When exercising their judgement, professionals and practitioners are expected to take this guideline fully into account, alongside the individual needs, preferences and values of their patients or the people using their service. It is not mandatory to apply the recommendations, and the guideline does not override the responsibility to make decisions appropriate to the circumstances of the individual, in consultation with them and their families and carers or guardian.

All problems (adverse events) related to a medicine or medical device used for treatment or in a procedure should be reported to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency using the Yellow Card Scheme.

Local commissioners and providers of healthcare have a responsibility to enable the guideline to be applied when individual professionals and people using services wish to use it. They should do so in the context of local and national priorities for funding and developing services, and in light of their duties to have due regard to the need to eliminate unlawful discrimination, to advance equality of opportunity and to reduce health inequalities. Nothing in this guideline should be interpreted in a way that would be inconsistent with complying with those duties.

Commissioners and providers have a responsibility to promote an environmentally sustainable health and care system and should assess and reduce the environmental impact of implementing NICE recommendations wherever possible.

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Social, emotional and mental wellbeing in primary and secondary education

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This guideline covers ways to support social, emotional and mental wellbeing in children and young people in primary and secondary education (key stages 1 to 5), and people 25 years and under with special educational needs or disability in further education colleges.

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Papyrus UK: building suicide safer schools

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PAPYRUS guidance to support teachers and school staff in building suicide safer schools as part of their #Classof2018 campaign. Some of the topics within this resource include: helpful language when talking about suicide, where to seek professional advice and support, what to do when there is concern about a child, and advice and support on what to do following a schoolchild's suicide or suicide attempt.

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Over 200 schoolchildren are lost to suicide every year in the UK.

But we don't talk about suicide in schoolchildren - and the number of children in this level of emotional distress. Statistics (in England and Wales) were only released for the 10-14 age group for the first time in 2015. Suicides by children under 10 are not included in official statistics.

While there have been moves to prioritise the emotional health and mental wellbeing of children in schools, far fewer people are talking about suicide prevention. The stigma, silence and misconceptions around suicide mean that it is often not part of our normal conversation, and there is insufficient action to make suicide prevention training a priority for all who work with children and young people.

Schoolchildren spend the majority of their waking hours at school: teachers and school staff have the opportunity to recognise the signs that a student might be at risk of suicide and they are best placed to respond effectively. Despite this, many are unsure of what to do or to say. Indeed, many are frightened that they may make things worse by talking to their pupils about suicide. There is currently very little guidance for schools and colleges on how to prevent suicide and support those affected by it.

From calls to our helpline HOPELINEUK, and from our work in the community, we know that many teachers and school staff do not feel equipped to support schoolchildren at risk. This can be exacerbated by a lack of resources and having to work with mental health services which are often overstretched.

A 2017 survey, commissioned by PAPYRUS, found that one in ten (11%) of teachers said, on average, a student shares suicidal thoughts with them once a term or more. Yet our survey also identified a real need for support and training in the sector.

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

PAPYRUS has developed a guide to suicide prevention, intervention and postvention in schools and colleges, aimed specifically at teachers as well as school or college staff. It aims to equip teachers with the skills and knowledge necessary to support schoolchildren 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 young people to speak up or ask for help. This underpins our work here at PAPYRUS.
To download our guide, please follow the instructions in the sidebar. Have you used our guide? Are there other materials you'd like from PAPYRUS? We'd love to hear from you!
Our #SaveTheClass campaign continues to run and we are keen to hear feedback and see the development of materials to support schools as a key part of this. We have trained a number of school and college staff recently in ASIST; we aim to use their experience as case studies throughout the year.
Please send us your feedback on our guide - we can use it in subsequent stages for our campaign. Drop us an email on admin@papyrus-uk.org with 'Schools Guide Feedback' as the subject line.
Background on Our #SaveTheClass Campaign

In 2017 on World Suicide Prevention Day we launched an ongoing campaign to #SaveTheClass. Our school photo visually represents the lives of schoolchildren lost to suicide every year in the UK.

#SaveTheClass aims to:

Raise awareness of the issue of suicide in schoolchildren and highlight the role that those in contact with schoolchildren can play in helping prevent young suicide;

Equip school and college teachers and staff with suicide prevention skills to build suicide-safer schools, through the launch of our suicide prevention guide;

Raise awareness of the support available through our helpline, HOPELINEUK;

Encourage take-up of training to help people to prevent suicide in schoolchildren

Further Support:

We've had feedback from many members and supporters that they would like to support our #SaveTheClass campaign further by sharing our guide for use as a resource in local schools or colleges. We advise that headteachers and governors are often a first port-of-call - you could ask them whether they have a suicide-safer schools policy in place.

They may then hand this concern over to Special Educational Needs Co-ordinators (SENCO), Pastoral Care Staff, Learning Mentors or Safeguarding Leads at their schools and ask them to implement a suicide prevention policy. Of course, if you are already involved in a school community, you may be able to approach these staff members directly. It's worth noting that our guide uses a 'Community Model' and that we believe suicide prevention is everyone's business, particularly in a school community. With this in mind, it may help to enlist the help of others - parents, teachers etc. - to start a conversation with decision-makers in the school or college.

It may well be that there is some resistance to discussing suicide in the school environment. This in itself can be a good opportunity to look at what is stopping us talking openly about suicide. Often, it is the fear of making things worse. This is very common but is unfounded. We really need to talk about suicide safety. The guide really helps to start that very conversation and equips you and your community to be suicide-safer and better prepared to support children who may be distressed and feeling hopeless.

If you are interested in training school or college staff in suicide prevention skills, please email training@papyrus-uk.org for more information.
Our #SaveTheClass campaign foregrounds the fact that over 200 schoolchildren die by suicide every year in the UK. This statistic is drawn from the Office for National Statistics Statistical Bulletin Suicides in England and Wales: 2015 Registrations; Nicva: Quarterly and Annual Suicide Statistics for Northern Ireland: 2015 Registrations; ScotPho: Suicide data introduction: 2015 Registrations.

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#SaveTheClass - Papyrus UK | Suicide Prevention Charity

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But we don't talk about suicide in schoolchildren - and the number of children in this level of emotional distress. Statistics (in England and Wales) were only released for the 10-14 age group for the first time in 2015. Suicides by children under 10 are not included in official statistics.

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Bereavement Resources for Educational Settings | BEEM

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Wellbeing Action Plans for individual children and young people

Supporting autistic children and young people through crisis

Simple and safe questions for talking about upsetting things

Papyrus: How to ask young people about suicide

Talking about suicide - a guide for college staff

Support booklet for those bereaved by suicide

Papyrus Suicide Safety Plan

Autism Friendly Suicide Safety Plan

Stay Alive: suicide prevention app

Support for anyone affected by witnessing a suicide, when they did not know the person who has died

e-wellbeing: a digital wellbeing service for young people, run by the YMCA

Samaritans ‘Step by Step' resources used to inform this toolkit

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Wellbeing Action Plans for individual children and young people

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Wellbeing Action Plan for children | Charlie Waller Trust

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For teachers of Key stage 2/3 to guide conversations with a pupil to help them identify their strengths and manage their wellbeing

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Supporting autistic children and young people through crisis

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Supporting autistic children and young people through crisis

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Simple and safe questions for talking about upsetting things

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Simple and safe questions for talking about upsetting things

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Talking about suicide - a guide for college staff

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Talking about suicide - a guide for college staff

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The Stay Alive app is a pocket suicide prevention resource for the UK, packed full of useful information to help you stay safe. You can use it if you are having thoughts of suicide or if you are concerned about someone else who may be considering suicide.

In addition to the resources, the app includes a safety plan, customisable reasons for living, and a life box where you can store photos that are important to you.

"I have used this app with volunteers and service users across the UK and the feedback is consistently positive. People have used it when in crisis and say it is literally life-saving."
Suffolk User Forum Survey 2017

Are you thinking of suicide, or worried about someone else and don't want to use the app? Check our "Find Help Now" pages for:

Helplines

Websites

Other services

These can help when you are having thoughts of suicide or are in a suicidal crisis. They can also help if you are concerned about someone.

We believe there's no shame in reaching out for help if you are feeling stressed, depressed or experiencing suicidal crisis in some form. If you're not sure of who to reach out to in your community and don't want to download the app, some of the contacts on our "Find Help Now" pages could help. People who care are ready to help you right now.

View Find Help Now

New features

The Stay Alive app has been given a complete overhaul. It's packed with more resources, more tools, and more information to help you or those you are worried about stay safe.

Optionally create a StayAlive account that will allow you to synchronise your LifeBox and other content across multiple devices, including the new website at www.stayalive.app.

The LifeBox now allows you to add videos and other file types alongside your existing photos.

There's a new search facility in the Find Help Now section which allows you to search for resources, helping you find exactly what you need.

You can now share your Safety Plan, Wellness Plan, and Reasons for Living with family, friends, or anyone that may be supporting you.

Life-saving features

Quick access to UK national crisis support helplines.

Quick access to local crisis services across of the UK.

A safety plan that can be filled out by a person considering suicide.

A LifeBox to which the user can upload photos from their phone reminding them of their reasons to stay alive.

Safety contacts page.

Strategies for staying safe from suicide.

How to help a person thinking about suicide.

Wellness Plan for your recovery, a place for your positive thoughts, inspirations and ideas.

Suicide myth-busting.

Research-based reasons for living.

Online support services and other helpful apps.

Suicide bereavement resources.

All guidance and information within the app are reviewed and updated every 6 months to check all resources are updated and links are in working order.

The app is fully compliant with GDPR and international data management standards.

"This weekend I found the online support list and the keeping safe for now section helpful and made me feel less lonely. Unlike so many mental health apps yours is not patronising and doesn't claim to 'fix' anyone. No app will ever be able to fix me but yours kept me company during a very long, dark weekend. Thank you for that."
Anonymous, via Facebook

"[The app helped me help someone else to stay alive] by introducing and making clear the option of 'stay safe for now'. This was so helpful for the young person I was working with who felt as if she had no choice other than to try and kill herself given how hopeless she felt."
Anonymous, via online survey

"Aside from Breathing exercises, grounding techniques and lots of useful tips and contacts, it has a section called 'My Life-box'. Here I can add pictures that remind me of my reasons to stay alive. I uploaded a funny photo of Si, one of my Mum and Dad celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary and one of Saagar and I, happy together. This is the next best thing to a friend sitting with me, holding my hand when I am down and out."
SANGEETA MAHAJAN, on her blog.

A life saving story...

"I have had the Stay Alive app on my phone for many months, I keep my safety plan updated on it and have read a lot of the content. This has been incredibly helpful for me, but it is in the event of crisis that I have found the app most useful.

A few months ago I found myself in a position where my thoughts of suicide were so strong and prominent, that I needed immediate help to avoid another suicide attempt. In previous moments like this I have not known where to turn for help and have instead begun turning suicide plans into actions.

Fortunately, when I was trying to think if there were options other than suicide open to me, I remembered that I have the app and that it might help. I was able to immediately dial through to a helpline using the crisis resources on the "find help now" section of the app and they were able to support me and keep me safe in the short term, until further help could be reached. They were also able to help friends look after me.

I think perhaps without the app and its ability to help me to find help, strong suicidal thoughts would have become another suicide attempt. I believe that it is a unique resource which I carry with me everywhere I go, which gives it an unbelievable scope to help."
Brighton resident

StayAlive in professional healthcare settings

The app is included on mental health patients' discharge paperwork at Brighton & Hove and Haywards Heath Accident & Emergency Departments

The app is pre-installed on a number of counselling service waiting room tablets

Sussex Police promote the app to staff on their intranet and also to community members on their public-facing website

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust promote the app to their staff and service users

A wide range of mental health practitioners (both clinical and non-clinical) and therapists are using the app in and/or between sessions with their patients and clients

A recent independent evaluation report (PDF) from the Kent Surrey Sussex Academic Health Science Network showed the app helped 76% of at-risk users to stay safe from suicide. The upgrade and evaluation were funded by the Crisis Care Concordat - Beyond Places of Safety scheme from the Department of Health & Social Care.
Stay Alive: Qualitative Review and Opportunity Cost Model (PDF)

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Stay Alive App - Grassroots Suicide Prevention

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Support for anyone affected by witnessing a suicide, when they did not know the person who has died

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Support for anyone affected by witnessing a suicide, when they did not know the person who has died

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First Hand is for anyone affected by witnessing a suicide, when they did not know the person who has died. This may be because you happened to be at a particular location, or because your job involves responding to these incidents. Get Started After a suicide...

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e-wellbeing: a digital wellbeing service for young people, run by the YMCA

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e-wellbeing: a digital wellbeing service for young people, run by the YMCA

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e-wellbeing is a digital wellbeing service and participation group for young people, run by YMCA DownsLink Group. Our aim is for all young people to be able to access the right support and information around their emotional health and wellbeing, in the right place, at a time that is right for them.

This website is for young people who live in Sussex (including Brighton & Hove) but our tips and resources are accessible to everyone.

We understand that accessing support around your mental health can be confusing and complicated sometimes. We're here to help you understand a bit more about how to be mentally healthy and how to connect to support across Sussex.

You can make a start by taking our short quiz on the homepage.

If you need urgent support around your mental health, please click here.

And if you'd like to get in touch about anything else, send us email: e-wellbeing@ymcadlg.org.

Get involved!

Are you interested in sharing your voice about mental health, developing your creative skills, building your CV, and making new friends? Click here to find out more about our Youth Ambassadors Programme!

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e-wellbeing is a digital wellbeing service and participation group for young people, run by YMCA DownsLink Group. Our aim is for all young people to be able to access the right support and information around their emotional health and wellbeing, in the right place, at a time that is right for them.

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Samaritans ‘Step by Step' resources used to inform this toolkit

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Download a PDF version of our Step by Step resource "Help When We Needed it Most" here, to plan and deliver an effective response to a suicide in a school.

Nobody likes to think about a death in school. Yet suicide is a leading cause of death for young people in the UK and Republic of Ireland. Sadly it is always a possibility that a student, parent or member of staff might choose to take their own life.

However upsetting this must be, schools and colleges play an important role in reducing the likelihood of imitational behaviour and helping recovery by preparing a response thoroughly and responding appropriately to a suspected suicide if the worst should ever happen.

Samaritans has offered the Step by Step service to schools in the UK since 2010. We are available to offer practical support and advice to schools that have been affected by an attempted or suspected suicide.

Reducing the risk of further suicide

Samaritans offers the Step by Step service in order to support the school community, and reduce the risk of further suicide. Recent research on 'imitational' suicides and suicide 'contagion ' suggest that, in young people especially, exposure to suicide can lead to increased risk of suicidal thoughts. A Canadian study found that the suicide of a schoolmate increased the risk of suicidal thoughts or attempts among young people aged 12-17 years (especially 12-13 year olds) for up to two years following the suicide, and had an impact that was even greater than the suicide of a family member.

Our service is designed to lessen the risk of further suicide by assisting school communities to handle the situation sensitively and responsibly, while returning to normal routines as quickly as possible. This guidance forms part of Samaritans' Step by Step service to schools, which offers specially trained volunteers who can assist school leadership teams with their suspected suicide response.

How can Step by Step help?

As described in a recent evaluation of our service, 'Step by Step is there to reassure senior leadership teams that what they are doing is right for the school and advise them on what they feel works best throughout the incredibly difficult first few weeks.'

Get in touch with our Step by Step service ([email protected]) or Freephone* 0808 168 2528 and we will do all we can to help you deal with a situation you may never have faced before.

We can also assist with raising awareness of emotional health among young people, by offering talks in schools.

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Download a PDF version of our Step by Step resource "Help When We Needed it Most" here, to plan and deliver an effective response to a suicide in a school. Nobody likes to think about a death in school. Yet suicide is a leading cause of death for young people in the UK and Republic of Ireland.

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Practical advice and information from the Charlie Waller Trust

Resources for parents/carers on childhood bereavement in a range of languages

Suicide in schools. Information for parents and carers

Ways to support your child or teenager affected by witnessing or hearing about a suicide

Raising Teens: a radio series on parenting teenagers and teen mental health

The Compassionate Friends: Supporting bereaved parents and their families

You Raise Me Up: Supporting life after the loss of a young adult

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Practical advice and information from the Charlie Waller Trust

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Practical advice and information from the Charlie Waller Trust

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Caring for a young person can be a joy, but it can also bring immense stress, fear and loneliness when you're not sure how to respond to your child's problems. We offer a wealth of expert, evidence-based articles and resources for parents and carers, on a range of topics relating to the mental health of children and young people, which are being regularly added to. These resources are based on the lived experiences of parents and carers and offer practical advice and relevant information based on sound evidence from the Charlie Waller Trust and trusted sites. External links will open in a new tab.

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Parents and Carers Mental Health Resources Library

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Caring for a young person can be a joy, but it can also bring immense stress, fear and loneliness when you're not sure how to respond to your child's problems. We offer a wealth of expert, evidence-based articles and resources for parents and carers, on a range of topics relating to the mental health of children and young people, which are being regularly added to.

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Resources for parents/carers on childhood bereavement in a range of languages

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Resources for parents/carers on childhood bereavement in a range of languages

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Winston's Wish offers several resources on childhood bereavement in languages other than English. Click on the language you're looking for below to reveal the information available and then click the button to download as a PDF.

At the bottom of every page of our website, we have Google Translate so you can automatically translate everything into any language you choose. On our Helpline, we can use interpreters if you need to speak to us in a language other than English, and we can use the Relay UK app if you have hearing or speech difficulties.

Are you looking for another language or further information? We are hoping to increase the number of translated resources we can provide, please fill out so we can understand the languages and information to focus on.

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Childhood bereavement information in other languages

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Information and guidance from Winston's Wish to support grieving children and young people in languages other than English

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Suicide in schools. Information for parents and carers

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Suicide in schools. Information for parents and carers

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Appendix N – Suicide in Schools. Information for Parents and Carers

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Ways to support your child or teenager affected by witnessing or hearing about a suicide

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Ways to support your child or teenager affected by witnessing or hearing about a suicide

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This leaflet was developed in response to a death by suicide that was witnessed by children. The tips aim to contain anxiety and provide reassurance.

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Ways to support your child or teenager affected by suicide

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Raising Teens: a radio series on parenting teenagers and teen mental health

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Raising Teens: a radio series on parenting teenagers and teen mental health

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Make Good Trouble | Inspiring teens and parents everywhere to understand each other better and to be the change they want to see in society.

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Raising Teens is a radio series created by Make (Good) Trouble and produced in collaboration with BBC Sussex and BBC Surrey.

Raising Teens is a warm-hearted and honest round-table discussion about parenting teenagers and teen mental health. It is hosted by presenter Guy Lloyd and includes teens' own stories from Make (Good) Trouble's young reporter Lola Ray. Her teen stories are surprising, thought provoking and often delightful. The show aims to bring those involved in raising teens together to dispel myths around teen mental health and offer practical help and tips.

If you're looking for help take a look at our list of brilliant list of supporting organisations and information.
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Series Three is a lockdown special, recorded entirely remotely in 2020 by the whole team - a first for BBC Sussex and for Make (Good) Trouble! It covers Pandemic Anxiety, Home Schooling and Education in Lockdown, Separated Parenting in Lockdown and Domestic Violence. This series was supported by Public Health, Brighton & Hove City Council.
👉 Raising Teens: Series Two
Series Two covers: Kicking Off, Family Breakups, Teens, Parents & Booze, Self-harm, Eating Disorders, Loneliness, Grief, the Return of the Teenage Brain. This series was supported by Public Health, Brighton & Hove City Council.
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Series One covers: Social Media & Devices, School Stress, Sleep, Resilience, Body Image, Relationships, the Teenage Brain, and Teen Language.

HELP AND SUPPORT

Visit our Help & Advice page for resources and places to get support.

Host Guy Lloyd and young reporter Lola Ray, Raising Teens

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Raising Teens is a radio series created by Make (Good) Trouble and produced in collaboration with BBC Sussex and BBC Surrey. Raising Teens is a warm-hearted and honest round-table discussion about parenting teenagers and teen mental health. It is hosted by presenter Guy Lloyd and includes teens' own stories from Make (Good) Trouble's young reporter Lola Ray.

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Free lessons & resources for secondary schools to help teenagers cope with bereavement & grief

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Free lessons & resources for secondary schools to help teenagers cope with bereavement & grief

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Project Eileen helping young people tackle the topics of death & grief

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Project Eileen provides free, detailed, adaptable lessons & resources for secondary schools to teach young people how to cope with death, grief & bereavement

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Supporting bereaved parents and their families

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Supporting bereaved parents and their families

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Supporting life after the loss of a young adult

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Supporting life after the loss of a young adult

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You Raise Me Up Charity | Supporting Bereaved Families

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You Raise Me Up supports families after the loss of a young adult. We provide financial and emotional support to families that have lost a young adults between the ages of 16 & 25.

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This report captures the learning and impact from the ACT suicide prevention programme delivered by Priority 1-54 to 56 young people in East Sussex 2024-25.