News 2011

22.11.2011
New ASIST Trainers for Wales and England Positive Choices has trained 15 new ASIST trainers and one more consulting trainer to add to the network of those already delivering the ASIST workshops throughout Wales and England.  read more...

07.09.2011
World Suicide Prevention Day – Sept 10th, 2011 The theme of this year’s World Suicide Prevention Day is ‘Preventing Suicide in Multicultural Societies’. Sponsored by the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) and the World Health Organisation (WHO), the day promotes increased awareness and action to prevent suicides. The WHO estimates that worldwide almost 3000 people die by suicide each day. This equates to nearly 1 million preventable and premature deaths each year.  read more...

19.09.2011
Hyfforddiant a Digwyddiadau i ddod Mae Prosiect Dewisiadau Cadarnhaol Mind Cymru yn falch o gyhoeddi’r cyfleoedd hyfforddi canlynol yng Nghymru:  read more...

20.06.2011
Celebrate Refugee Week: June 20 - 26 Refugee Week 2011 will take place 20-26 June. 2011 is the 60th Anniversary of the United Nations Refugee Conventions, and Refugee Week will be offering arts, cultural and educational events across the UK that celebrate refugees’ contributions to British society and promote great cross-community interaction and understanding.  read more...

12.07.2011
Research reports rising suicide rates linked to financial crisis A recently published study has linked rising suicide rates in Europe to the fallout from the global economic downturn.  read more...

28.04.2011
Positive Choices trains the Fire Service The Positive Choices Project has trained 44 South Wales Fire Service personnel in two courses specifically aimed at providing them with the skills and confidence to intervene with someone at risk of suicide. A third course is due to be run in May.  read more...

01.04.2011
Positive Choices Resources List goes live! Since the start of the Positive Choices Project, the team has asked ASIST participants to tap into their local knowledge and share what they know about support services in their area.  read more...

01.04.2011
Young people in Wales asked about their views on suicide Mind Cymru and Positive Choices have published research on the views of 200 young people across Wales to discover their views on suicide and help seeking behaviours. Results show that young people are often turn to their peers for help.  read more...

16.03.2011
Facebook and Samaritans partner to help those at risk of suicide The Guardian reports that the charity Samaritans  read more...

16.03.2011
Guardian Public Services Awards recognise Edinburgh council for suicide prevention efforts The City of Edinburgh council received a 2010 award for its efforts to  read more...

03.03.2011
Launch of survey to examine attitudes towards suicide The Positive Choices team is keen to understand attitudes towards suicide and have developed a survey to help gather this information.  read more...

01.03.2011
Evaluating ASIST's impact in Wales The Positive Choices team together with Public Health Wales and a PhD researcher from Cardiff University have been evaluating  read more...