People are being reminded of the support available in Kent, including an easy to use mental health text service and helpline, if they need to ‘Release the Pressure’. Worries over money, housing, heating and food can affect our mental wellbeing, causing stress, anxiety and depression. Financial concerns can also increase for some people after Christmas…
A Maidstone-based mental health charity, which is part funded by Kent County Council, is urging people this World Suicide Prevention Day (10 September) to access free suicide prevention and awareness training. Mid Kent Mind is launching a video to encourage people to think about the steps everyone can take to support someone who may be…
Seven ‘Living Warriors’ from Kent have had their words about getting through life – after coming close to ending it all – made into inspirational high-quality short films. The films were created following funding from ‘The Saving Lives Suicide Prevention Innovation Fund’, launched last year to support local projects by the Kent and Medway Sustainability…
This World Suicide Prevention Day (10 September), Kent residents are being encouraged to complete new suicide prevention e-learning courses which raise awareness of how to support people they may be concerned about. Latest figures show that the current three-year average (2016-2018) for suicide rates in Kent is now 10 per 100,000 population compared to 11.6…
A suicide prevention conference has been held as part of Mental Health Awareness Week, bringing together organisations from across Kent including local authorities, health providers, emergency services, community groups, charities and the private sector. Led by the Kent and Medway Sustainability and Transformation Partnership (STP) of which KCC is a partner, the ‘Release the Pressure’…
A ground-breaking suicide prevention app, Stay Alive, is now available for people in Kent and Medway. With lots of useful information and tools to help individuals stay safe in a crisis, Stay Alive can help both people who may be having thoughts of suicide and those concerned about someone else. As well as useful advice…
Community groups from across Kent and Medway have been sharing their plans for new funding for innovative projects to help reduce the numbers of people taking their own lives. Led by health providers and local authorities from the Kent and Medway Sustainability and Transformation Partnership (STP), the 27 projects have been awarded grants from Government…
New funding is being announced on World Suicide Prevention Day (10th Sept) for innovative community-based Kent projects to help reduce the numbers of people taking their own lives. Led by health providers and local authorities from the Kent and Medway Sustainability and Transformation Partnership (STP), groups are being offered between £500 and £5000 to support…
As Coronation Street highlights the story of a male suicide in its programmes this week, Kent residents are being reminded of a 24/7 freephone helpline as part of its ‘Release the Pressure’ campaign. The tragic plot has followed Aidan Connor’s changing behaviour over the past few months which includes financial and relationship issues before culminating…
As Kent’s “Release the Pressure” campaign marks its first anniversary, £150,000 of new funding has been announced to bolster initiatives to reduce the number of suicides in the county and to diminish the stigma of mental health. The highly visual awareness campaign, which aims to reduce the number of suicides by encouraging men feeling under pressure…
The new Kent campaign “Release the Pressure” – which aims to reduce the number of suicides by encouraging men feeling under pressure to seek help – has seen a 20 per cent increase in male callers to a special helpline. The highly visual campaign was developed and launched by Kent County Council in a bid…