Useful Links

www.trainonthetracks.com - Established in 2007 as a national training provider in England and Wales. Train on theTracks is the business name for a consultancy of training specialists working within the health, housing and social care sectors. They provide training solutions, deliver a public programme of scheduled courses, and create exclusive in-house training products.

www.mind.org.uk - Mind helps people take control of their mental health. We do this by providing high-quality information and advice, and campaigning to promote and protect good mental health for everyone. How can we help you?

www.livingworks.net - The LivingWorks suite of programs is now the most widely used and the most recognised suicide prevention-intervention training in the world. LivingWorks has over 4,000 community based trainers who train over 60,000 participants annually. Since 1985 over a million caregivers have benefited from participating in this first aid ASIST program.

http://www.ecwales.org.uk/ - The LGBT Excellence Centre is an exciting social enterprise based in Wales with a commitment to Wales, although we also have a few projects working across the UK and even abroad! Its name says it all, a centre that gathers and shares excellence, information and good practice for LGBT people as well as organisations that want to achieve better equality and human rights.

http://www.positivechoices-wales.org - The Positive Choices Project is led by MIND Cymru, working in partnership with three regional centres, Vale of Clwyd Mind, Mind Aberystwyth and Torfaen Mind. Research shows that a population based approach to suicide intervention with trained ‘gatekeepers' in front-line services and the community increases the potential for early, effective intervention. This approach is central to the National Suicide and Self Harm Reduction Action Plan for Wales.

We aim to help reduce the suicide rate across Wales and promote mental health by relieving the serious mental distress experienced by individuals with thoughts of suicide. Through outreach campaigns we will increase knowledge of where to go for help. By challenging stigma and raising awareness we will make it easier for people to talk openly about suicide and find help. By providing community wide training we will break down barriers and increase the numbers of people with the skills and confidence to help someone in distress.

The Positive Choices project is undertaking a survey about attitudes towards suicide. Your responses will inform the Positive Choices project, and will be used in reports to the Welsh Assembly Government, funders and other stakeholders. All data will be anonymised. Please take a few minutes to complete this survey via the following link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/RWKTX9H

If you are having thoughts of suicide, or are worried about someone else, please find someone to talk to. Paste this link into your internet browser for a list of helplines & other resources: http://www.positivechoices-wales.org/en/NeedHelp.html.