New Updates: Suicide Bereavement Conference 2024
Throughout September 2024, Harmless is hosting its fifth annual online Suicide Bereavement Conference. To mark World Suicide Prevention Day, we will be presenting a series of live webinars examining practical applications for working in suicide bereavement. Sessions take place every Tuesday and Thursday between 10am – 11am and each will be led by an expert in the field.
Suicide bereavement is a particularly specialist area. So many of us have been impacted by suicide – the tragic loss of a loved one, a colleague, someone in our community, a patient, or someone very supportive… everyone has a story to tell. This conference is designed to help those of us working with anyone impacted by suicide. Delegates can expect to take away a range of knowledge, inspiration and skills for practical implementation in real-life situations. Learning from leaders in the field, delegates will experience interactive sessions that can help to drive change. Our theme for this year’s conference is Stopping the Ripples, Turning the Tide: The Role of Suicide Bereavement Interventions in Saving Lives.
This unique CPD-accredited event will take place across eight short webinars, allowing you the flexibility to join as many as you like. And if you are unable to attend any sessions, don’t worry – we will be recording the whole conference and making sessions available for viewing from October via our E-Learning portal.
We are delighted to confirm the following workshop leaders and webinars:
Lisa Williamson & Tom Garrett (Harmless and The Tomorrow Project)
Back to Basics: The Foundations of Success in Suicide Bereavement Support
Sandy Kaur (Sehhat)
Preventing Suicide in Punjabi and South Asian Communities
Megan Wright & Tom Garrett (Harmless and The Tomorrow Project)
Specific and Tailored Approaches to Suicide Cluster Responses
Debi Roberts (The OLLIE Foundation)
How We Got From There To Here: A Short Tour of Our History with Suicide and How Side-Effects and Paradoxical Reactions to Medications May be Contributing to the Suicide Numbers We See
Professor Trish Hafford-Letchfield (University of Strathclyde)
Learning From Traumatic Experience of Bereavement By Suicide in Later Life
Michelle Stebbings (Support After Suicide Partnership)
Supporting People Bereaved by Suicide Who Are Neurodivergent
Professor Karen Slade (Nottingham Trent University) & Sharon Bailey (The Fire Fighters Charity)
Postvention Guidance and Support for the Fire Services Community
Caroline Harroe & Chloe Webster-Harris (Harmless and The Tomorrow Project)
Navigating Grief: Exploring the Factors Affecting Trauma and Depression in Suicide Bereaved Individuals
‘Informative, clear, stigma-busting, insightful and personal. Thank you so much’
‘The feedback from those with lived experiences is invaluable and so powerful’
‘The live stream was the best one I have ever experienced‘
– 2023 Delegates
Conference sessions take place EVERY TUESDAY and THURSDAY from 3rd – 26th SEPTEMBER 2024 10am – 11am (BST). This is an ONLINE event. All fees raised through ticket sales cover Harmless’ administration costs and help us to sustain our life-saving support to those impacted by self harm and suicide.
Tickets are priced at £65 and can be purchased via our Eventbrite page. Prior to the conference, you will receive a copy of our delegate pack with full details of how to join us online.
