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Content warning: This page mentions rates of suicide, factors for suicide, and lived experience of suicide thoughts and/or behaviour throughout.
The information is not intended to be, and should not be relied upon as, a substitute for professional mental health advice.
There were 5,579 suicides registered in England in 2023. Each week, approximately 115 people die by suicide in the UK. Research has found that as many as 650 suicides in the UK, or 10% each year, could be work-relate (All data from Office for National Statistics reporting and its Hazards Campaign). We want workplaces to embed suicide awareness, prevention and support into their mental health and wellbeing strategies. We are here to help you do that.
The need to support everyone’s mental health and wellbeing is greater than ever. Work, done well can positively support people’s mental health. Organisations should evaluate and strengthen the role they play in preventing suicides. In doing so, they should create clear, actionable plans to support those having thoughts of suicide and those impacted by suicide.
Suicide is preventable through education and intervention. MHFA England®’s training and consultancy can help to create supportive cultures where wellbeing and productivity thrive.
Many organisations are doing wonderful things to support the mental health and wellbeing of their people, but suicide remains a taboo in too many workplaces.
We will build on the work you have already done to establish an effective organisational framework to support good mental health. This will help your organisation embed suicide prevention into your mental health and wellbeing strategy.
We can work with you in a variety of ways. Whether you want a one-off session to get started or a project to develop actionable plans, talk to us about your needs and we will tailor our approach and activity to suit your organisation’s needs.
We have the expertise to help you put clear actionable plans in place to support those having thoughts of suicide and those impacted by suicide. Book a consultancy session with us and we can give you advice and guidance on how to approach suicide prevention in your workplace.
Since 2007 we have provided training to over 20,000 workplaces with 91% of people reporting they had a better understanding of mental health after completing their MHFA England course.
Our MHFA course is ideal for staff at every level who would like to become an MHFAider®. Learners will gain the knowledge and skills to spot signs of a person experiencing poor mental health, be confident to start a conversation and signpost to appropriate support. Our training promotes early intervention and recovery, which can prevent an individual’s mental health deteriorating.
By training with us, learners can become a member of the Association of Mental Health First Aiders®. This gives them access to MHFA England’s exclusive support and benefits including a Suicide prevention toolkit and webinars on suicide prevention.
If you are looking to develop your people’s understanding of suicide prevention further, we now offer Suicide First Aid training. We have partnered with the National Centre for Suicide Prevention Education and Training (NCSPET) to deliver two courses.
Explore Suicide First Aid: Aware training
Explore Suicide First Aid: Understanding Suicide Intervention training