Posted by Anne Cater - BCVS
on 25/9/2009, 12:13 pm
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Rural Community Action Nottinghamshire is to share an award of £432,000 from the Big Lottery as part of a regional consortium bid to help combat suicide in the East Midlands. Based on a successful pilot scheme in Leicestershire, RCAN will be co-ordinating suicide awareness training seminars in Nottinghamshire and aims to be a focus for suicide in the region.
Over 4,000 people die as a result of suicide every year, more than the number killed in road accidents, and many hundreds of thousands are the victims of self harm. Suicide remains the biggest cause of death in fit, under 35 year old males. The project will: help raise awareness of suicide, through the medium of suicide awareness seminars, which aim to dispel myths and taboos and give positive support to those who, as part of their work and every day life come into contact with vulnerable people who may be at risk of taking their own lives.
Members of the general public will be encouraged to attend the seminars to ensure that awareness of suicide is raised across the whole of Nottinghamshire communities.
Rob Crowder, Chief Executive of RCAN, says “I am glad to see the problem of suicide being given the recognition and resources needed in order for us to deliver positive action. It is an issue which affects society as a whole. This funding will now allow us the opportunity to involve staff from key agencies, employers, and most importantly the general public in Nottinghamshire in helping them not only to have a greater understanding of the problem but also to see how we can all work together to address the tragedy of suicide”.
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