Our prioritiesPriority two: Communication
Effective communication is essential for creating a suicide safer environment.
Our students with lived and living experience of suicide identified it as the single most important issue. It's also key to ensuring people receive the support they need when it matters most.
Internal Communication
2.1 Promote both online and in-person crisis intervention services and ensure routes to support are clear and accessible.
2.2 Explore how our communications strategy can be informed by the IMV model to highlight opportunities to reduce feelings of being defeated and trapped.
2.3. Develop inclusive and accessible information about how to manage wellbeing and mental health and use our digital team to convey appropriate messaging and measure its effectiveness through data analysis.
2.4. Encourage innovative ways to improve messaging around suicide prevention through accessible and creative approaches (film, art, writing) and to share personal stories of hope from people across different backgrounds with the aim of reducing stigma.
2.5. Increase active membership and participation of staff and students with lived and living experience in our suicide safer working groups.
2.6. We will use the 10 principles of Time Space Compassion to build effective interpersonal communication around suicide.
2.7. Ensure existing systems and processes are used effectively to provide accurate, meaningful, and regular reports.
External Communication
2.8. Facilitate learning by sharing findings from impact evaluations within the sector and to wider stakeholders.
2.9. Work closely with external partners to understand their needs and develop relationships, networks and feedback loops that allow us to share the impact of our work.