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Background
Previously, targeted funding from NHS England was made available to NHS Kernow and Public Health through the suicide prevention 3 year transformation programme. This is part of the commitment set out in the NHS Long Term Plan (2019) to reduce suicide rates and self-harm and support local work on suicide prevention.
Round 1 of the Suicide Prevention Innovation Fund for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly was launched in July 2020. Community-based organisations were invited to bid for up to £10,000 each, to support projects designed to prevent suicide and reduce self harm. 12 projects were supported for a year to creatively approach suicide prevention in the county.
Round 2 of the funding was launched in January 2022. 13 projects were awarded funding of up to £25,000. This funding was to complete a 12 month project for innovative self-harm and suicide prevention projects in community settings.
Peer Mentors
- Provide support, encouragement and advice to SPIF22 projects
- Share information and resources
- Learn and understand the projects and build a relationship with the project leads
- Meet with the project leads (either face to face or in person, in a group or as individuals)
- Facilitate workshops/drop in sessions
- Meet with other peer mentors to share information
- Support the facilitation of network working between projects and progress towards the wider strategic objectives
Round 2 funded projects
The following projects have benefited from Round 2 of the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Suicide Prevention Innovation Fund. This supported innovative community-based projects to help reduce the numbers of people taking their own lives.
Preventing suicides of young and middle-aged men in our community.
Contact name: Nigel Lynch
Email: nigel_lynch@icloud.com
Suicide Prevention specialist community connector – for young people and their families
Contact name: Katy Hutchinson
Email: katy@chaosgroupcornwall.co.uk
Supporting young people and young people with autism with their mental health through engaging in outdoor skills, gardening and youthwork.
Contact name: Charlotte Brasier
Email: charlotte.cornishacorn@gmail.com
Mind Wellbeing and Prevention Groups focusing on recovery, resilience and self-care.
Contact name: Paul Reeve
Email: paul@cornwallmind.org or jon@cornwallmind.org
Community peer supporters and young leaders with lived experience of mental health issues support for young people to reduce the risk of self-harm or suicide.
Contact name: Emma Wooderson
Email: ewooderson@cn4c.org.uk
Improving the mental health and wellbeing of rural LGBTQ+ communities.
Contact name: Matthew Kenworthy Gomes
Email: matthew@cornwallpride.org
Access to Justice with Emotional Support and Advocacy to Suicide Prevention.
Contact name: Joanne Duncan
Email: legal@dracaenacentre.org
Early identification and intervention for victims of domestic abuse and sexual violence with suicide risk.
Contact name: Lyn Gooding
Email: lyn.gooding@firstlight.org.uk
Young People’s Mental Well-being Programme x 3 groups; Emotional Resilience, Sharma (for young women who self-harm) and LGBTQ+ groups
Contact name: Stephen Potts, Jacqueline Hart (project Manager), Michelle Le Froy (Deputy Manager)
Email: stephen@teamhyp.co.uk or jacqueline@teamhyp.co.uk or mod@teamhyp.co.uk
Menopause Muse – supporting mental health through menopause education in Cornwall.
Contact name: Helen Tite
Email: helen@icareimove.com
MASA Men Against Sexual Abuse. Suicide Protection Counselling Support therapies.
Contact name: Paul Philp
Email: menagainstsexualabuse@yahoo.com
St Petrocs' Freshfield Service: preventing suicide and self-harm in people experiencing homelessness throughout Cornwall.
Contact name: Lois Wild
Email: lois.wild@stpetrocs.org.uk
YPTP – young people transition project. To support young people with multiple vulnerabilities and unmet MH needs aged 15-18 who have transitioned from secondary to further education.
Contact name: Cami Smith and Kate Sidwell
Email: Camille.smith@ypc.org.uk or Kate.sidwell@ypc.org.uk
