The OLLIE Foundation

About the service

OLLIE is a charity dedicated to delivering suicide awareness, intervention and prevention training by empowering professionals and young adults in their communities to lead suicide prevention activities.

OLLIE offer confidential help and advice to young people and anyone worried about a young person. Resources help others to prevent young suicide by delivering a number of training programmes.

How to access the service

If you are supporting someone and there isn’t an immediate threat to life and YOU would like some advice, there is usually someone at OLLIE who you can speak to you during office hours. Find contact details below.

Availability

Monday to Friday between 9.30am and 4pm.

Contact details

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: 07715 311891

Visit the OLLIE Foundation website

National Suicide Prevention Alliance (NSPA)

About the service

National Suicide Prevention Alliance (NSPA) is an alliance of public, private and voluntary organisations in England who care about suicide prevention and are willing to take individual and collective action to reduce suicide and self-harm, and support those bereaved or affected by suicide.

How to access the service

National Suicide Prevention Alliance is unable to offer emotional support or advice on individual cases. To access their resources please visit NSPA website.

Availability

24/7 online resource.

Contact details

Visit the NSPA website

Suicide prevention training - Every Life Matters

About the service

Kensington and Chelsea Council have commissioned Every Life Matters to deliver a programme of suicide prevention training.

This half-day online training session is aimed at anyone who wants to understand more about suicide, how to spot when someone may be having thoughts of suicide, how to talk openly about suicide, what services and what practical support we can all offer each other.

The training modules are:

  • safety planning
  • suicide alertness
  • suicide awareness

How to access the service

Visit the Eventbrite page to book yourself on the training

distrACT

About the service

distrACT is a trusted national free resource for any health and care provider in the UK, from NHS organisations to universities, local authorities, health charities, and private mental health practitioners. This is a resource for self-harm support and suicide prevention.

How to access the service

Download the distrACT App.

Availability

24/7 online resource.

Contact details

Visit the Expert Self Care website

Asian Women Resource Centre (AWRC)

About the service

Asian Women Resource Centre was established over 40 years ago and is a pioneer of services for BME women and children affected by domestic abuse, forced marriages, honour based and faith-based abuse.

AWRC provides support services in the following languages: Arabic, Azerbaijani (Azeri), Bengali, Bangla, Dari, Dutch, Farsi, Gujarati, Hindi, Hinko, Konkani, Kurdish, Marathi, Pashto, Patwari, Persian, Punjabi, Somali, Tamil, Turkish and Urdu. Their service ensures cultural sensitivity, confidentiality and listening in a safe, non-judgemental environment. AWRC has an open-door policy to all women in need, from all ethnicities and backgrounds.

How to access the service

To make a referral to AWRC for yourself or someone else, please complete their online form.

If you need support for referrals please email [email protected].

Availability

Monday to Thursday between 9am and 5pm.
Friday between 10am and 5pm.

Contact details

Email:

[email protected]
[email protected]

Telephone:

020 8961 6549
020 8961 5701

Visit the Asian Women Resource Centre website

Home-Start Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea

About the service

Home-Start works with families in communities. Starting in the home, their approach is as individual as the people they are helping. No judgement, it is just compassionate, confidential help and expert support.

How to access the service

You can refer yourself or a family to the service by completeing the form for your preferred service.

You can also visit the service at St Paul’s Church Centre, Broadley Terrace, NW1 6LQ.

If you have any questions about the servise, find contact details below.

Availability

Monday to Friday between 9am and 5pm.

Contact details

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: 020 7724 1345

Visit Home-Start website

Lattef Project

About the service

Lattef Project provides Muslims, people of faith, and people of minoritised communities opportunities to use faith-based counselling, Islamic counselling to live more resourcefully.

If you are eligible, Lateef Project can provide up to 18 sessions, each 50 minutes long, of free multi-lingual faith-based counselling to adults who are looking to address specific issues with their mental health.

They can provide professional counselling services in English, Turkish, Bangla, Sylheti, Urdu, and Punjabi.

How to access the service

If you have any queries, would like more information, or if you would like support for your family, please get in touch by emailing them or by filling the form on their website.

Availability

Monday to Sunday between 9am and 6.30pm.

Contact details

Email: [email protected]
[email protected]

Visit the Lattef Project website

KeshetUK

About the service

KeshetUK is an education and training charity with a mission to ensure that Jewish LGBT+ people and their families are included throughout Jewish life in the UK.

KeshetUK offers a range of activities:

  • delivery of culturally sensitive LGBT+ inclusion training
  • development and delivery of educational content in schools and wider Jewish community settings
  • teacher training and ongoing support
  • youth leadership training
  • support for LGBT+ inclusion organisational audits
  • bespoke advice for organisations with difficult situations
  • meeting with individuals such as rabbi, teachers, staff at Jewish organisations - in confidence where necessary - to increase their understanding of what including Jewish LGBT+ people and their families could look like.

How to access the service

If there is something you have seen that interests you, a question that is not answered anywhere else on the website or to get more information contact the team by using their online form.

Contact details

Visit KeshetUK website

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