Are you wanting to lead the way in helping people experiencing suicidal distress in your community? Do you have lived experience of suicide* and feel like you’re ready to give back to your community and help people in distress?
We would love to hear from you! We’re searching for…
Community-led Safe Space volunteers to welcome and support people experiencing emotional distress, suicidal thoughts or crisis, and their support network to the Safe Space.
Community-led Safe Space Working Group members to help run and organise the Safe Space. As a working group member, you will recruit and organise the volunteers, carry out community engagement including establishing referral pathways for guests, and aid in getting the word out there that the Safe Space is operating and providing support. You will help organise fundraising events and grant writing. You will organise the financial side of the running of the Safe Space and ensure its fidelity and that it is operated in accordance with the key principles and the community consultation guidance.
To become a volunteer within a Community-led Safe Space, we ask you to have:
- availability of at least 3 hours per month
- availability to complete online self-paced training and 1.5. days of online workshops
- can be involved for a minimum of 12 months
Please ensure you have read the ‘Readiness to be Involved in Suicide Prevention’ document before completing your application, which you can find here.
*Lived Experience of Suicide: we define Lived Experience as having experienced suicidal thoughts, survived a suicide attempt, been bereaved by suicide, or cared for someone who has been suicidal.
