Alffe............by doing it alone i mean without my companies organisational name.....corporate bodies...tend to loose sight of initiatives and would rather tick boxes that meet legislation, or government targets.

setting up a help group independently allows the group itself the power to lead and steer the group its own way.

this year alone over 35 males who have been referred to where i work, have all attempted suicide or self harmed.
support is there in the beginning, in the way of the Samaritans [prevention]..then after the event there is medication/therapy [post event support]....upon discharge from hospital or doctors....there is a void

a sort of it happened [but lets not discuss it again attitude]

and for the families and friends of these people there is no support or answers to their questions].

i would not be alone in this venture i have a good friend and colleague who is very keen to help facilitate such a self help/ support group of this nature.


Its just an idea at present,

David