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Every year, suicide claims over 720,000 lives globally leaving behind grieving families and colleagues. The causes of suicide are multi-faceted, influenced by social, cultural, biological, psychological, and environmental factors, throughout an individual’s life. For each life lost, many more attempt suicide, and a prior attempt significantly increases the risk of future suicidal behaviour.
As an employer, manager, or colleague, you may find yourself supporting someone who is experiencing suicidal thoughts or facing the devastating impact of suicide within your work community. While this is never an easy situation, you can play an important role in creating a supportive environment, mitigating risks, and managing crises with compassion.
If you or someone you know is struggling with thoughts of suicide, please seek help. Support is available, and no one should face these challenges alone.
This page offers resources to guide you in supporting a colleague with suicidal thoughts and managing the impact of suicide within your team. Together, we can promote understanding, provide hope, and contribute to suicide prevention.
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Every suicide is a tragedy that affects families, communities and workplaces, and has long-lasting effects on the people left behind. In this fact sheet from the World Health Organisation, you can read more about suicide, its risk factors and prevention.
This toolkit, created by Business in the Community UK, is designed to assist senior leadership, line managers, human resources, and occupational health and safety professionals in identifying employees who may be experiencing suicidal thoughts. It offers actionable advice for responding to immediate crises and integrating suicide prevention measures into an organisation’s policies and procedures.
This toolkit from Business in the Community UK supports employers in navigating the complex aftermath of an employee’s suicide, both on and off the job. It offers guidance for immediate response, news dissemination, and long-term support for grieving colleagues.
How can you support someone with suicidal thoughts? What does ‘being there’ for someone mean? On this page by Samaritans, you can find guidance for how to support someone with suicidal thoughts.
This video by Psych Hub introduces how to recognise suicidal thoughts.
This webpage article by Mind UK explains what suicidal feelings are, and what you can do if you feel suicidal. It also covers the causes, treatments and support options for suicidal feelings.