Papyrus SPEAK+ training
Please find below details of sessions being delivered by Papyrus on their SPEAK+ training. There are three sessions available across North, Mid and South Wales. The training is also intended for those working in youth homelessness and housing support settings, so please feel free to circulate among colleagues working in young persons’ projects.
If you have any questions about the training, please contact Rachel.Edmonds@papyrus-uk.org who is organizing the training.
South Wales SPEAK+ Training
Thursday 23rd April
10am – 4pm
Pontardawe Library, Holly St, Pontardawe, Swansea, SA8 4ET
Booking Link: https://WWSPEAKSafetyplanningHomelessness.eventbrite.co.uk
North Wales SPEAK+ Training
Wednesday 6th May
10am – 4pm
Digartref, Hillgrove, 5 Ffriddoedd Road, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2TW
Booking Link: WW: SPEAK+ Safety planning Homelessness Tickets, Wednesday 6 May • 9 – 16 | Eventbrite
Mid Wales SPEAK+ Training
Wednesday 13th May
10am – 4pm
The House Building Factory, Buttington Cross Enterprise Park, Welshpool, Powys SY21 8SL
Booking Link: https://WWSPEAKSafetyplanningHomelessness2.eventbrite.co.uk
These sessions are have been funded by the SSHP specifically for those who work with homeless communities. The training is an extended pilot of our established SPEAK (Suicide Prevention: Ask, Explore, Keep Safe) training, with an increased focus on the safety planning element.
The key objectives are:
- To consider the attitudes, myths and stigma that surround suicide
- To recognise and explore the ‘signs’ that may indicate someone is having thoughts of suicide
- To encourage an open, safe and sensitive conversation about suicide with a person having thoughts of suicide
- To support a safety plan with someone thinking of suicide.
Refreshments such as tea and coffee will be provided for breaks; however, lunch will not be provided. There are however, supermarkets and shops nearby where food can be purchased during the lunch break.
