Today we launch our report ‘Paid Yesterday, Broke Today’.
New research in partnership with @UniStrathclyde investigates the link between employment and financial instability and suicide in Scotland.
Read here: https://t.co/TapwQxfh3R
Suicide is an inequality issue.
As part of #ChallengePoverty Week, we are announcing our research 'Paid Yesterday, Broke Today' investigating the link between financial instability, employment and suicide in Scotland.
Sign up for our launch event here 👇
https://t.co/wvJMYOQx5v
Are you passionate about suicide prevention in Scotland? Would you like to use your lived experience to influence change?
We are recruiting 6 people to form a Lived Experience Advisory Group 💚
More info & application form here 👇
https://t.co/lSkVO8EY5x
We are recruiting participants for a study with @UniStrathclyde aimed at exploring the experiences of unstable employment and/or low income for people living in Scotland.
More info & how to apply available here! 👇
https://t.co/niQQ2btHcV
...why not apply for this awesome campaigns job at Samaritans before it's too late? 🚨Deadline for applications on Sunday🚨 Come hang out with me and let's change the world together! 🙌
Research tells us that LGBTQ+ people are at a higher risk of suicidal thoughts, suicide attempts and self-harm compared to people who aren’t LGBTQ+.
But, being LGBTQ+ isn’t a risk in itself, it’s often because of experiences LGBTQ+ people may have 🧵
"This Challenge Poverty Week it’s vital that we recognise that suicide is an inequality issue."
Guest blog with @PovertyAlliance from our Policy Officer, Dave Morris 👇
https://t.co/ZSqqxN4dRr
#ChallengePoverty
🚨 Guest blog from @SamaritansScot!
👇 "This #ChallengePoverty Week it’s vital that we recognise that suicide is an inequality issue..."
https://t.co/Oa13CTVF1v https://t.co/mJYqzpAtYn
We are currently recruiting participants for a study with @UniStrathclyde aimed at exploring the experiences of unstable employment and/or low income for people living in Scotland.
More info & how to apply available here 👇
https://t.co/niQQ2btHcV
It’s #ChallengePoverty week. We can end the injustice of poverty, together 💚
We’re joining @PovertyAlliance and 100’s of organisations as we unite in our calls for a just and equal Scotland free from poverty.
📝 We are seeking an experienced researcher, lived experience practitioner or partnership to develop & deliver new research on the experiences of people regarding insecure work, (un)employment, low pay & suicide risk
📅 Closing: 24/02/23
More info here👇
https://t.co/KAscW5lhGs
📝RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY
We are seeking an experienced researcher, lived experience practitioner or partnership to develop & deliver new research on the experiences of people regarding insecure work, (un)employment, low pay & suicide risk.
More info here👇
https://t.co/KAscW5lhGs
🚐 We’re in our new @Sams_Scotland van and we can’t wait to take it round communities across Scotland.
First stop - @ScotParl ahead of @KevinStewartSNP’s statement later today on the new suicide prevention strategy! 💚
📢 We welcome the new long-term Suicide Prevention Strategy and Action Plan from @ScotGovHealth & @COSLA launched today.
Read our full response here 👇
https://t.co/vZ8Nwlv3WF
📢 We are urging both the UK Government & the Scottish Government to use all the powers available to them to help tackle the cost-of-living crisis and the impact this could have on people’s mental wellbeing in the coming weeks and months. 🧵(1/6)
✍️ The Scottish Government are finalising a new plan to help prevent suicide - and they want to hear from you.
Click the link & have your say today! 👇
https://t.co/AfkbvmJ30C
📝 People living in Scotland’s most deprived areas remain more than three times more likely to die by suicide than those living in the least deprived areas.
Read our response to the suicide statistics for 2021 👇
https://t.co/4QA1bhWXXk