Education Establishments

Suicide is a difficult topic to talk about and one that hopefully never affects the young people in your care or school community. The reality, however, is that it does cross the minds of many young people, including schoolchildren. In fact, suicide is the leading cause of death among young people and in children the numbers are alarmingly high. Over 200 schoolchildren are lost to suicide every year in the UK.

The Headlight Project Vision

“To reduce the number of deaths by suicide in the Tees Valley through therapy of those bereaved by suicide and preventative education and training.”

We believe that death by suicide in young people is preventable and education and awareness are the key to this. Our training session is suitable for pupils Year 10 upwards.

Our presentation aims to

• To increase awareness of suicide and suicide prevention
• To provide information on the Headlight Projects prevention of Youth Suicide
• To Shine a Light and to encourage the creation of a suicide-safer community
• To understand the importance of self-care and strategies for listening and resilience building

If you would like to book an awareness session for your school or college please contact Sophie at education@headlightproject.org.

Suicide is a difficult topic to talk about and one that hopefully never affects the young people in your care or school community. The reality, however, is that it does cross the minds of many young people, including schoolchildren. In fact, suicide is the leading cause of death among young people and in children the numbers are alarmingly high. Over 200 schoolchildren are lost to suicide every year in the UK.

Our mission at the Headlight Project is to “To reduce the number of deaths by suicide in the Tees Valley through therapy of those bereaved by suicide and preventative education and training.”

We believe that death by suicide in young people is preventable and education and awareness are the key to this.

Our training session aims to

• To increase awareness of suicide and suicide prevention
• To provide information on the Headlight Projects prevention of Youth Suicide
• To increase staff confidence levels in talking about suicide with students
• To address myths and misconception around suicide
• To Shine a Light and to encourage the creation of a suicide-safer community in your school/college
• To understand the importance of self-care and stress management techniques

If you would like to book an awareness training session for staff please contact Sophie at education@headlightproject.org

“I learnt that there is always help no matter what and all the different charities and people I could talk too. I also learnt that Tees Valley has the highest suicide rate.”

“I learnt that there is always help no matter what. And that it’s ok to feel vulnerable at times.”