Do you offer support or meet people experiencing or affected by suicidal crisis through your work in communities?

The team supporting implementation of the The Time Space Compassion - three simple words, one big difference Report invites you to join this on-line workshop, to share your perspective and learning on : what does it mean to provide a timely and compassionate response to people in and affected by suicidal crisis, through our work in and with communities?

Where does this comes from?

Time Space Compassion is a set of principles and a growing network of people seeking to secure better outcomes and support for people experiencing suicidal crisis. We aim to do this by:

focusing on people's experience of crisis and of what we do, including the small things people tell us have the biggest impact; and

using this to grow our collective capacity to see every conversation and connection as an opportunity to have a positive impact for someone in crisis.

Over the course of a lifetime, 1 in 15 people will have attempted suicide and for many people behind those numbers, there may have been missed opportunities to reach out for help. Up to 135 people can be impacted in some way by every suicide. We know that people who experience suicidal thoughts and those impacted seek support in a wide range of places - including existing trusted relationships and places that offer other forms of support.

This work is part of the programme of activity underpinning Scotland's Suicide Prevention Strategy and action plan. connects to wider work to redesign urgent and unscheduled mental health care pathways.

We are currently working to develop resources to help more people working in and with communities to consider the part the Time Space Compassion approach can shape how they response to people experiencing this form of crisis.

Workshop aim

To bring people working in and with communities together to capture and share what they know about offering Time Space Compassion in community settings - where you see it, what it takes and the practical things you do to keep it at the heart of what you do.

This workshop invites you to:

get the latest information & insights on work to develop the Time Space Compassion approach
share your own experiences and hear what others are doing that supports Time Space Compassion in practice
connect and network with other people across Scotland wanting to make an impact in community settings
share your thoughts on practical ways / opportunities to connect Time Space Compassion with your other key priorities and things you are being asked to do
shape the Time Space Compassion supporting resources. By participating in this event, you will be contributing to our ongoing work to highlight the different ways Time Space Compassion is already happening in a range of settings, as well as key learning and the challenges you've navigated along the way.

The session will take place on MS Teams and will include

short presentations on Time Space Compassion
small group work / practice sharing conversations
the option to take part in on-line engagement activities as part of the whole group

Please feel free to distribute to people you think may be interested in this workshop.

Accessibility

We look forward to welcoming you to the session. It's important to us that you feel supported to participate and that these sessions are accessible - please get in touch with us at TSC@gov.scot to let us know about any adaptations, support or interpreter services that would enable that.

Do you offer support or meet people experiencing or affected by suicidal crisis through your work in communities?

W﻿here does this comes from?

We are currently working to develop resources to help more people working in and with communities to consider the part the Time Space Compassion approach can shape how they response to people experiencing this form of crisis.

Workshop aim

Where does this comes from?

Time Space Compassion in Communities