Suicide Prevention Co-production Project

Leeds Mind has been commissioned by the West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership to deliver a coproduction project focussed on suicide prevention.

The project is funded for two years from March 2022, and covers Leeds, Bradford, Kirklees, Wakefield, and Calderdale.

We work with a team of volunteers from across West Yorkshire who all have lived experience of being impacted by suicide. Drawing on lived experience, volunteers have been working on projects and campaigns that aim to;

• Reduce stigma around mental health and suicide.
• Raise awareness.
• Champion the voices of people with lived experience.
• Challenge and influence decision makers to improve mental health support for clients and families.

So far, these projects have included producing guidelines for organisations aiming to work with people with lived experience, and videos for health and care staff to help them prevent suicide.

At the end of our 2 years, volunteers and our project coordinator will write a report, that will make recommendations for systems change.