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PAPYRUS Prevention of Young Suicide is the UK charity dedicated to the prevention of suicide and the promotion of positive mental health and emotional wellbeing in young people. We believe that no young person should have to struggle alone with thoughts of suicide.

Mission, vision, values

PAPYRUS exists to reduce the number of young people who take their own lives, by shattering the stigma surrounding suicide and equipping young people and their communities with the skills to recognise and respond to emotional distress.
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Help and advice
HOPELINEUK

Our suicide prevention helpline, HOPELINEUK, is a free, confidential, non-judgmental space to talk openly about your thoughts of suicide with our trained advisers. We work with young people, concerned others and professionals via phone, text, email and webchat, every day.

Help and advice resources

From coping techniques to conversation starters, distraction techniques and dealing with anxiety, we have a broad range of help and advice resources for you to download.
Fundraising
Fundraising news

Read about our latest fundraising events, campaigns and ways in which you can get involved. We shine a spotlight on some of our incredible fundraisers, flying the flag for Team PAPYRUS across the UK.

Donate

There are so many ways that you can get involved and raise funds for PAPYRUS so we can keep saving young lives. Your support helps us to keep our services running, offering a lifeline to young people at risk of suicide and creating suicide-safer communities across the UK.
Education and training
What we offer

We offer a range of suicide prevention training for individuals, workplaces and communities across the UK. From our free 30-minute SP-ARK session, to a two-day ASIST course, there are plenty of ways to create a suicide-safer environment where you are.

Education and training FAQs

Want to take part in our education and training, but have a question about what we offer? We've compiled a list of our most commonly asked questions.
- Suicide prevention training
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  - SP-OT
  - SP-EAK
  - ASIST
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News and campaigns
Latest news

Keep up to date with the latest news from across PAPYRUS. From upcoming campaigns to personal blogs from our supporters, fundraisers and volunteers.

Campaigns

Learn about our current and upcoming campaigns. From Save the Class to Spot the Signs, Sinking Feeling and more.
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Sinking Feeling

Share our latest campaign animation, Sinking Feeling. We worked with BAFTA Award-winning animation studio, Blue Zoo, to create this short film demonstrating the stresses that young people face, today.
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News and campaigns

NISRA suicide statistics for Northern Ireland 2015...

Following today’s release of the NISRA’s Review of Suicide Statistics for Northern Ireland 2015-2021*, Ged Flynn, PAPYRUS Chief Executive, commented:…

The Big Give 2022

We’re excited to announce that we’ll be taking part in the Big Give 2022 Christmas Challenge! This means that for…

Men’s mental health and toxic masculinity

The following blog has been produced by a PAPYRUS Volunteer. More information about volunteering opportunities at PAPYRUS can be found…

Coping with the cost of living crisis

There is a lot of uncertainty around the cost of living crisis at the moment. As everything continues to soar…

The cost of living crisis

The cost of living crisis seems to be everywhere we turn – it is being discussed on every form of…

HERO DADS HIT MILLION POUND TARGET

HERO DADS HIT MILLION POUND TARGET 19 October 2022 Three dads who set out to achieve something positive following the…

A moment for reflection

Like many of my colleagues, I have spent a lot of time recently with people who have been bereaved by…

Charities urge PM to consider Online Safety Bill

Charities urge PM to consider Online Safety Bill As we marked World Mental Health Day this week, PAPYRUS joined 13…

World Mental Health Day 2022

The 10th October marks World Mental Health Day a globally-recognised awareness day from the World Health Organisation. This year, the…

HERO DADS COMPLETE THEIR CHARITY TREK

Three dads have completed a 600-mile trek in memory of the daughters they lost to suicide. The fathers finished close…

Guidance on information sharing

This week, Universities UK, in partnership with PAPYRUS, published recommendations calling on universities to be more proactive in preventing student…