I work in the Centre for Mental Health and Risk at the University of Manchester which is the largest suicide prevention research unit internationally. I am currently in the early stages of developing the...
27/02/2014 2 of 3 posts that focus on my meeting with Eve Barratt I mentioned in a previous post that I met Eve Barratt, who is the Director for Lifeline, South East Australia. However,...
27th February 2014 I landed in Melbourne, after a long haul flight. It was around 11pm and I was starving. The hotel was very basic and was not situated in the best part of...
27/02/2014 1 of 3 posts that focus on my meeting with Eve Barratt I have arranged to meet Eve Barratt who is the Lifeline manager for South East Australia. Whilst it is my intention to...
I have been in Australia a total of six days and it has made me realise just how much communities in the UK struggle to refer to the word ‘suicide.’ For example, many health...
I am quickly learning that this trip is about embracing lots of wonderful and unexpected experiences, being receptive to new ideas, different ways of working and sharing what I learn along the way. Equally,...
Alright I admit it, that is not me slumped on the suitcase but that is exactly how I felt when I arrived in Melbourne! My journey to Australia consisted of two flights lasting 20...
I can hear myself moaning now, ‘I never win anything!’ Well I might have never won the lottery or even a raffle prize, but it seems my luck is changing. I have recently been...
So where shall I begin? My life before my brother died, my experience of being bereaved by suicide, my work as a researcher, my vision to develop the first suicide bereavement research unit in...
2 Aug, 2020
26 Jul, 2020
The Joy of Builders Working in Your Home
21 Jul, 2020
Please tell me I am not the only one!
14 Jul, 2020
So Who Are You Going to Invite?
5 Jul, 2020
28 Feb, 2014
My Personal Experience of Being Bereaved by Suicide
17 Feb, 2014
The Purpose of ‘Mens Sheds’ in Australia
18 Mar, 2014
