On The Go – Children – July 14th 2023
<p>As both a practitioner and a person who has lost someone to suicide, I really valued the session on the language to use around suicide with Angela. I think mental health professionals can often struggle with discomfort and preconceptions when we talk about suicide. I felt the session really empowered me to be direct in the language I use, but also helped me to understand that this can be done in a sensitive way that opens up helpful discussions. I also felt it provided some really useful thinking around the importance of considering the implications of the language we use when talking about suicide in the media. I'm planning to feed back the session to my team and would recommend it to anyone working in a service where suicide is often discussed.</p>
PABBS In-House Training – Gateshead – June 2023
<p>As a Mental Health First Aider/support worker i was inspired by the trainers knowledge and research. Their first hand experience in supporting those affected personally and professionally, was expressed in the training and reconfirmed that this is an important area to develop my knowledge in . Highly recommend.</p>
PABBS In-House Training – Gloucester – July 2023
<p>PABBS facilitators attended my workplace and delivered a workshop for our Family Liaison Practitioners. The facilitators presented some information that was entirely new to me, enabled me to examine my approach to speaking to and listening to families and how to look after myself. The presentation was more a conversation and that was appreciated by the whole group. The subject was handled very sensitively, with passion and compassion. The course contents were entirely relevant and the resources are of a very high standard. I’m really pleased that I and the team undertook this training, and it would come with my recommendation.</p> <p> </p>
PABBS In-House Training – Gateshead – June 2023
<p>The PABBS training session helped bring confidence and understanding amongst our team around the needs and wants of those who are bereaved by suicide, while also highlighting the importance of self-care for those who are supporting others affected. The course acts as a prompt to reconsider and re-evaluate our assumptions about who is and how people are impacted by suicide, as well as taking a more sustained and long-term approach to supporting those impacted. Yinka and Sharon put the team at ease immediately and were personable, knowledgeable and engaging hosts throughout, ensuring that a session focusing on a fairly sombre topic was enjoyable to be a part of.</p>
PABBS – Manchester – June 2023
<p>Thanks to PABBS, I am now accompanied by over seven and a half thousand voices that have been bereaved by suicide, and when I do the work that I do, that is a comfort to me. My training day with PABBS gave me insights I did not have, and resources I can draw upon, making me a better resource for the people I support. In the short time since the training I can tell you that those 7500 voices have already been heard by a university welfare team, dozens of bereavement volunteers and a collection of people who have found themselves in the club no one wanted to be in. But once you find yourself in that club, you realise you are desperately searching to connect with other members, so you can be heard and hear. I would recommend the training, for the knowledge, the opportunity to meet amazing facilitators, and the amazing attendees, who by association, are also members of that club. We all need to embrace that elephant and PABBS has given me the confidence and validation to do just that.</p>
PABBS – Manchester – June 2023
<p>I have to say it was one of the most insightful and helpful training programs I have ever attended. It was presented extremely well and was in a relatable and easy-to-understand manner. As someone who has experienced the loss of a loved one to suicide, I found all the areas discussed to be key in understanding and navigating the complex emotions and challenges that come with bereavement. The training also provided me with valuable insights on self-care and setting boundaries within my professional role, which I found particularly helpful. I would highly recommend the training to anyone working within this field.</p>
PABBS – Manchester – June 2023
<p>I attended the course with some apprehension, it’s a very relaxed environment and humour and appreciation for one another story is very pertinent to your own understanding of suicide and bereavement. It was also purposeful to connect to others on the course who have a lived experience of suicide that may shape how you deal with or manage future families that you may support in your role or profession. It would be good for me as an NHS professional to understand the journey of grief after suicide and I hope this would be explored further on the day. But appreciating one day is a short window to experience or develop such skills or at least have confidence in your acquisition. The resources that were given were good and already embedded them in my own workstream to support families and shared these amongst other colleagues. How we look after ourselves is very pertinent to our own resilience and something I need to develop-That was one thing I took away as a personal task. </p>
PABBS Training – Manchester – June 2023
<p>Having only ever previously attended suicide prevention training, I found the PABBS training to be extremely valuable to equip me with the tools to support those bereaved by suicide. The pace, structure and delivery was excellent and I came away feeling much more confident in how to support my peers, participants and family and friends.</p>
PABBS – InHouse Training – North Yorks – March 2023
<p>Angela and Yinka are a real credit to your organisation and the work you all do, thank you so much for one of the best training courses in this field of work.</p>
PABBS – InHouse Training – North Yorks – March 2023
<p>I just wanted to say what an amazing day Angela and Yinka gave us. The Major Incident Response Team volunteers provide the county’s primary postvention service and to be able to receive this valuable training really added to building their confidence in being able to sit with, and have compassionate conversations with those bereaved. The course delivery is very informative and engaging with just the right balance of education and conversation. Seeing the reality of data really brought the subject home to the volunteers and hopefully if they didn’t already know it they do now, the important role they play in quickly supporting those bereaved. The volunteers have been emailing me to say how much they loved Angela and Yinka and that whilst they have done lots of training courses, this one will stay will them for many reasons. </p>
PABBS In-House Training – Kent & Medway – March 2023
<p>‘Recently attended the one day ‘Postvention: Assisting those bereaved by suicide’ training with my colleague and found the content invaluable for providing appropriate support to those bereaved by suicide. The course was thought-provoking, engaging and well delivered, and involved other partner agencies which added other relevant perspectives. I would recommend the course to anyone involved in supporting those bereaved by suicide or designing and implementing services to support others impacted by these events.’</p>
PABBS In-House Training – Kent & Medway – March 2023
<p>‘Recently attended the one day ‘Postvention: Assisting those bereaved by suicide’ training with my colleague and found the content invaluable for providing appropriate support to those bereaved by suicide. The course was thought-provoking, engaging and well delivered, and involved other partner agencies which added other relevant perspectives. I would recommend the course to anyone involved in supporting those bereaved by suicide or designing and implementing services to support others impacted by these events.’</p>
PABBS InHouse Training – Stourbridge, March 2023
<p>I found this PABBS training to be very interesting and informative and helped me to understand some of the considerations specific to suicide bereavement, and how better to engage with those affected by it. The training also considered those indirectly affected, such as the emergency services, funeral profession etc. and to be mindful of the effects on their health and wellbeing.</p>
PABBS – InHouse – North East – March 2023
<p>Attending PABBS has made me more aware of my own needs and the needs of others during the bereavement process. The course is thought provoking and very emotive, delivered by amazing people. The PABBS training has made me more confident in supporting those bereaved by suicide.</p>
On The Go – Talking to Children and Young People – Feb 2023
<p>I recently attended (Feb 2023) On The Go training on 'Talking to Children and Young People Affected by Suicide' facilitated by SBUK; as Celebrants, we are sometimes the next professionals to speak with the family after the emergency service, so it is important that we understand where possible the correct language when talking with the bereaved. The training was delivered in an easy-to-understand way. I would highly recommend the training to other professional Celebrants.</p>
On The Go – Talking to Children and Young People – Feb 2023
<p>After losing our beautiful daughter Mary to suicide in May 2020. We became increasingly aware that our granddaughter who was 6 at the time and so very close to her auntie, would one day start to ask more questions around how Mary died and so this training session was absolutely vital for us to understand how best to support her but also give us the confidence to be able to respond to her questions. The 90 minute session “Talking to children and young people when there has been a suicide” was excellent and we would highly recommend this training for anyone living or working with a child who has been affected by suicide.</p>
On The Go – Talking to Children & Young People – InHouse – Rotherham – Nov 2022
<p>I recently attended a training session entitled “Talking to children and young people when there has been a suicide”. The training session lasted approx. 90 minutes and was delivered by Suicide Bereavement UK. The training session was excellent and was delivered by staff who clearly have a high level of expertise in this field but who are also able to deliver such training in an easy-to-understand way. The training session was varied and included lots of engagement with attendees and also a group exercise. This training is definitely something that can help practitioners support children and young people who have experienced bereavement by suicide. I would highly recommend this training and will be recommending it to my colleagues who were unable to attend. </p>
On The Go – Talking to Children & Young People – InHouse – Rotherham – Nov 2022
<p>The trainer was very informative and happy to answer any questions or queries that we had. The language that was used to speak to the children would not be what I would have used before but I can see that this opens up opportunities for the children affected to ask questions. The training has also given me the confidence to have these conversations with the children even if I don't have the answer. Having had a few children that have been affected buy suicide in the last few months, with this training I will know better how to support them.</p>
PABBS – Isle of Man – October 2022
<p>'I found the training informative and appropriated the recommend reading as both have helped to fill any small gaps in my information or confidence and reassured me that what I have been doing is the right approach'. </p>
PABBS – Pennine Care – Oldham – October 2022
<p>The PABBS training was fantastic. I was captivated by the trainers and the passion they had for their work. The course elements were very well structured, insightful and engaging. It made me reflect on how I had responded to suicide and things that I could aspire to do differently going forward. The course material was comprehensive and full of information on bereavement and where to go for support. The training gave me an excellent foundation to build on and links to resources I never knew existed. A massive thank you.</p>