Community Suicide Prevention: Everyone Can Play a Part
If your local community got together and asked what an acceptable number of suicides would be, the answer would almost certainly be zero. We believe communities can make that ambition real — one conversation, one connection, one life at a time.

Suicide can affect anyone, but everyone can help prevent suicides. More than 7,000 people die by suicide in the UK every year, and suicide is the biggest killer of adults under 35. Behind every death is a community that feels the loss — and a community that could have helped.
What we believe
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"Most kids looked up to Jordan. He was fiercely loyal and would always stand up for the underdog, publicly confronting bullies or those who would mock others."
What does community suicide prevention look like?
It looks like ordinary places becoming safe places to talk. Schools, colleges and universities, local businesses, sports clubs and teams, chambers of commerce, charities, faith groups, pubs, cafés — anywhere people gather can be part of suicide prevention.

Our work with communities focuses on sharing information, raising awareness, and providing education and support so that suicide prevention is openly discussed and deaths by suicide become increasingly rare events.
How does The Jordan Legacy work with communities?
We collaborate with local communities and with those providing mental health and suicide prevention support who share our vision of a "Zero Suicide Society" Together we:
Identify and share what's working well locally, so other communities can learn from and adopt successful approaches
Design and run events, workshops, conferences and talks that raise awareness and offer practical guidance
Encourage high ambition — promoting strategies that can significantly reduce deaths and ease pressure on NHS mental health crisis services, and respectfully challenging organisations that set low-ambition targets
Engage with the latest research, including studies commissioned with our collaborative partners MEL Research, such as "Let's Talk About Suicide?!"
We also know that some people who engage with us are struggling themselves. We always safeguard by signposting to appropriate support — starting with our I Need Help Now page.
Many people find enormous comfort in being alongside others who truly understand. Samaritans' Facing the Future groups are free online peer support groups for people bereaved by suicide — weekly 90-minute sessions over six weeks, facilitated by trained volunteers. SOBS and The New Normal Charity also run free peer support groups across the UK and online.
What we believe
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What can our community do today? Five practical actions
1. Share two key messages with everyone:
"Anyone can be affected by suicide" and "Everyone can help prevent suicides."
2. Get trained.
Encourage everyone in your family, business, school, community group or club to receive mental health and suicide awareness training — our training partners Tara Powell and Steve Carr can help, via our Workplace Training page.
3. Take the free 20-minute course.
The Zero Suicide Alliance's NHS-approved online training is free for everyone.
4. Install the R;pple Suicide Prevention tool
free to schools, charities and families — on PCs and laptops.
5. Display clear signposting
to mental health and suicide prevention services in every community location.
Where do we start?
Start small and start today. Learn the warning signs on our I'm Worried About Someone page, share our Help & Resources with your networks, and connect your local school or workplace with our programmes.
Then
get in touch at hello@thejordanlegacy.com or on
0300 102 1612. Whether you're a parish council, a rugby club or a residents' group, we'd love to help your community take its first steps towards zero suicide.
