Suicide First Aid Lite

Most people who are considering suicide do not in fact want to end their lives – they just want the pain to stop. Through raised awareness, good communication and effective support, lives can be saved.

This 3.5 hour course will help you spot the early signs that someone may be struggling and build confidence to apply a ‘first aid approach’ to avoid a crisis and help someone with thoughts of suicide stay safe.

Course overview

Teaching the theory and practice of suicide intervention skills that can be applied in any professional or personal setting, this programme is delivered over 3.5 hours as a suicide prevention awareness session. 

The Suicide First Aid Lite course gives learners the knowledge and tools to understand that suicide is one of the most preventable deaths and some basic skills can help someone with thoughts of suicide stay safe from their thoughts and stay alive.

Course content

SFA Lite is made up of of 2 parts. The programme teaches the skills needed to identify someone who may be thinking about suicide and to pass the person onto a suicide first aider.

Part 1 

• Introduction to the session; programme, ourselves and suicide prevention
• Stigma and the experiences of survivors of bereavement by suicide 
• Suicide thoughts and suicide behaviour
• Intention of behaviour versus outcome of behaviour
• Possible causes of suicide thoughts
• Suicide – the ripple effect

Part 2 

• ‘I’m really glad you told me’ audio visual
• Suicide Safety Guidance
• Recognising and asking about suicide
• Referring a person onto suicide first aiders

Suicide First Aid Lite training offers learning outcomes that are knowledge based and factual. This training is highly interactive and an emotionally engaging learning experience.

Participants will be asked to self- reflect and empathise with a person having thoughts of suicide. There is no expectation on participants to share personal experiences.

For further information please contact: chris.chamberlain@guernseymind.org.gg