Choose Life Summit 2010
Date: 8/9 February 2010
Location: Aberdeen
Venue: Hilton Doubletree
This annual event provided an excellent forum to meet, share knowledge and practice with local area co-ordinators, national partners and stakeholders. Furthermore, the event allowed all delegates to review progress over the last year on the achievements of Choose Life, whilst also encouraging discussions about future developments and challenges. While suicide rates in Scotland have declined by 10% since the launch of Choose Life in 2002, those in the most deprived areas of Scotland have a suicide risk double that of the Scottish average and young men continue to be at greater risk. As a result, the Summit in Glasgow last year focused on inequalities and concluded that 'widening the net' would be a useful approach to tackle this issue head on. Therefore, through communicating with others locally, nationally and internationally – this year's theme was Connecting to assist 'widening and ultimately strengthening the net'.
The 2010
Choose Life Summit Programme contains an outline of activities over the 2 days.
The official Summit Report will be available in March/April 2010.
The main presentations can be accessed below.
Monday 8th February
| Presenatation Title: |
Presented By: |
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Choose Life in North Lanarkshire |
Greg Burgess, Choose Life Co-ordinator, North Lanarkshire |
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Choose Life in the Scottish Borders |
Haylis Mackay, Choose Life Co-ordinator, Scottish Borders |
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Choose Life in Shetland |
Karen Smith, Choose Life Co-ordinator, Shetland |
| Choose Life in Aberdeenshire |
Linda Paterson, Choose Life Co-ordinator, Aberdeenshire |
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Choose Life in Aberdeen City |
Cliff Watt, Choose Life Co-ordinator, Aberdeen City |
| Choose Life in Edinburgh City - Social Media |
Sandra de Munoz, Choose Life Co-ordinator, Edinburgh City |
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Scottish Government |
Geoff Huggins, Head of Mental Health, Scottish Government |
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Thinking About Evalauation or Evaluative Thinking |
Tamara Mulherin, Public Health Advisor, NHS Health Scotland |
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Networking Statements |
Brian Young, Choose Life Co-ordinator, Inverclyde |
Tuesday 9th February
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Mind Your Head |
Shona Manson, Chair, Mind Your Head, and Karen Smith, Choose Life Co-ordinator, Shetland |
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'Suicide. Don't hide it. Talk about it' - The next steps |
Laura Blair, Communications Manager, NHS Health Scotland |
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Samaritans in Scotland |
Frances Simpson, Scottish Development Manager, Samaritans |
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Childline - Connecting with Young People |
Benjamin Napier, ChildLine Services Manager, Children 1st |
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Breathing Space - New Challenges and Directions |
Tony Mclaren, National Development Manager, Breathing Space |
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How can we explore and explain the clustering of suicidal behaviour among young people? |
Robert Young, Research Associate, Medical Research Council Social and Public Health Sciences Unit |
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Grampian Police - Using Behavioural Profiling to inform Risk Assessment & Response |
Dr Penny Woolnough, Senior Research Officer, Grampian Police and Graham Gibb, Retired Police Inspector* |
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Helensburgh's Got Talent |
Dave Bertin, Choose Life Co-ordinator, Argyll & Bute CHP |
*Upon request, the publication
Missing Persons: Understanding, planning, responding, referred to by Dr Penny Woolnough and Graham Gibb MBE, is now available.
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