Every day, around two people die from suicide in Scotland

In 2002, the Scottish Executive launched Choose Life, a ten year strategy and action plan to prevent suicide in Scotland.

Choose Life sets out a framework to ensure that action is taken nationally and locally to build skills, develop training, encourage people to seek help early, improve knowledge and awareness of 'what works' to prevent suicide, and to encourage partnership working and improved co-ordination between services.

Our website aims to be a central portal of information about suicide prevention in Scotland - do please help us keep others informed of developments and let us know how useful you found our site.

Don't hide it. Talk about it.

Choose Life marked the start of Suicide Prevention Week 2008 by launching the national 'Don't hide it. Talk about it' campaign. The integrated communications campaign formed a vital part of the strategy's implementation by raising awareness of suicide and and how it can be prevented among the general public. It included poster, press and radio advertising as well as online advertising to direct people to the new public-facing website www.suicide-prevention.co.uk. A variety of local activities also took place which amplified the key messages of the national campaign and reflected the theme of 2008 World Suicide Prevention Day to 'Think Globally, Plan Nationally, Act Locally'.

What's New?

The National Forum on Drug Related Deaths in Scotland releases it's Annual Report for 2008/09

Suicide prevention training promoted in The Big Issue (18-24 June) to support National Depression Week

Choose Life has released an update on the establishment of a Scottish suicide database

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