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Renfrewshire

Choose Life Plan
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Introduction

Background information on the plan can be found on the Renfrewshire Plan Overview Page.

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Activities


Key Area: Supporting the improved co-ordination of efforts by local agencies to develop and implement local suicide prevention action plans.

Choose Life Steering Group
Updated: Fri, 8 Dec, 2006
A multi-agency group reporting to the Health Improvement Group of the community planning partnership. To ensure implementation of Choose Life and to encourage participation by a range of stakeholders including agencies, voluntary and community organisations user and carer representatives.View Choose Life Steering Group Details

Mental Health Awareness Week
Updated: Fri, 8 Dec, 2006
A multi-agency initiative to raise awareness of mental health and to promote advice information and support. Choose Life has a role in the planning and implementation of this event.View Mental Health Awareness Week Details

Suicide Awareness Week
Updated: Fri, 8 Dec, 2006
Suicide Awareness Week provides an opportunity to promote Choose Life, provide a focus for partnership work to raise the profile and awareness of Choose Life.View Suicide Awareness Week Details

Key Area: Encouraging and supporting (more) innovative local voluntary services, community-based and self-help initiatives that contribute to the prevention of suicide in local neighbourhoods and communities.

Adult Services
Updated: Fri, 8 Dec, 2006
The Adult Resource worker offers: Short-term intervention service up to 10 individual sessions per week Advice and support to staff and carers Groupwork Telephone surgery Training Joint work with a range of organisationsView Adult Services Details

Self Help Groups
Updated: Fri, 8 Dec, 2006
Choose Life Renfrewshire is working in partnership with local user and carer networks and organisation to increase opportunities for people to access support.View Self Help Groups Details

Young People Service
Updated: Fri, 5 May, 2006
The Young Persons worker offers a direct service for young people, family members and carers also works inconjunction with people working to tackle suicide. Offer support and training to users, carers and staff. Short-term intervention up to 10 individual sessions per week Advice and support to staff and carers Groupwork Telephone surgery Training Joint work with a range of organisations.View Young People Service Details

Key Area: Developing and implementing local training programmes

Public Awareness and Training Service
Updated: Fri, 5 May, 2006
This strand of the initiative provides a dedicated focus on public awareness and training. The Public Awareness and Training Worker coordinates public awareness and training activities on behalf of the team as a whole.View Public Awareness and Training Service Details

Training
Updated: Fri, 8 Dec, 2006
The Choose Life Team offer a flexible training and awareness programme tailored to suit need of referring community voluntary statutory services.View Training Details